Healthy Beginnings, a Cook County Public Health program, aims to address racial discrepancies in maternal health outcomes.

Rebuild Chicago 2.0 is an expansion of the city’s Rebuild program that targets abandoned homes so they can take on a second life.

Many American cities and counties have been experimenting with a novel concept: Giving financially vulnerable residents free money every month without expecting anything in return. The goal is to let ...

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...

As guaranteed income programs continue to expand and benefit thousands of families around the country, Illinois' Cook County ...

In suburban Cook County, the nonprofit that helps keep thousands of older adults fed is now deciding who gets fewer meals ...

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office and Chicago Public Schools are partnering on a first-of-its-kind program requiring teens to attend school and therapy as a condition of staying out of ...

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(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker met with Cook County health officials Tuesday to announce a $1.8 billion in erased medical debt for residents through a state program. Combined with a ...

Roughly 8% of the more than 3,000 people enrolled in the often-criticized electronic monitoring system in Cook County are ...