>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

LATINO VOICES.

I'M JOHN ON THIS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE FOR COOK COUNTY SUBURBS WILL FLY FROM FOR MIGRANT ASSISTANT FUNDS.

DISABILITY ADVOCATES SAY A PATCHWORK OF CITY PROGRAM ISN'T DOING THE JOB REPAIRING SIDEWALKS.

AND EXPLORING THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF FOOD DESERTS.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES, THE FAMILY OF DEXTER REID IS DEMANDING CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS.

>> WHO FATALLY SHOT THE 26 YEAR-OLD DURING A TRAFFIC STOP LAST MONTH.

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE PLANNING TO RALLY OUTSIDE POLICE HEADQUARTERS TONIGHT AT 06:00PM HEAD OF THE POLICE BOARD MEETING TO URGE THE 5 OFFICERS TO BE FIRED IN TO DEMAND AN END TO TACTICAL TEAMS.

CRY COMES AFTER THE RELEASE OF POLICE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF THE TRAFFIC STOP SHOWING OFFICERS SHOOTING AT REID 96 TIMES.

AND 41 SECONDS.

OFFICIALS SAY THE PLAINCLOTHES TACTICAL TEAM RESPONDED WITH GUNFIRE AFTER REACH SHOT FIRST AT POLICE, WOUNDING ONE OFFICER.

AND A GOFUNDME PAGE FOR ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN THIS WEEK'S SHOOTING IN THE BACK OF THE YARDS TOPS MORE THAN $20,000.

9 YEAR-OLD AS WAS KILLED IN A MASS SHOOTING ON SATURDAY THAT LEFT 10 OTHERS INJURED.

POLICE SAY SHOTS WERE FIRED AT A CROWD.

STANDING ASIDE, A FAMILY GATHERING AROUND 09:00PM.

NO ONE WAS IN CUSTODY AS OF SUNDAY.

ACCORDING TO POLICE, THEY'RE STILL INVESTIGATING A MOTIVE.

MOLINA'S GUANTANAMO.

LAUNCHED THE GOFUNDME PAGE.

AND UNIONIZE WORKERS AT HOWARD-BROWNE HELD SAY THEY'VE REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON THEIR FIRST UNION CONTRACT.

IT COMES AFTER ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF OF NEGOTIATIONS AND 2 STRIKES.

A RULING FROM THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD THAT FOUND MERIT CHARGES OF UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES AND THE LAYOFFS OF 61 UNIONIZE WORKERS.

UNION LEADERS SAY THE AGREEMENT INCLUDES PAY INCREASES WAGE TRANSPARENCY FOR MEMBERS, A NEW MINIMUM WAGE STANDARD IN OF INSURANCE AND INSURANCE FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.

THE APPROVAL VOTE BEGINS APRIL 29TH AND ENDS MAY 1ST.

UP NEXT, DETAILS ON AN UPCOMING DEADLINE FOR ASSESSING FUNDS FOR MIGRAINE ASSISTANCE.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICE IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> COOK COUNTY SET ASIDE 20 MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANTS TO US.

ASSIST MIGRANTS IN THE SUBURBS LAST FALL.

TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS.

AND ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY WBEZ, ONLY 2 SUBURBS HAVE A PLIGHT.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE OUR CHELSI THOMAS EXECUTIVE COORDINATOR AT EMPOWERMENT ANYWHERE.

AND CARL WULFF, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RESPOND NOW.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

AND CAROL, I WANT TO GO TO YOU.

WHAT IS THE COOK COUNTY DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY FUND AND HOW CAN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS OBTAIN RESOURCES FROM THIS FUND?

>> YES, SO COOK COUNTY GOVERNMENT MADE 100 MILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE LAST YEAR FOR DISASTER RELIEF AROUND THE MIGRANT CRISIS AND 20 MILLION.

>> OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE YOU ARE TO BE USED BY COOK COUNTY SUBURBS.

AND THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR ANYTHING FROM A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING SHELTER, FOOD CASE MANAGEMENT AND AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTER IN THESE REALLY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

AND THE THE PROCESS OF RETAINING WERE ACCESSING THESE DOLLARS.

AS FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES IN COOK COUNTY TO APPLY FOR THESE DOLLARS.

2 TO RECEIVE THE DOLLARS PERHAPS PARTNER WITH AGENCIES SUCH AS RESPOND.

NOW, IF THEY WOULD LIKE PARTNER WITH AGENCIES SUCH AS RESPOND, OUR OTHERS TO HELP DELIVER THESE FUNDS AND TO THE COMMUNITY FOR MIGRANTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE.

>> UNTIL SEAGOING EU FORD HEIGHTS IS ONE OF THE ONLY 2 SUBURB COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR FUNDING.

WHAT ARE THESE FUNDS BEING USED FOR?

FORD HEIGHTS?

SO FOR US, THE FUNDS ARE BEING USED FOR SHELTER.

AND SO WE ALL HAVE A 40 BED HOMELESS SHELTER.

WE ALSO USING IT FOOD, FOR SECURITY, FOR THE SUPPLIES THAT WE NEED TO TO TAKE CARE OF THEM WHILE THEY THEY AT WILL BE THEIR AS WELL AS WE'RE USING IT FOR JEOPARDY THE S L TRAINING SO THAT WHEN THEY LEAVE THERE, THEY PREPARED TO LIVE A ARE YOU INCREASE OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THE SUBURBS?

YES, WE DEFINITELY.

AND I WHEN I FOUND INTERESTING, KARL, WAS THERE MORE THAN 100 SUBURBS IN COOK COUNTY.

WHY DO YOU THINK ONLY TO HAVE APPLIED FOR THE FUNDING FOR THIS GRANT?

>> WELL, I THINK PROBABLY A COUPLE OF REASONS.

ONE IS IS IT'S A CAPACITY ISSUE, PERHAPS FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES TO TO TO DO THIS APPLICATION AND THEN TO ADMINISTER THE DELIVERY OF THESE DOLLARS INTO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT BUT ALSO, I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS AS WELL.

>> ARRIVAL OF OF OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS FROM.

>> THAT'S WHY THROUGHOUT CENTRAL SOUTH AMERICA IS IS ONE OF CONTROVERSY FOR FOR MUCH OF CHICAGO AND THE UNITED STATES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST MAKES ME WONDER WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS INTO WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, OUR MUNICIPALITIES YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S MONEY THERE.

THERE'S MONEY THERE.

THERE'S 20 MILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE TO WITH AS FAR AS RESPOND NOW IS CONCERNED IS GOING TO BE IT IS AN IMPENDING CRISIS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE SOUTH SUBURBS WHO ARE SETTLED OUT HOMES AND RENTING HOMES AND THEY'VE RECEIVED 3 MONTHS WORTH OF ASSISTANCE OR 6 MONTHS WORTH OF ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE THEY HAVE YET TO RECEIVE THEIR WORK AUTHORIZATIONS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND NOW THAT THAT ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE IS RUNNING OUT.

THEY ARE IN DANGER OF EVICTION.

AND SO WE ARE CONCERNED THAT RESPECT.

NOW THAT THESE FAMILIES THAT HAVE SETTLED OUT IN THE SUBURBS IN THE SOUTH SUBURBS ARE GOING TO BE IN DANGER OF EVICTION AND THEN HOMELESS.

OF COURSE, JUST HAD SOME OF THE SERVERS HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO.

>> TRY TO HELP.

>> WELL, YES, I MEAN, WE ALL HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE ONE HUMAN FAMILY AND OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE HERE FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD FOR WHATEVER REASON.

BUT THEY YOU KNOW, FOLKS ARE HERE AND WE NEED TO TO BUILD A COMMUNITY TOGETHER UNTIL SEE GOING TO YOU.

HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY PUSH BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY ABOUT OPENING A MIGRANT SHELTER?

CAN YOU JUST TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEIR PROCESS?

I THINK THINK PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED LIKE WE HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE HERE.

WHY DO WE WANT TO HELP >> BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF ADMISSIONS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO WIN NO MATTER WHAT LAST WALK BY, THEY COME FROM.

>> IS I THINK THAT THAT'S BEEN BIGGEST FOCUS AND NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU COME FROM, WE WANT TO HELP EVERYONE.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH THERE IS PUSHBACK, THIS IS OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO HAVE MORE JOBS IN THE COMMUNITY.

OPPORTUNITY FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO GET BACK.

IF THEY WANT TO BALANCE HERE, THEY WANT TO SERVE.

AND SO WHILE THERE MAY BE SOME PUSHBACK AND SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT UNDERSTAND IT, I KNOW THAT IT'S PASSION TO HELP OTHERS.

AND SO THAT ITS LACK THE I MEAN, SOME OF THESE FAMILIES WE HAD MET A FEW OF THE FAMILIES.

I THINK THAT WAS ONE IT WAS IT WAS SUCH A CRAZY MOMENT WHERE WAS ABLE TO MEET SOME OF THE MIGRANTS WHO HAD COME HERE AND TALK LIKE HOW LONG IT TOOK THEM TO GET IT.

AND THAT REALLY IGNITED MY PASSION IN TO SEE SOMEONE WHO WOULD TRAVEL MONTHS TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY JUST REALLY WANT TO HELP SEE THEM AND HOW IS THAT COMMUNICATION BEEN LIKE WITH ALSO PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY CONNECTING PEOPLE JUST GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

HAVE >> YOU GUYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AS WELL.

SO THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE.

WE JUST GOT APPROVED TO OPEN TODAY.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE FAMILIES MOVE THIS COMING TUESDAY.

BUT I THINK THAT AS THAT HAPPENS, WE WILL BE COMMUNICATING WHAT'S GOING ON AND JUST HELPING THEM IS MY GOAL TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING.

AND OF COURSE, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT OTHER PROGRAMS WILL BE OFFERING UP THE SHELTER?

SO AT THE SHELTER, WE WILL BE OFFERING ESL.

WE LEARNING LAB WHERE THEY CAN GO TWICE A DAY WITHOUT SOME OF THING THAT INSTRUCTIVE WE PARTNERED WITH CORN TO HAVE JOB THEY HAVE TRAINING AS WELL AS JACK PLACEMENT AS WELL AS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FED MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO THAT THE END OF 90 DAYS WHEN THEY LEAVE, THEY WILL GET HOUSING.

WE WORKING WITH HOUSING FOR THEM SO THAT THEY CAN GET HOUSING AT THE TRANSITION KYRA, YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, BUT CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE SERVICES RESPOND NOW PROVIDES?

AND IF YOU WERE TO RECEIVE MONEY FROM THIS FUND?

>> HOW WOULD YOUR ORGANIZATION SPENDING?

>> RESPOND SINCE 1969.

HAS BEEN PROVIDING HEALTH HUNGER AND HOUSING SERVICES IN THE FAR SOUTH SUBURBS.

WE ARE LOCATED IN CHICAGO HEIGHTS.

IF THIS FUNDING WAS TO BECOME AVAILABLE AND ANY OF THE ONE OF THE SOUTH SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE AND THEN RESPOND.

I WAS ASKED TO HELP DELIVER THESE DOLLARS.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, SHELTERS VERY IMPORTANT.

IT'S IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL THING.

THE 4 NIGHTS IS TAKING THIS STEP.

BUT BUT THERE'S ALSO A NEED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THE COMMUNITIES FOR THESE FAMILIES ARE FACING EVICTION AND SO RESPOND NOW AS ORGANIZATION HAS CAPACITY FOR 50 YEARS NOW TO DELIVER THESE KINDS OF DOLLARS AND TO THE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING EVICTION, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR A LONG TIME.

AND WE'RE READY TO DO WE JUST REALLY URGE OUR SUBURBAN MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH WE SERVE FOR THE FOR THOSE FOR THOSE GOVERNMENTS TO APPLY.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS YOU THE MOST?

>> THROUGH YOUR WORK.

>> IMPACTS ME.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT.

>> TO KNOW THAT THE YOU KNOW, THAT THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE GENERALLY WE LIVE IN THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

>> AND AND >> AND FOR THERE TO BE RESOURCES TO, TO SERVE ALL GENERALLY.

BUT THEN FOR THERE TO BE THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE AS WELL WHERE THESE DOLLARS ARE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THOSE FOR WHATEVER REASON IS A HUGE IMPACT VERY IT'S DISHEARTENING.

AND CHELSEA, LAST QUESTION TO YOU.

THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO STAY TO THEIR SUBURBS?

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT ACT NOW?

>> I THINK IS IMPORTANT, IT'S I BELIEVE THAT AVIGATION TO SERVE TO PEOPLE.

BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT THEM TO LOOK AT IT AS JUST I KNOW FOR US.

WE'RE IN IT FOR THE LONG SO WHILE >> THEY ARE OFFERING THIS FUNNY FUNDING, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RENOVATE A BUILDING THAT HAD BEEN USED FOR 7 YEARS IN THAT COMMUNITY.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER JOBS TO THAT COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN UNDERSERVED.

AND WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE.

BUT ONCE THE FUNDING RUNS OUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HOMELESS SHELTER THAT WE CAN ALSO USE TO HELP HOME THE PEOPLE THAT HERE IN CHECK.

CARLY LEFT THOUGHTS.

>> HOPE THAT THE MUNICIPALITIES GET A HOLD OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT TOMORROW.

WHETHER OR NOT RESPOND NOW IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES THE SERVICES.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THESE DOLLARS NEED TO BE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

WELL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR INPUT.

THANK YOU.

THINK.

>> UP NEXT, WHO DECIDES WHICH CHICAGO SIDEWALKS GET REPAIRED?

WDW NEWS INVESTIGATES RIGHT AFTER THIS.

AND >> THE MOST WIDELY USED TRANSPORTATION ROUTE IN CHICAGO.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS.

BUT WHEN THEY'RE DAMAGED, HOW AND WHEN THEY GET REPAIRED IS NOT AS STRAIGHTFORWARD AS YOU MIGHT THINK.

IT'S LEADING DISABILITY ADVOCATES AND OTHERS CALLING FOR REFORMS W T TW NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JERRY WITH TURKEY JOINS US NOW WITH MORE NOW.

JARED, YOU SPEND MONTHS CHECKING OUT DIFFERENT SIDEWALKS ACROSS CHICAGO IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

CAN YOU TELL US HOW DOES THE CITY CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED DAMAGED SIDEWALKS?

>> GET THE CITY MAINTAINS ITS SIDEWALKS TO A COMBINATION OF ITS 3, 1, ONE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM AND INSPECTIONS.

IT MAKES REPAIRS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE CITY WAS UNABLE TO TELL ME HOW MUCH OF THE EAST SIDEWALK SYSTEM ACTUALLY NEEDED TO GET REPAIRED, WHICH A HUGE GAP IN KNOWLEDGE.

THEY'RE SORT OF ISSUES CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CITY.

AND THERE ARE PLACES THAT DON'T USE THE 3, 1, 1, SYSTEM KIND OF FURTHERING THE GAPS AND IN CERTAIN PERSONALLY SAW YOURSELF LIKE SOME OF THE SIDEWALKS THAT PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT.

SO ONCE THE CITY IS NOTIFIED OF THE DAMAGE SIDEWALK.

>> HOW IS IT REPAIRED?

YES, SO THE CITY MAINTAINS ITS SIDEWALKS THROUGH A PATCHWORK OF PROGRAMS.

RESPONSIBILITY FALLS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, LOCAL WARD OFFICES AND THE PEOPLE OF THE WORD OFFICES CAN USE MENU MONEY EITHER MAJOR STREETS KEEPING PROGRAMS HAZARDOUS REPAIR THERE'S ALSO PROGRAMS TO PUT HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE RAMPS IN PLACE.

THE MOST POPULAR PROGRAM IS THE SHARED COSTS SIDEWALK PROGRAM.

IT NEARS PLANS AND A LOT OF OTHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

YOU THINK OF IT AS I PAY HALF THE CITY PAYS HALF ESSENTIALLY OFFERS DISCOUNTS FOR OLDER RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

RESIDENTS GET ABOUT A DAY TO SIGN UP FOR THE PROGRAM.

SO ALMOST AS MANY PEOPLE LEFT OUT OF THE PROGRAM IS GET ACCEPTED FOR MOST YEARS.

AND ALSO YOU ANALYZE CITY DATA ON THE SHARED CARS PROGRAM.

WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT WHAT THAT THE DATA SHOW YOU ABOUT WHERE THESE REPAIRS >> ARE TAKING PLACE?

YEAH.

MUCH LIKE THE 3, 1, 1, PARTICIPATION IN THE SHARE COST IS MIXED UP.

AS YOU GO THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SOME COMMUNITIES USE IT MORE THAN OTHERS.

THERE'S A >> SAYING ABOUT THE CITY THAT ALL MAPS OF CHICAGO ARE, IN FACT, THE SAME APP.

AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT SHARED COST, IT HAS A VERY SIMILAR PATTERN THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, ESSENTIALLY THAT I SORT OF LESS BAD MORE GOOD ON THE NORTH SIDE, IN THE OPPOSITE ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES.

SO YOU GET A LOT OF DIFFERENCE THERE THE FACTORS WITH THE HIGHER INCOME COMMUNITIES KIND OF DRIVE THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

YOU GET MORE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME OWNERSHIP AND INCOME THAT KIND OF DRIVE THESE FACTORS WHERE COMMUNITIES NORWOOD PARK, HAVE A LOT HIGHER USAGE IN THE PROGRAM.

WERE OTHER COMMUNITIES DON'T YOU SEE A LOT AWAY MORE USE ON THE NORTH SIDE THAN THAN THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES.

MOST OBVIOUS REASON IS OBVIOUSLY MONEY.

I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO SPEND ON THE SHARED COST SIDEWALK PROGRAM AND THOSE SORT OF BENEFITS AREN'T GOING TO COME TO YOU.

AND I THESE PROBLEMS IMPACT PEOPLE WITH VARYING DEGREES OF DISABILITIES ACROSS THE CITY AND TALKING ABOUT CHANGE.

WILL POTENTIAL REFORMS HAVE ADVOCATES AND OFFICIALS PROPOSED SO >> MANY VIEW THIS PROGRAM IS KIND PLACING TOO HIGH OF A PRIORITY >> TRANSPORTATION BY A ROAD AND LESS SO ON A SMALL INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR SIDEWALKS WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

ACCORDING TO A TON OF THE PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL RECENTLY ISSUED A REPORT THAT SAID SERVICE BASED REQUESTS ARE KIND A PROBLEMATIC AND THAT THEY DELIVER SERVICE UNEVENLY AND NOT EFFICIENTLY POINTED TO WAYS THAT A PROGRAM LIKE SHARED COSTS THAT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE SIDEWALK ISSUE.

COULD LOOK AT THE SIDEWALKS TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE CONDITIONS WERE THEY COULD FIX PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY START TO TALK TO AN ALDERMAN WHO SAID THAT MAY BE A GREAT BASE SYSTEM WOULD BE A BETTER WAY OF DOING THIS RATHER THAN RELYING ON COSTS.

AND THIS WOULD BE A ONE WAY TO BRING COMMUNITIES INTO THE SYSTEM TO GET KIND OF BETTER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR THE SYSTEM THAT PEOPLE USE MOST ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE CITY.

WELL, THANK YOU, GERRI, FOR YOUR REPORT.

THANK YOU.

>> AND YOU CAN READ AIR ITS FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT'S ALL IT.

W T TW DOT COM SLASH NEWS.

A REPORT FINDS 29% OF LATINOS IN CHICAGO ARE EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY.

NOT ONLY DO FAMILY STRUGGLE ACCESSING ENOUGH FOOD, BUT FINDING NUTRITIOUS FOODS TO STAY HEALTHY CAN ALSO BE MORE DIFFICULT IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

THE STATE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE NEW STORES AND FOOD DESERTS PROGRAM GRANT PROGRAM.

MEANWHILE, LOCAL GROCERY STORES AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALREADY WORKING TO FILL THE GAPS.

AN EDUCATION COGHLAN ABOUT HEALTHY EATING.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE OUR ESTHER, SHE MET AT A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHICAGO HISPANIC HEALTH COALITION AND DOCTOR EVELYN, FOR A PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE PILSEN FOOD PANTRY.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

AS I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

HOW HAVE YOU SEEN FOOD DESERTS IMPACT THE TYPES OF FOOD.

PEOPLE ARE EATING IN A REGULAR BASIS AND THE SEND THE ISSUE THAT I THINK YOU FOOD IS MEDICINE.

SO TOKEN, HE HAD WITH TIME.

IF YOU GET >> IS THE IDEA THE SAME WAY YOU PRESS CAME INDICATION FOR PEOPLE NEED HE PAID ATTENTION OF CITY.

YOU GIVE UP GAME SHOW WHAT KIND OF FOOD THEY SUPPOSED TO EAT AND WHAT KIND OF FOOD THEY SUPPOSED TO.

SO THIS SYSTEM NEED DO ANYTHING.

WE SEE EACH OTHER TO BE SURE THAT YOU DON'T GO TO THE PHARMACY AND GET THAT FROM ANY ADDITIONAL FOR WHAT YOU NEED.

THE SAME THING WITH THEY CAN.

THE TASTE NEED TO WANT TO GET THAT WITH COLD AND THIS AND IT THAT WAY THAT PEOPLE GET WET, THEY MAY NEED IT FEED HEALTHY AND NOT TO BE EVERYBODY AND DONE.

FOOD THAT I KNOW OF A PLAY FOR SO THE IDEA NO CHANGE IN THE THEY SYSTEM WORKED.

WE GETTING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WITH ABC 10, THE FACES AND M AND IT GOT US IN THE WORLD.

THE PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO GO TO START AND THEY PREPARE AND THEREFORE FLORIDA AND TALKING ABOUT THAT.

I WANT TO BRING DOCTOR FOR THAT ONE BECAUSE YOU ARE A DOCTOR.

YOU ALSO ARE.

>> YOU ALSO HAVE A A FOOD PANTRY.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HEALTH CONDITIONS, LATINOS EXPERIENCE THAT THAT A CHANGE IN THEIR DIET COULD IMPROVE?

>> FOOD INSECURITY IS ASSOCIATED INCREASED RATE OF DIABETES.

10% INCREASE EVERY YEAR AFTER 10 YEARS OF BEING CHRONICALLY IN FOOD INSECURE, ACTUALLY DOUBLE YOUR RISK OF DEVELOPING DIABETES.

DAVIES IS A VERY PERNICIOUS AND HORRIBLE DISEASE TO HAVE THAT IS INCREDIBLY PREVALENT IN BROWN AND BLACK COMMUNITIES.

ADDITIONALLY, HYPERTENSION IS MORE COMMON FOLKS FOOD INSECURITY BECAUSE BEING ABLE IT NOT BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE IN A FORD, A HEALTHY FOOD REALLY GETS INTO INTO THE WAY RESTRICTING SODIUM INTAKE AND THEN OTHER THINGS THAT ARE A LOT MORE COMMON FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE FOOD INSECURITY IS A DEPRESSION, CHRONIC ABDOMINAL PAIN AND ATTENTION AT SCHOOL.

AND EVEN LIFE EXPECTANCY IS REDUCED PEOPLE THAT ARE CHRONICALLY FOOD, INSECURE.

>> AND DOCTOR, HOW DO YOU EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE RIGHT FOODS?

>> WELL, I REALLY DON'T DO THAT.

I ACTUALLY SCREAMED PEOPLE TO ASK THEM IF THEY HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, FOOD THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR DIETS AND WIND.

WHEN PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD, THEY TEND TO EAT A LOT BETTER THAN WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS.

SO THING THAT CHANGED A LOT FOR ME ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS PLANNING FOR PANTRY, WHICH INSTEAD OF ASKING, ARE YOU EATING HEALTHY?

I STARTED ASKING YOU HAVE ACCESS AND THE ACCESS WAS HELPFUL FOR ME SO THAT I COULD ADDRESS IF PEOPLE HAD FINDING FOOD IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

THAT WAS A PORTABLE, WHICH WAS WHAT CAME UP THE MOST AND EVEN THEN WHEN THEY WOULD MENTION THAT THEY USED THE PANTRIES TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT AT THAT, THE YOU MIGHT BE MIGHT BE THE HEALTHIEST FOR THEM WHERE THEIR CONDITIONS AND THEY OFTEN I MENTIONED THAT WHAT WAS AT THEIR PANTRY REALLY WASN'T HEALTHY THAT THEY HAD A LOT CANNED FOOD, PROCESSED FOOD, BRAD, ETCETERA.

AND THEY KNEW THAT THAT WASN'T BEST FOR THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED THAT PRODUCING 2 SAYS HEALTHY THINGS LIKE SO IF I ASKED THEM THAN THEY TYPICALLY WE HAVE AN OPEN ENDED CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND THEN I CAN ADDRESS GAPS.

BUT THEN ALSO FIND OUT WHY WHY THEY'RE NOT HAVING 5 TO 7 SERVINGS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES A DAY OF TERROR.

>> AND ESTHER, YOUR ORGANIZATION ON COURAGE IS LOOKING AT FOOD AS MEDICINE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT THAT MEANS?

I THINK THE THE MOST IMPORTANT >> WE'VE A PROGRAM WITH COMMUNITY IT.

WE NEED DIDN'T DIDN'T SOME TIME TIME TO EXPLAIN MANY CINCINNATI, A CONTENT TO THEY NEED.

IT.

SO THE COMMUNITY WHAT CAN WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED TO DOT THAT WE KIND PEOPLE TO GO SHOPPING WITH THEN AND EXPLAIN AND EXPLAIN LOCATION AND CONDITION.

SO PEOPLE LIKE TO LEARN SOMETHING AND WE KNOW THE MEDICARE CAN ASSIST AND DON'T CUT THAT TIME.

SOME TIME TO CUT IT.

NEXT PLAY MINUTES IN.

SO THE THEY SEEING THIS SYSTEM HOUSTON COMMUNITY.

WHAT IT CAN TO THE CANTEEN TO HELP.

AND THEN WITH PATIENTS WHO NEED THAT SPACE BENCH, HELPING TO GET THE MEDICATION, THE SAME WAY.

THE MITIGATION IS THE SAME TO BUY GOOD FOOD, NO PROMISES HAVE YOU OR YOU SEE THAT THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTFUL?

I THINK WHAT IS MOST INTERESTING TO ME IS WHEN I GO TO A GROCERY STORE RATE AND YOU GO INTO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE YOGURT AISLE.

>> THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF YOGURTS.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BACK, IT ALL HAS EXTRA ADDED SUGARS.

EXACTLY IN PEOPLE ARE WE TEACHING, THEN WE'RE GOING FOR WHEN THE DUCT WANT TO SAY TO THEY DON'T SUPPOSED TO THAT TYPE OF FOOT AND TEAM BECAUSE WHY THAT THEY HAD MENTIONED THAT COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE HE'S SOMEBODY QUARTER THEN WHO YOU THINK WOULD BE THE GOOD EVENING POTENTIAL?

THEY CAN A GOOD FOOD AT 18.

SO THE CLOSING IS THE SAME WAY WE LESS MONEY TO PAY FOR THE BABY TO MANY PATIENTS.

JUST SAY HAVE YOU FOOD, GOOD FOOD, PRO TEAM.

NO.

THE FUNDS HE SINGS WHAT WE CAN CHECK THAT OUT.

FOOD, 2 GOOD TEAMS CAUSE LESS FOR PEOPLE YOU SO THEN WE CAN TOGETHER TO CHANGE THAT THIS SEASON THEY NEED BECAUSE FEEL NOW FOR ME SOMETIMES FOR IT.

BAN TRACE SET BY DAY KNOW WHAT IT CAN TO THEY NEED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CAN GETS KNOW, TO WHAT WITH COMMUNITY, IT IN THE BANK THAT I KNOW THAT MANY BEN TO HAPPEN AND THAT THE PEOPLE BUT THOSE PEOPLE, WE NEED TO YOU KNOW, TO LESSEES YOU'RE SAYING TO WORK TOGETHER TO WE NEED TO CLOSE TO GET IT IN SAME WAY THAT WE WITH MITIGATION.

WE NEED TO TO BUY GOOD FOOD.

THEY CAN GO ANY LEADER OF THE FOOD TO THE HOUSE, TO THE PEOPLE, THE TO KIND LEAVE AND NO BIG PERCENT WE NEED.

MAYBE WHEN YOU MORE TO START.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE THE COMEDY.

AND I KNOW THAT BIG WE NEED PLACES WHERE PEOPLE EAT BECAUSE THEY AND WE NEED TO WEAR IT WITH STARTED, YOU KNOW, TO THAT EFFECT, POSSIBILITY OF THE COMMUNITY PEOPLE TO LOSE.

THESE ARE THESE ARE REALLY BIG AND TALK IN SCENE BECAUSE IT BUT IF THAT MEANT IF YOU IT, WE USED GIVE IT'S THE PATIENT AND CAN GO INTO NATION WITH WITH TWIST SMOKING.

COURSE, AND WANT BRING THE SAME.

SO WANT TO BRING DOCTOR AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT.

DOCTOR FRIEDEL OF THE GRANT PROGRAM FROM GOVERNOR PRITZKER IS AIMED AT GROWING LOCAL BUSINESSES.

>> WE SHOULD ALSO KNOW THIS IS A STATEWIDE INITIATIVE THAT IS ANTICIPATE TOWARDS HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT AND EVEN JUST ONE STORE WITH FRESH PRODUCE HAVING A NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> YOU CAN HAVE A WONDERFUL PEOPLE ARE REALLY TRYING TO STRETCH THEIR DOLLARS AND BUY WHAT IS HEALTHY AND WHAT GIVE GREAT NUTRITION INFIELD TO THEIR FAMILIES.

OFTENTIMES FOOD DESERTS, I'M NOT ONLY ARE THE FOODS ARE THE FOODS HARDER TO FIND, BUT THE FRESHNESS AND THE QUALITY IS DIFFERENT.

SO EVEN IF SOMEONE DID WANT PEOPLE A VARIETY OF THINGS, MAYBE THE STRAWBERRIES AND THE GOVERNOR'S INITIATIVE IS SUPPOSED TO HELP CONNECT AFFORDABLE PRODUCE PRODUCE IS ACTUALLY THE ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS WE BUY THE BILLS AND PANTRY.

WE SPEND OVER $1300 A WEEK ON PRODUCE.

WE ALSO BUY FRESH EGGS AND I CAN TELL YOU PEOPLE VOTE WITH THEIR WITH THEIR CHECKMARKS.

THEY PICK THEIR OWN FOOD AND IT'S WHAT PEOPLE PICK TIME.

AND AGAIN, IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE CARRYING THINGS HOME FROM THE PANTRY, THEY WOULD MUCH RATHER TAKE PRODUCE, OVERCOME ANYTHING CANNED.

SO AND THAT'S VERY, VERY CONSISTENT.

WE DO.

THIS LITERALLY WILL BE.

>> SO THIS WILL BE IMPACTFUL.

THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR BOTH.

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