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Illinois state commission intends to eliminate poverty by 2036

By Washington Examiner
Published December 23, 2020 1:00pm ET
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Illinois state commission intends to eliminate poverty by 2036
In this Nov. 1, 2013 file photo, a volunteer at right helps a customer at the St. Ignatius Food Pantry in Chicago. According to a report released Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, by the Chicago-based Social IMPACT Research Center, the overall Illinois poverty rate is the same as it was a half century ago, despite scores of state and federal aid programs and a dramatic drop in the number of elderly considered poor. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) | M. Spencer Green

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois’ Department of Human Services recently created a commission to tackle poverty issues.

They announced goals in a news release for the newly formed Illinois Commission on Poverty Elimination and Economic Security include reducing poverty in Illinois by 50% by 2026 and eliminating all poverty by 2036.

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