Please contact Senator Richard Durbin’s office today and urge him to work for an extension of the TANF Emergency Fund at the level of $2.5 billion. There is an urgent need for action as soon as Congress returns from summer recess, and his leadership is crucial.

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Our legislators are close to ending the legislative session with voting for the new revenue needed to protect vitial human services for the most vulnerable in Illinois. Join Elwood and other in calling your legislator and asking them to support a responsible budget!

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Thank you! HB2383 passed and needy families will receive the help they need to lift them out of extreme poverty!

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Everyone in Illinois should have the opportunity to put food on their table, a roof over their head and give their kids a chance at a bright future, but that opportunity does not exist for the hundreds of thousands of people in Illinois living in extreme poverty.

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