Over our 50-year history, the Shriver Center has secured hundreds of law and policy victories with and for people living in poverty in Illinois. Building on these wins and our comprehensive view of poverty, we connect and train lawyers, community leaders, and activists nationwide to advance opportunity — for all, not just some.
By expanding Medicaid coverage to 12 months postpartum, Illinois can make significant progress toward reducing maternal mortality and morbidity.
Affordable access to insulin is life-saving and sustaining for more than 1.1 million Illinoisans who live with diabetes.
Everyone should have equitable access to housing and opportunity.
Although the ruling leaves the ACA in place for now, it threatens to undermine the ACA by stripping health coverage from millions of people.
Taking food away from the people who need it most does not help them get a job, it only plunges them into deeper poverty.
Measure will protect over 1 million people in Cook County from housing discrimination.
Complaint seeks new housing and zoning laws in Chicago to ensure the creation of affordable housing across all neighborhoods, not just some.
Over 70 advocates from across the country gathered to discuss advocacy strategies to end driver’s license suspensions for unpaid fines and fees.
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