Help Us Ensure Adequate Funding in the City Budget for Public Health and Public Safety
CWTA has signed on in support of The Public Health and Safety budget amendment which calls for redirecting unused funds from the Chicago Police Department to the Chicago Department of Public Health and other public safety initiatives.
We need your help in contacting your alderperson to express your support for the amendment and ask that they support it as well.
Ways to take action…
Come to the art build on Sunday -
6353 S. Cottage Grove Ave
Attend Monday's 11 am Presser -
City Hall
For years, the CPD budget has included close to $220 million in officer vacancy funds, but hasn’t successfully hired or grown the force since 2018. The Public Health and Safety budget amendment proposes to include a more realistic amount for CPD hiring and then redirect the remaining funds to other public safety interventions. Specifically, the remaining funds would be used for the following:
Avoid the proposed $68m property tax
Protect funding for the Department of Public Health & bolster Treatment Not Trauma
Fund & preserve Peacebook - holding +350 youth jobs across the city focused on violence prevention
Preserve the Chicago Empowerment Fund that is used to fund our Guaranteed Income Pilots
Protect Civilian Oversight roles in CPD
We need your help in contacting your alderperson to express your support for the amendment and ask that they support it as well.
