>> PEOPLE WHO ARE PLANNING TO APPLY FOR CITY.

HE ID CARD WILL HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

THE CHICAGO CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS CANCELED NEIGHBORHOOD POP UPS WHERE RESIDENTS COULD GET THE CARDS FOR THE REST OF 2023.

CITING HIGH DEMAND THE CITY ISSUED ID CARD GIVES RESIDENTS AND NEWLY ARRIVING MIGRANTS ACCESS TO RESOURCES LIKE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND TRANSPORTATION.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THIS IN THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM IS ON A VALENCIA.

THE CHICAGO CITY KIRK, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

SO REMIND US, IF YOU WOULD, BRIEFLY WHAT THE CITY KEY IS AND HOW IT'S USEFUL.

>> SURE.

SO THE CITY CARD FOUNDED BY ACTUALLY COMMUNITY ADVOCATES.

5 YEARS AGO.

WE HELP BRING IN JULY.

IT IS A GOVERNMENT ID, A LIBRARY CARD TRANSIT GUARD AND PRESCRIPTION DISCOUNT CARD.

IT'S FREE.

IT'S ALSO THE FIRST-EVER 90 IN ILLINOIS TO LIE TO SELF-IDENTIFY GENDER OR MARKING NOT BY LATE.

AND IT'S REALLY A CARD THAT WAS SUPPORTED TO HELP COMMUNITIES LIKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

SURVIVORS, HOMELESS ARE USED TO BE TO REENTRY COMMUNITY AND OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.

>> HAVE THE MOBILE CITY HALL EVENTS IS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN CALLED THE NEIGHBORHOOD POP UPS.

WHY THOSE EVENTS BEEN CANCELED.

>> SO THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CANCELED.

WE STOPPED 24 EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR.

SO I THINK THE CONFUSION OR 2 THINGS THAT WE RUN PROGRAM THAT CITI HE AND WE HAVE OUR MOBILE EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD 280 OF THEM THIS YEAR ALREADY AND WILL HAVE 180 OF THEM BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR MOBILE CITY HALL AND OUR OF THE HOLIDAYS ARE 23.

BASICALLY MANY RESOURCE FAIRS WHERE WE BRING OTHER DEPARTMENTS, OUR CITY, HE AND OUR CITY STICKER PROGRAM DOG LICENSING RESIDENT PARKING PASSES TO DIFFERENT REGIONS AROUND THE CITY.

SO THAT DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAT RUNS FROM MAY UNTIL OCTOBER.

AND WE'VE DONE THAT SINCE 2019, THE CITY, POP UP BEING COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.

SHELTERS THAT WE'RE DOING NOW FOR THE NEW ARRIVALS.

WE STILL HAVE 24 OF THOSE EVENTS SCHEDULED THIS YEAR.

>> AND THOSE 24 THAT ARE SCHEDULED, THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS, CORRECT.

>> YEAH, IN OUR SHELTERS.

SO SINCE LAST AUGUST WE'VE BEEN WITH THE NEW ARRIVALS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES IN THE STATE TO GO TO THE SHELTERS SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO COME TO US.

WE WANT TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE.

THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY KEY CARD PROGRAM.

AND AS WE TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE CITY, HE YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A DEMAND EVEN BEFORE THE NEW RIVAL STARTED COUNTY.

WE'VE HAD AND THEN ACTUALLY GET TO, WHICH IS WHY THIS YEAR IN OUR BUDGET, WE'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO RENOVATE THIS PROGRAM, MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND BUILD CAPACITY THROUGH AN APPOINTMENT APPOINTMENT SYSTEM AND ALSO MAKING SURE ONLINE PLATFORM YOU CAN GET A CITY GET IT ONLINE HAVE IT SENT TO DIRECTLY AT HOME.

>> SO YOU YOU MENTIONED, OBVIOUSLY THE INCREASE YOUR OFFICE REPORTS, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN APPLYING FOR CITY KEY ID'S HAS RISEN IN THE LAST 3 YEARS FROM JUST UNDER 8900 IN THE YEAR 2021.

TO MORE THAN 22,000 THIS YEAR, ALREADY.

AND YOU SAID THAT THAT INCREASE WAS HAPPENING BEFORE THE NEW ARRIVALS BEGAN ARRIVING.

WHERE YOU THINK IS DRIVING THIS INCREASE.

>> WELL, FIRST HERE, WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.

IN 2018, WE HAD 24,000 CITY.

HE'S THAT WE DID THAT YEAR.

SO THERE WAS DEMAND BEFORE EVEN HAPPENED.

THIS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

AND I JUST TELL FOLKS WATCHING THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH.

I'M ON ON THE FRONT LINES ON THE GROUND.

I'M SEEING OTHER MOMS HAVE A 3 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND I SAW FAMILY WITH A 3 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER COME THROUGH LAST YEAR THAT WIND THROUGH THE JUNGLE WINTER MOSCOW COUNTRIES TO BE HERE AND IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT WE HAVE TO.

MAYBE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE SEE THE HUMANITARIAN HUMAN SIDE OF THIS THAT, YES, THIS IS RESOURCE THAT WE CAN GIVE CITY HE BUT AT THE WELCOMING CITY, CHICAGO, WE REALLY CANNOT PAINT THEM AS OTHER.

THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS HERE JUST LIKE ALL OF LOOKING FOR SERVICES.

AND AS A MOM, I JUST WANT TO OUT THERE THAT THESE ARE FAMILIES THAT WE NEED TO HELP.

AND SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN EVEN WITH LIMITED RESOURCES THAN EXHAUSTED RESOURCES FRANKLY EXHAUSTED TEAM MEMBERS BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A TEAM OF 5 IN HOUSE AND THE HOUSE THE AGENCY THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT.

>> YOU MENTIONED, OF COURSE, THAT THESE WILL BE THROUGH YOUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THROUGH THE SHELTERS ARE SOME OF THOSE SHELTERS WHERE SOME OF THE THE MIGRANTS ARE ARE BEING SHELTERED THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE EVENTS THAT YOU'RE HAVING.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AGAIN, SINCE AUGUST, BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY AND THE STATE THAT ALL SHELTERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BE THERE.

NOW, WE CAN'T SERVICE EVERYONE AS OF TOMORROW, BUT WE ARE GETTING TO THEM OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

AND THEN ALSO IN THE NEW YEAR, WE HOPE THAT THEIR HELP THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE BUDGET TEAM IN THE CITY COUNCIL, WE CAN BUILD A NEW ONLINE PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS HAVE APPOINTMENTS NEXT YEAR OR ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN CITY.

HE ONLINE PLATFORM WHERE PEOPLE CAN APPLY ONLINE AND HAVE SENT TO THEM AND WE'LL STILL HAVE OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.

AND AGAIN, WE DID 181 IS THE EVENTS THIS YEAR.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO MEET THE DEMAND AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

BUT IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING IN WITH ITS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

SO WE HOPE THAT THIS BUDGET SEASON ABLE TO SECURE THOSE BONDS BUILD OUT THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT HE USED TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND HELP US WITH CAPACITY.

>> YOU MENTIONED THOSE YOUR THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD INCREASE, AS YOU SAID, FUNDING FOR THE CITY.

HE PROGRAM BY 40%.

WHAT MORE DO YOU YOU ALSO MENTIONED SOME TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS.

BUT WHAT MORE DO YOU FOR YOUR OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEED?

>> FIRST FACT YOU MENTIONED IS BROUGHT OUR BUDGET IS 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS.

IT'S ONLY SEEING INCREASE OF $1500 THIS YEAR SO THAT THERE ONLY INCREASING.

WE'RE HAPPY TO THOSE NUMBERS, TOO, AS WELL.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT FOR THE TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD THAT FORM AS WELL TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE IS APPOINTMENT SYSTEM ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO PRESERVE THE CITY CARDS.

WE'VE EXHAUSTED THAT LINE ADDITIONAL TRANSLATORS, BUT ALSO BE HELPFUL.

WE ARE ABLE TO GET THAT THE BEGINNING OF THE CRISIS LAST YEAR, ADDITIONAL TRANSLATORS AND THEN WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

NOW, I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY VOLUNTEERS AND HOUSE AND GET VOLUNTEERS ON THE GROUND, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE GREAT TO HELP BIGGER EVENTS.