Economic Security for IL publishes its full report
A task force established in 2018 by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel recommends expansion and modernization of the Earned Income Tax Credit, as well as a guaranteed income pilot with $1000 a month to $1000 Chicagoans. The section co-authored by JFI staff Lauren Burns-Coady, Sidhya Balakrishnan, and Michael Stynes, and fellows Kapu Rao and Daniel Hertz, starts on p. 38.
The project website is here. Read the full report here.
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