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January, 2012
At the end of every month, Chalonda McIntosh pays her bills. First, rent, then her car loan, then child care for her son. “Then, if I have enough left over, I put food in the house,” she said.But most months, she doesn’t get there. She often can’t pay child care on time and racks up late fees. McIntosh said she’s lucky to have a spot for her son at St. Vincent DePaul’s child care center on North...
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January, 2012
The news: Chicago Public Schools identified 10,660 homeless students from the start of the school year through Sept. 30, an increase of about 1,500 from last school year.Behind the news:Of the homeless students—more than 98 percent of whom were children of color—1,778 were “unaccompanied youth,” a seven-fold increase from last year.Julie Dworkin, director of policy for the Chicago Coalition for...
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January, 2012
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November, 2011
In his formative years, nothing excited Arthur Robertson more than marching. Tightly coordinated dance moves, flags twirling wide circles in the air, and the hundred spin tosses of wooden rifles and sabers drew him into precision drilling at age 12.Robertson went on to become a teacher and student dean at Paul Revere Elementary in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood, but his marching...
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September, 2011
Gloria Franklin never imagined her son’s arrest would put her in danger of losing her home and cost him the right to live under her roof.But that was the consequence when her 17-year-old son Tyran Pratt was arrested allegedly with $10 worth of marijuana outside Franklin’s home in the Cabrini-Green community.Following Pratt’s arrest, Franklin received a letter from the Chicago Housing Authority...
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September, 2011
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March, 2011
LaKicia Brown camina de manera confidente, pero sus ojos tienen un toque de preocupación. Una educadora veterana con una década de experiencia antes de haber abierto Loren Children's Learning Center en el vecindario de South Shore en 2006, Brown pensó que conocía todos los asuntos que le deberían preocupar.
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March, 2011
Jessica, Sarah, Megan, Amie. Each name represents a victim of child sexual abuse and law named after that victim. Sex offender registries, residency restrictions, community notifications–"all put into place by grieving communities desperate to prevent these tragedies from happening again. According to the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, 30 states have enacted restrictions on...
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March, 2011
Download a briefing sheet on this issue [pdf] For graphics about child sex offenders who are violating the state's residency rule, click here. LaKicia Brown walks with a confident stride, but her eyes are laced with worry. A veteran educator with a decade's experience before she opened the Loren Children's Learning Center in the South Shore neighborhood in 2006, Brown thought she knew all...
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