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Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 06/10/2015 | | |
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| 1 | | ESTABLISHING THE COMMISSION ON COOK COUNTY YOUTH | Ordinance | 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 L | | |
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15-3362
| 1 | | ESTABLISHING THE COMMISSION ON COOK COUNTY YOUTH | Ordinance | 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 L | | |
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