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Crain's Chicago Business: Quarter-million Chicagoans on brink of poverty: study
Chicago Tribune: Victims of economy: 250,000 more forced into poverty in Chicago area, report says
Eight Forty Eight on WBEZ: Interview with report co-author Amy Terpstra
ABC 7: Social service providers see spike in need
CBS 2: Report: Recession Drives 400,000 In IL To Poverty
Northwest Herald: Study finds rise in Ill. poverty
Kane County Chronicle: Recession taking heavy toll on Fox Valley
The Courier News (Elgin): Institute adds Kane Co. to 'poverty watch list'
The Journal Standard (Freeport): County on poverty warning list: Mid-America Institute on Poverty gives dire designation
The Telegraph (Alton): Four area counties among 46 on poverty list
Review Atlas (Monmouth): Warren County Off Poverty List
Daily Journal (Kankakee): Local counties on poverty list
NewsTribune (LaSalle): Area counties on poverty list
Galesburg Register Mail: Knox County poverty rating improves
The Times (Ottawa): Agency worried about county's poverty
Rock Island Argus: Whiteside County added to poverty warning list
WIFR-TV (Rockford): Study: Recession Pushing Illinoisans into Poverty
Progress Illinois: Heartland Alliance Finds Deepening Poverty In Illinois
Capitol Fax Blog: Morning Shorts
Beachwood Reporter: Item in The Papers column
On the Frontline: Those in poverty increase
Poverty News Blog: Numbers of poor spreading in Illinois
The Sixth Ward Blog: Quarter-million Chicagoans on brink of poverty: study
We gratefully acknowledge The Chicago Community Trust and an anonymous donor whose generous support made these reports possible. These reports were also made possible through the in-kind support of Roosevelt University.