WTTW: ‘The Lines Are Already Long’: How Cuts to SNAP, Medicaid Could Impact Illinois

By Shelby Hawkins

“People have this misconception that people who are on public benefits don’t work or don’t want to work,” said Niya Kelly, director of state legislative policy, equity and transformation at the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness. “Six out of 10 individuals who are on Medicaid who can work, do work. For those who don’t work, it’s a lack of access to child care, maybe a disability, they’re enrolled in school.”