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PROPOSED ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING THE COMMISSION ON COOK COUNTY YOUTH
WHEREAS, there are approximately 1.2 million children residing in Cook County; and
WHEREAS, in 2014 Raj Chetty, Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and Nathaniel Hendren, Assistant Professor of Economics at Harvard University completed a comprehensive "Equality of Opportunity" study of the Causal Effects of Growing Up in Each of the 100 Largest Counties in the United States on Household Income, with household income at age 26 being a key indicator of a socially, economically, and educationally successful childhood; and
WHEREAS, the above-referenced "Equality of Opportunity Study," applying the above criteria ranked DuPage County number one (1) in the United States in terms of successful childhood outcomes; and
WHEREAS, the same study of the 100 Largest Counties in the United States ranked Cook County number ninety six (96); and
WHEREAS, the same study of the 100 Largest Counties in the United States ranked Baltimore City number one hundred (100); and
WHEREAS, the same study of the 100 Largest Counties in the United States and their ultimate impact on the success of the children that grow up in each of those counties further illustrates that every year a poor child spends in DuPage County adds about $200 dollars to his or her annual household income at age 26; and
WHEREAS, the same study of the 100 Largest Counties in the United States and their ultimate impact on the success of the children that grow up in each of those counties further illustrates that children who move from Cook County to DuPage County at an early age are less likely to become single parents, more likely to go to college, and more likely to earn more money; and
WHEREAS, a report issued by Drexel University's Center for Labor Markets and Policy in January 2015 found an unemployment rate among African American male teens in the City of Chicago of 91%; and
WHEREAS, a report issued by t...
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