Food banks across the state struggled to keep up with the rising demand for food assistance. Applications for food assistance programs skyrocketed. Nearly 800,000 people filed new claims for unemployment in Illinois during the initial six weeks after Governor Pritzker's first disaster proclamation in response to COVID-19.1 At its peak, Illinois's unemployment rate hit 17.2 percent in April 2020.2 Many people who already lived paycheck-to-paycheck found themselves without income. Shriver Center on Poverty Law, President and CEOīringing Equity to Food Access: A Letter from the Co-Chairs Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Acting Director Illinois State Senate, 38th District Senator Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (ICIRR), Health Policy Director Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Director of the Office of Community Outreach University of Illinois at Chicago Institute for Health Research and Policy, Associate Professor Illinois House of Representatives, 108th District Representative Illinois Retail Merchants Association (IRMA), President and CEO Illinois State Senate, 3rd District Senator Illinois Department of Human Services, Secretary
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