With a high of 9.7% unemployment rate in 2009 and high of 11.1%(IDES) currently we can honestly say that we are in a crisis. Chicago is in the top three county's in Illinois that have the highest amount of the un-employment. Recessions have very high impacts with lower income families because it causes rising of unemployment. 405,000 Chicagoans have been pushed into poverty since this recession. Unemployment and poverty correlate very much so because with no work there is no money provided. A bad economy means more people falling into the poverty category. Out of 7 county's in Illinois, Chicago(cook) meets and exceeds the most amount in the extreme poor, low income and poverty chart. Employment is a security and backbone of a community and economy. The reality of this is known that we have reached currently the highest rate ever and with that we need to have the strong support that helps with loss of jobs and to try and create work so that we do not continue to have people on the streets.
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