Chicago – State and Cook County on Thursday announced a plan of approximately $ 250 million to provide shelter, health care and other services for recent migrants. But according to his own plan, there is still a funding difference of about $ 70 million for the rest of 2024.
This missing money may come from Chicago, although a proposal for additional funds has not been brought to the city council of Chicago.
At a Thursday news conference, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson did not indicate any scheme to fill the remaining budget gap for the city, given that the lack of federal intervention could be “incredible burden for the city of Chicago”.
A source on the matter said that Capital News Illinois Johnson had committed to provide the remaining funds at the 5 February meeting between Mayor, Governor and Cook County Board Chairman Tony Precinkle.
When asked about this on Thursday, Johnson said that he had “no information” about any deal between the three, also said that there is “no disconnect” between his administration and Pritjkar.
In a news release on Thursday, the Governor’s office said that the state’s share will come from the budget of the state’s financial year 2025.
The village JB Pritjkar, who committed to provide more than half of the required funds to the state, is expected to provide in more detail where the money is coming to its annual budget address from next Wednesday.
House Democrats’ Chief Budget Negotiator, Rape. Jehan Gordon Booth, D-Pyoria, and head of a recent migrants, the head of a working group, Rape Jennifer Gong-Parshovitz, D-Glanvyu, told Capital News Illinois in a joint details that they would review the complete details of the plan spent next week.
He said, “We will continue to bring together stakeholders together to take smart and kind decisions for our state and all our communities,” he said.
In December, after the management and budget forecast of a governor, the governor urged to take precautions for this year’s budget process. The office estimated a decrease of $ 891 million for the upcoming financial year. But Gomb also predicted a surplus of $ 1.4 billion for the current financial year, due to several one -time revenue currents.
In a statement, Pritzker indicated disappointment on the lack of a coordinated federal response to the influx of migrants.
“Thousands of asylum seekers continued to come to Chicago with a strict need to support and the Congress refused to work – it is clear that the state, county and city would have to do more to protect people,” Pritzkar said.
Pritzkar has been called for more federal partnership, the President who repeatedly call Biden and Congress leaders to coordinate the country’s migrant response and nominate a federal office to provide additional resources.
“As a significant funding for this ongoing humanitarian crisis stalls in Congress, Cook County is committed to the good of the region,” Prikinkle said in a news release. “We can’t wait for additional resources and Cook County is proud to stand up with Governor Pitzkar in this joint funding scheme, ensuring that shelter capacity, healthcare and rapraound services be accessible to those.”
A compromise deal in the US Senate was to help address an increase in border crossing last week after Republican was out of agreement.
In November, the state committed to a plan to spend $ 160 million, although parts of that plan – such as 2,000 bed shelters in Chicago – are not yet to flourish.
The state also claims that it has spent $ 478 million through the existing channels through the Illinois Emergency Management Agency in the last two years.
The influx of migrants coming from Texas has slowed down in recent weeks, the Chicago’s shelter system has the lowest capacity since last decline. Till Wednesday, around 12,900 people were living in the city shelters – a few weeks ago below the peak of about 15,000.
There were no migrants in the city airports or “landing zones” facilities, the place where the city directs the bus companies to leave.
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