DuPage County ranks as the most affluent in Illinois, ranked as the 23rd most affluent in the country. One in six residents now are classed as working poor, or live in poverty. Barbara Rose takes an in-depth look at Poverty In DuPage as part of Elmhurst College’s year-long investigation into the subject (and victims) of a hidden malaise.
Entries Tagged as 'Homelessness'
So let’s talk homelessness
April 9th, 2009 · 40 Comments · Homelessness, Uncategorized
When a thread takes another turn — as Meat’s yard sign post has done — I’m willing to go where readers are leading. I also have moved all comments relating to homelessness to this post. I did a series on the issue, which ran on this site last summer, back in those halcyon days before [...]
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Addressing homelessness
June 9th, 2008 · 11 Comments · Boards and Commissions, Downtown Redevelopment, Homelessness, In the News
While DuPage PADS works to end homelessness, Downers Grove is struggling to contain it. From both legal and social standpoints, the issue is a difficult one. An article from the May 2008 edition of the Illinois Municipal Review discusses the problems cities encounter when they try to regulate the problem. Click here to read the [...]
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The PADS connection
June 6th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Boards and Commissions, Downtown Redevelopment, Homelessness, In the News, Social services
Some 18 months ago, representatives of the DuPage PADS program met with Downers Grove police, the village manager and Andy Matejcak, the village’s director of counseling and social services. The discussion focused on the problem of PADS clients leaving their belongings unattended in the library and other public places. “We want to always work toward [...]
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Down and out in the library
June 5th, 2008 · 38 Comments · Boards and Commissions, Homelessness, In the News, People, Places and Things
The Human Services Commission last night met to begin tackling the issue of homelessness in Downers Grove’s public areas and facilities. The issue has garnered considerable attention in recent weeks on this blog’s message board, where several comments focused on safety concerns resulting from the number of homeless people taking shelter in the library. I [...]
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