>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES.

I AM BRANDIS FREEMAN.

THANKS FOR SHARING PART OF THE WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT DATA SHOWS A DRASTIC DROP OF LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR BLACK CHICAGOANS.

IT DECADES LONG WHITE COMES TO AN END AS PRESIDENT BIDEN FORGIVES A A NEW TV SERIES SET ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE.

THE EXECUTIVE REDUCER OF "61ST STREET SHARES THE HARSH REALITY THAT HE FACED WHILE CRATING THE SHOW.

>>> FIRST OFF TONIGHT NEW DATA SHOWING A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR BLACK AND BROWN CHICAGOANS EXPOSING THE IMPACT OF COVID AND INEQUITIES IN HEALTHCARE.

ACCORDING TO THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES LIFE EXPECTANCY BLACK CHICAGOANS FELL BELOW 70 YEARS OLD.

IN 2020 THE GAP IN LIFE EXPECTANCY BETWEEN BLACK-AND-WHITE RESIDENTS WAS 10 YEARS AND THAT'S UP FROM 8.8 YEARS IN 2017.

OVERALL LIFE EXPECTANCY IN CHICAGO DROPPED ALMOST TWO YEARS FROM 2019 TO 2020.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE BENDA BATTLE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF INCLUSION AND CHIEF OFFICER AT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICINE AND AYESHA JACO EXECUTIVE DIRECTORDIRECTOR OF WEST SIDE UNITED.

RENDER, FIRST, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THIS NEW DATA?

WHAT TO THESE NUMBERS SHOW US?

>> I WOULD SAY I WAS NOT SURPRISED.

HAVING WORKED IN THE FIELD HEALTH DISPARITIES AND EQUITIES OVER TWO DECADES, I AM WELL AWARE AND FOLKS LIKE ME THAT WORK IN THIS ARE WELL AWARE OF THE DISPARITIES THAT THE COMMUNITIES LIKE THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE FACE EVERY DAY.

AND WHEN YOU COMPOUND ON TOP OF ALREADY EXISTING DISPARITIES AND HEART DISEASE OR ANY CHRONIC DISEASE HYPERTENSION, DIABETES, HIGH RATES OF VIOLENCE AND THE STRESS THAT RESULTS IN THAT, WHEN YOU PILE COVID ON TOP OF THAT THEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT FURTHER DAMAGING THE HEALTH AND LIFE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING MARGINALIZATION AND HIGH RATES OF DISPARITY.

I WAS NOT SURPRISED BY IT.

I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT IT HAD DROPPED DRASTICALLY TO POINTS.

THAT MUCH IS A LOT.

A HUGE LOSS IN LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR PEOPLE IN THESE COMMUNITIES.

BUT, IT JUST SHEDS LIGHT ON THE REALITY OF THE NEED TO REALLY ADDRESS THESE DISPARITIES IN AN INTENTIONAL AND SIGNIFICANT WAY IN THESE COMMUNITIES.

>> AYESHA, WEST SIDE UNITED'S MISSION IS TO REDUCE THAT GAP FOR WEST CHICAGO SIDE RESIDENTS.

YOU FOUND 14 YEARS, WHAT IS CAUSING THAT GAP?

>> THAT GAP WAS FIVE KEY DRIVERS A GROUPING OF THE CARDIO METABOLIC DISEASE AND IN THERE YOU HAVE HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, HYPERTENSION RELATED CONDITIONS.YOU HAVE OPIOID OVERDOSE HOMICIDE, INFANT MORTALITY IS ONE OF THOSE KEY PIECES AND CANCER SO FOR THE PURPOSE OF WESTSIDE UNITED WE FOCUSED SOLELY ON HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES BASIC CARE COORDINATES SILLY ORGANIZATION, AND MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT WE ARE WEIGHING IN ON TO HAVE AN IMPACT AS IT RELATES TO THE HEALTH RELATED SEVERITIES THAT WE NEED TO CLOSE THAT LIFE EXPECTANCY GAP LIKE WE SEE.

THERE ARE OTHER SOCIAL DRIVERS LIKE ECONOMIC VITALITY AND EDUCATION AS PILLARS THAT WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH AND HAVE A STRATEGY IN OUR METRIC FRAMEWORKS TO GET AT SOME OF THE THINGS RELATED TO THAT.

IN TERMS OF THE CAUSE OF THE LIFE EXPECTANCY THOSE ARE THE DRIVERS AND WE FOCUS IN ON THOSE, TO.

>> BRENDA, THE CITY NOTES AND AS YOU MENTIONED COVID-19 DEATHS WERE A DRIVER BETWEEN BLACK-AND-WHITE CHICAGOANS IN 2020 BUT OF ALL THE MAIN DRIVERS AS WE JUST HEARD FROM AYESHA WERE CHRONIC DISEASE LIKE HEART DISEASE, DIABETES AND CANCER.

HOW DOES THIS CONTRIBUTE TO THE END UP LIMIT GAP?

>> FIRST OF ALL THE SOUTH SIDE IS SIMILAR TO THE WEST SIDE WHERE THE THREE MAIN DRIVERS OF DEATH ON THE SOUTHSIDE ARE HEART DISEASE, CANCER AND COVID IS NUMBER 3 ON THE SOUTH SIDE IF YOU LOOK IN THE AGGREGATE AS WE STAND ACROSS THE STAGE IT IS A HUGE DRIVER.

THESE DISEASES ARE WHAT WE CALL IN HEALTHCARE, AMBULATORY CARE SENSITIVE CONDITIONS.

THESE ARE CONDITIONS THAT IF TREATED AFFECT THE VLIET AND IF PREVENTATIVE TREATMENT IS APPLIED THROUGH GREATER ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND ACCESS TO SERVICES YOU CAN ACTUALLY ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.

WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL ALREADY HAS A PRE-EXISTING CHRONIC DISEASE AND YOU ADD ON TOP OF IT A DEADLY INFECTIOUS DISEASE LIKE COVID, THEN, IT FURTHER EXACERBATES AN INDIVIDUAL'S IMMUNE SYSTEM AND HIS OR HER CAPABILITY TO ACTUALLY FIGHT OFF THAT INFECTION BECAUSE THEY ARE ALREADY LIVING IN A COMPROMISED STATE BECAUSE OF HYPERTENSION OR DIABETES OR HEART DISEASE OR CANCER.

WHEN THEY ARE ALREADY LIVING IN THAT COMPROMISE STATE THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY, OFTEN DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO, THE BODY TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE INFECTION OF COVID AND THAT'S WHAT WE SAW WAS SO MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE LONG-STANDING, THESE LONG-STANDING CHRONIC VISAS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WHO DIED BECAUSE OF COVID HAD ONE OF THESE COMORBIDITIES AS WELL CONTRACTED COVID GOOD THE IMPACT IS FURTHER EXACERBATED BY COVID.

>> AYESHA, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LESSONS THAT THE HEALTH COMMUNITY CAN TAKE ON THE PANDEMIC AND APPLY TO SOME OF THESE DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR LIGHTFOOT WE WERE ABLE TO CO-CONVENE A RACIAL RESPONSE TEAM TO HAVE A DATA-DRIVEN RESPONSE FOR HIGHER MORBIDITY BETWEEN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND WHAT THAT DID WAS BRING TOGETHER HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY AROUND ONE TABLE TO WORK COLLECTIVELY AROUND HOW WE COULD DEDICATE AND HAVE RESPONSES IN THE IMMEDIATE TERM.YOU KNOW, WERE THINKING PPE, FOOD, EVENTUALLY THAT EVOLVES TO ATTRACTING AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAD ACCESS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE NOW IN THE VACCINE EQUITY PHASE.

I THINK SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED DURING THAT PERIOD IS TO CONTINUE THAT TYPE OF WORK HERE TO DRIVE AND INFORM THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US WITH THE LIFE EXPECTANCY GAP SO WE NOW SEE THIS CONVERGENCE OF THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH THEIR HEALTHY 2025 PLAN WHERE THEY ARE VETTED IN THE CONDITIONS WE SEE NOW AND OTHER SOCIAL DRIVERS AND THAT RUNS IN PARALLEL WITH OUR DATA METRIC FRAMEWORKS.

IT RUNS IN PARALLEL WITH A LOT OF WORK COMING OUT OF THE MEDICAID TRANSFORMATION WORLD WITH THE WESTSIDE HEALTH EQUITY COLLABORATIVE.

BRENDA IS DOING AMAZING WORK ON THE SOUTHSIDE.

WE LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON IN THE POWER OF WORKING TOGETHER ACROSS THOSE THREE ENTITIES AND CONTINUING THAT I THINK WE WILL BE IN A BETTER SPACE IN OUR CITY AND REALLY IN THE COUNTRY.

IF WE TAKE AN APPROACH LIKE THAT AND CONTINUING TO IMPACT THAT AND BUILD OUR SUSTAINABLE MODEL.

>> BRENDA, OF COURSE THIS DATA IS FROM 2020, THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC IN YOUR OPINION, DO WE EXPECT A SIMILAR OUTCOME WHEN WE COMPARE 2021 AND 2022 OR COULD WE SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THIS?

>> I WOULD SAY 2020 TWO AISHA!

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON GETTING PEOPLE VACCINATED OR PEOPLE TESTED TO DETERMINE IF THEY HAD COVID AND OF COURSE IF THEY DID IN TREATMENT.

IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT WE SEE THE DATA FROM 2020.I AM NOT TOTALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL SEE BETTER DATA IN 2021.

I THINK AS WE STARTED GETTING PEOPLE INTERESTED AND BEING TESTED AND ULTIMATELY VACCINATED WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO WITH VACCINATIONS BUT WITH AYESHA!, THE RESPONSE TABLE WHICH WE WERE ALL AT HELPED IMPROVE RESPONSIVENESS TO COVID IN OUR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.

OUR COMMUNITIES ARE STILL BEHIND IN VACCINATION RATES AND WHEN WE SAW THE SEARCH WITH OMICRON WE DIDN'T SEE THE NUMBERS OF DEATHS THAT WE SAW IN 2020 BUT WE CERTAINLY SAW THE EFFECT OF THE OMICRON VIRUS ON PERSONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, I DON'T KNOW YET.

WERE GOING TO BE WAITING ON THE DATA AND WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE DATA SAYS.

I AM HOPEFUL.

>> NOT NECESSARILY AN IMPROVEMENT BUT HOPEFULLY THE TWO OF YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU DO BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.

BENDA BATTLE AND AYESHA JACO INCORPORATED YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AN.

>> PRESIDENT BIDEN EXERCISES CLUMSY POWERS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS WEEK GRANTING THREE PARDONS AND 75 COMMUTATIONS.

ONE OF THE PARDONS WENT TO CHICAGO AND ABRAHAM BOLDEN.

HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK SECRET SERVICE AGENT TO SERVE ON A PRESIDENTIAL DETAIL.

HE SERVED UNDER PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY.

IN 1954 HE WAS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SELL A COPY OF THE SECRET SERVICE FILE AND AFTER BEING TRIED IN THE COURTS TWICE HE WAS CONVICTED ON REAL BRIBERY CHARGES.

FOLLOWING THE CONVICTION KEY WITNESSES ADMITTED TO LYING AT THE PROSECUTOR'S REQUEST BUT BOLDEN WAS DENIED A RETRIAL AND SERVED SIX YEARS IN PRISON.

HE MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE AND SAID THE SECRET SERVICE FRAMED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS ABOUT TO EXPOSE WHAT HE SAW AS THE AGENCY SHORTCOMINGS IN PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT.

IN 2008 HE SPOKE WITH CHICAGO TONIGHT PHIL PONCE.

>> FROM OTHER AGENTS THERE WERE SOME WHO WERE VERY PROUD LIKE I WAS BUT THERE WERE OTHERS THAT SEEM TO ME WERE SOMEWHAT JEALOUS OF MY POSITION AND THE ATTENTION I WAS RECEIVING FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY.

IT WAS A SOUTHERN FACTOR IN ON THE PRESIDENTIAL DETAIL WHO HAD LITTLE REGARD TO WHAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS DOING IN THE AREA OF CIVIL RIGHTS.

THEY WERE SO AGAINST WHAT HE WAS DOING THAT I HEARD SOME OF THE AGENTS SAY THAT IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN, IF A SHOT SHOULD BE FIRED THAT THEY WOULD NOT PROTECT THE PRESIDENT UNDER THE UNITED STATES.

I THOUGHT, THIVARIOUS VERY SERIOUS THING TO SAY.

>> BOLDEN IS NOW 87 YEARS OLD AND RELEASED A STATEMENT FROM HIS PARDON THAT SUDDEN PART "FOR DECADES WHILE I MAINTAIN MY INNOCENCE.

WHILE AFFIRMING MY INNOCENCE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, NOW MY VICTORY HAS BEEN WON.

THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ASSISTED IN THE PARDON EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.".

>>> UP NEXT, CHICAGO'S GUARANTEED INCOME TEST, UP NEXT.

>> APPLICATIONS FOR CHICAGO'S CASH ASSISTANCE PILOT PROGRAM HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A WEEK AND SO FAR THE CITY SAID THEY HAVE STARTED WITH MORE THAN 100,000 APPLICATIONS.

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS WILL BE ENTERED INTO A LOTTERY TO DETERMINE WHO WILL RECEIVE $500 PER MONTH FOR ONE YEAR.

>>> ULTIMATELY FIVE AND A THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDS WILL RECEIVE A CHECK IN ONE OF THE LARGEST TEST OF GUARANTEED INCOME ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

JOINING US NOW ARE HARISH PATEL OF ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR ILLINOIS.

NICOLE ROBINSON FROM WOODLAWN AND 22 FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION ALSO ON THE CITY'S ADVISORY GROUP.

THANK YOU FOR THE THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

WELCOME BACK.

HARISH PATEL, ONE AT A THOUSAND APPLICATIONS IN PROCESS SO FAR ARE YOU SURPRISED BY THAT AMOUNT?

>> I AM NOT SURPRISED BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE RENT IS VERY HIGH AND I AM HEARTENED THAT THIS IS SIMPLE ENOUGH THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED AND WERE ABLE TO FINISH THE APPLICATION THAT THE CITY INVESTED IN OUTREACH.

THAT IS ALL GREAT.

IT IS ALSO AT THE SAME TIME DISHEARTENING TO KNOW THAT SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS NEED CASH SUPPORT RIGHT NOW.

BOTH BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE HISTORICALLY, FOR YEARS WE HAVE BEEN NEGLECTING SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

>> NICOLE, THE YWCA HAS BEEN LEADING COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONS.

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TO GET THE WORD OUT?

>> WE HAVE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING, BRANDIS.

WE PUT TOGETHER STEPS OF MARKETING MATERIAL TO SPREAD THE WORD IN COMMUNITIES HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THE YWCA TO GET THE WORD OUT SO FLYERS ARE BEING HANDED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

ORGANIZATIONS ARE SENDING EMAIL BLASTS.

WE ARE HAVING VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN RESIDENTS CAN HEAR AND LEARN ABOUT PROGRAMS, LEARN HOW TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION WE ARE HAVING IN-PERSON EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE AND AGAIN, IT IS FOR EVERYONE, SO CAREGIVERS, PARENTS, UNDOCUMENTED, THERE IS ASSISTANCE IN SIX DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SO WE ARE MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE SO THAT FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO APPLY THERE IS A SOLUTION TO HELP THEM.

WE ARE AT LIBRARIES, THE DEPARTMENT OF SUPPORT SERVICES HAS BEEN GREAT SINCE THEY OPENED ALL THEIR SUPPORT CENTERS.

THEIR SENIOR CENTERS.

THESE ARE PLACES WHERE RESIDENTS CAN WALK IN AND SOMEONE CAN GIVE THEM COUNSEL AND ADVICE ON HOW TO APPLY THE APPLICATION.

IT TAKES OFF 15 TO 20 MINUTES SO IT IS DOABLE.

THEY CAN START IT AND IF THEY DON'T FINISH THEY CAN COME BACK TO IT AND THERE IS SOMEONE TO HELP.

SO, WE ARE MAKING IT EASY AND I THINK THE OUTREACH IS WORKING WITH 100,000 HE SHALL INTO THAT LAST EMAIL, IF YOU DON'T FINISH THE APPLICATION YOU CAN COME BACK BUT WE KNOW THAT 100,000 APPELLATIONS HAVE BEEN STARTED NOT NECESSARILY COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED.

THE NONPROFIT GIFT DIRECTLY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNING THE APPLICATION AND ADMINISTERING THAT PROCESS.

WE SPOKE WITH TRAN 24 FROM GIVE DIRECTLY ABOUT THE PROCESS.

>> HOW DO YOU CREATE A SCALABLE APPLICATION THAT IS ALL ALSO ACCESSIBLE FOR POPULATIONS THAT ARE NOT SUPER TECH LITERATE AND MAY BE HOUSING UNSTABLE OR OR HOMELESS THAT MAY HAVE CONSISTENT ACCESS TO PHONES OR COMPUTERS DID WHAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED IS AN APPLICATION THAT CAN BE DONE BY AN INDIVIDUAL BY THEMSELVES.

IT'S REALLY SIMPLE IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO FILL OUT IT CAN ALSO BE IMPLEMENTED IN AN ASSISTANT MODEL.

>> RICHARD, SOME OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS MEMBERS WERE INVOLVED IN TESTING THE INITIAL APPLICATION.

WHAT HAS THE FEEDBACK BEEN?

>> WHAT WE KNEW INITIALLY IS THAT ACCESSIBILITY AND ELIGIBILITY WERE OFTEN VARIOUS FOR OUR FOLKS.

SO WERE ABLE TO GET ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS TO GET IF YOU MEMBERS TOGETHER TO TEST OUT THE APPLICATION AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS ACCESSIBLE AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE ELIGIBLE.

FOR ME THAT WAS THE KEY FOR ME BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE OKAY WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THIS AND POSTED UP ON OUR INSTAGRAM'S AND SOCIAL AND SEND OUT NEWSLETTERS AND TRY TO GET AS MANY FOLKS AS WHO DIDN'T MEET THE CRITERIA FOR OUR CHICAGO FUTURE FUND.

TO APPLY FOR THIS GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT.

>> RICHARD, WHY'S IT SO IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THE APPLICATION IS ACCESSIBLE AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND?

>> I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF CHECKS WERE LEFT DURING THE CARES ACT BECAUSE PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

WE LEARNED A LOT WEARING THE PANDEMIC AND PEOPLE GETTING ACCESS TO TESTING OR VACCINATIONS BECAUSE THERE WAS INEQUITIES IN A CITY THAT SURFACED DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT PROVED TO US THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR FOLKS HAD EASE OF ACCESS TO THE THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.

FOR MOST OF THOSE LEARNING THAT CAME OVER THE PAST IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WERE ALL APPLIED IN SYNCHRONIZED FASHION FOR THIS PROJECT.

>> HARISH WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THIS PILOT BECOMES PERMANENT?

>> THE CITY HAS ALREADY HEARD FROM 100,000 PEOPLE, RIGHT?

FROM NEIGHBORS TO PEOPLE WHO PAY TAXES TO PEOPLE WHO VOTE.

I KNOW THAT THE CITY ALREADY GOT A PRETTY STRONG RESPONSE AND FOR 5000 SLOTS WE HAVE 100,000 PEOPLE WHO APPLIED THAT'S 90,000 FOLKS WHO WILL GET AN ALTERNATIVE TO BEING INVOLVED IN GETTING DIRECT CASH.

SO, THAT IS ONE MESSAGE AND THE SECOND IS, I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO FIND THEY HAVE EVALUATION PARTNERS AND THEY WILL HAVE AN ECONOMY LAB THAT IS DOING THE STUDY IN THE STUDY IS GOING TO SHOW THAT WHEN YOU MAKE THINGS SIMPLE AND EASY IT EMPOWERS PEOPLE AND YOU LET THEM DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE MONEY AND HOW THEY WANT TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES.

THAT ACTUALLY IS THE MOST EMPOWERING AND SOME BLISS WAY TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS.

WHEN THAT HAPPENS WE WILL SEE CHANGES AT ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE CITY AND WERE ALSO GOING TO SEE SOME SORT OF PERMANENT CASH PILOT.

THERE'S ALMOST 100 PILOT LIKE THIS IN THE NATION.

CHICAGO BEING THE BIGGEST WERE GOING TO HAVE SUCH AN ESSENTIAL PART TWO SHARE THE RESULTS WIDELY.

>> NICOLE, WHAT CAN AND IMPACT CAN THIS HAVE FOR FAMILIES WHO GET INTO THIS LOTTERY?

>> A HUGE IMPACT HERE AT WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, THE DECISION ABOUT CAR REPAIR, HEALTH INSURANCE CO-PAY, SCHOOL FEES, EXTRA FOOD, THEIR 70 THINGS THAT FAMILIES NEED EVEN WITH OTHER PROGRAMS THAT EXIST TODAY THEY DON'T COVER THE FULL COST.

THEY DON'T COVER THE UNEXPECTED, UNPLANNED FOR EXPENSE THAT A FAMILY MIGHT HAVE.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY AROUND THE IMPACT IS THE PARALLEL PROGRAM DURING THE PANDEMIC CHILD TAX CREDIT DURING THE PANDEMIC WAS EXPANDED AND THERE WAS A REPORT RELEASED BY THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE WHERE 70 PERCENT OF FAMILIES RECEIVED $300 PER MONTH ON THIS PROGRAM DID JUST THAT THEY SPENT IT ON THINGS TO SUPPORT THAT FAMILY TO EXTEND THE WELL-BEING OF THE FAMILY.

TO REDUCE THE STRESS.

THE WHOLE CITY OUR WHOLE COUNTRY IS HANGING ON A STRING AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE IDEA OF NOT WORRYING EVERY DAY HOW TO MAKE RENT, HOW TO PAY UTILITIES, HOW TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS, THAT'S GOING TO GIVE FAMILIES RELIEF AND THE DATA FROM OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE THE CHILD TAX CREDIT ALREADY SHOWS THAT FAMILIES, WE CAN TRUST THEM.

THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THIS IS ABOUT THEIR FAMILY.

THEY WILL BE BETTER OFF AND MORE SECURE AREA.

>> FOR FAMILIES THAT RECEIVE IT.

RICHARD, DO YOU THINK THAT AMERICA, WE ARE CHANGING THE WAY WE FEEL ABOUT POGROMS LIKE THIS AND GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAMS?

AS SHE SAID THERE ARE ABOUT 100 OF THEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> IT IS A MAJOR THING AND SHOUT OUT TO THE FOLKS LIKE THE NATIONAL WELFARE RIGHT FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO SEE THIS HAPPEN 60, 70 YEARS LATER.

I'M NOT GREAT AT MATH BUT 60 YEARS LATER, IT IS A HUGE LEAP FOR OUR CITY AND FOR OUR DEMOCRACY AS WELL.

I THINK THE PREVIOUS PILOTS WILL GENERATE A BASE OF FOLKS WHO CAN TURN OUT AND BEGIN TO ADVOCATE AT THE VOTING BOOTH DURING ELECTION DAY ON HOW THEY WANT TO SEE THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND STATES SHOW UP IN THEIR LIVES.

>> THANKS TO THE THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

HARISH PATEL, NICOLE ROBINSON AND RICHARD WALLACE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT A NEW TV SHOW BASED IN CHICAGO ASKED WITH A LOCAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM GROUP TO DRAW REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCES.

>> A NEW TV SERIES SHOT ON CHICAGO'S SOUTH SIDE IS PLAYING NOW ON AMC.

"61ST STREET SET IN WOODLAWN SETS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITY, POLICE AND THE COURT.

IT FOLLOWS A PUBLIC DEFENDER PLAYED BY ACTOR COURTNEY VANCE WHO PLAYS A TRACK STAR WHO IS CHARGED WITH A MURDER OF A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER.

J. DAVID SHANKS AND FORMER POLICE OFFICER IS THAT IT DIRECTOR.

HE WORKED WITH AN ORGANIZATION TO DRAW FROM REAL EXPERIENCES WHILE WRITING THE SERIES.

>> WE SPENT TWO WEEKS AGAIN, WORKING OUT OF THE INVISIBLE INSTITUTE AND MANY OF THOSE DAYS WE WOULD TAKE, HALF OF THOSE DAYS WE WOULD TAKE FIELD TRIPS.

WE WENT TO 26 AND CALIFORNIA AND WE SAT AND WE WATCHED CASE AFTER CASE.

WE WILL GET THERE AT 7:00.

RIGHT?

AND THEN WE WOULD SEE THE LINE OF PEOPLE THAT SORT OF EXTENDED OUT FROM THE FRONT DOOR BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY OPENED.

AND HOW THE LINE WENT DOWN THE BLOCK AND THEN TURNED THE CORNER OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE IN THESE LINES GOING IN AND THEN ONCE WE GET INSIDE WE JUST WATCHED THIS SORT OF CONVEYOR BELT OF JUSTICE THESE OVERWORKED PUBLIC DEFENDERS WITH ARMS FULL OF CASE FILES BARELY ENOUGH TIME MEETING THE DEFENDANTS FOR THE FIRST TIME AS THEY WALKED TO STAND FOR THE JUDGE.

THESE PEOPLE NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING BE AT A LANGUAGE BARRIER OR JUST FROM AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW AND WHAT IT IS THEY ARE BEING CHARGED WITH AND THEN ALL OF THESE SORT OF HEARTBREAKING CIRCUMSTANCE AND SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT BROUGHT THESE PEOPLE INTO THIS SPACE TO BEGIN WITH.

AND THAT WAS REALLY SORT OF THE GUT PUNCH FOR US.

>> "61ST STREET AIRED EARLIER THIS MONTH AND WILL AIR ON SUNDAYS.

>>> THAT'S OUR SHOW THIS WEEKEND.

IF YOU WATCH US YOU CAN WATCH BLACK VOICES AND LATINO VOICES ON SUNDAY.

JOIN ME AND PARIS SCHUTZ AT 7:00 ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES, I AM BRANDIS FREEMAN, THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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