After 10 months of meetings, a multiagency Cook County task force is recommending improvements to mental health programs, public transportation and access to affordable housing — among others — as ways to promote equity in the county’s most impoverished neighborhoods.
“Equity is not just an aspirational goal — we are funding it. We are putting into action our values, and we are committed to working with our community partners to make these efforts inclusive, sustainable, responsive and impactful,” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Thursday, accompanied by a host of social service agency representatives, as she unveiled the 2021 Cook County Equity Fund Report.
