On February 15, Governor J.B. Pritzker presented his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024, which begins July 1, 2023. YWCA Metropolitan Chicago applauds Governor Pritzker and his staff for presenting a budget that supports the needs of all Illinoisans and their families by including transformative funding for education, human services, and economic equity.  Read more …

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Election Day (November 8, 2022) is fast-approaching. As you prepare to head to the polls, you may be wondering: What are the key issues I need to think about? What are some of the main things to consider with special attention to racial and gender equity? YWCA USA recently created two important resources to help …

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YWCA’s Policy, Research, and Evaluation Team is thrilled to share our interactive 2022 KIDS COUNT Data Walk. Data walks entail facilitated dialogues that engage people in collective reflection around data. Through data walks, we can gain awareness of issues, build relationships with others, share resources, better understand data or missing data, and develop strategies together. …

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