Medicaid Expansion and the Access to Community Treatment Court

The fate of the Affordable Care Act and the Medicaid expansion, is uncertain. Illinois was one of the first states to embrace the Medicaid expansion in 2013, and it was instrumental in supporting the Access to Community Treatment court, a project of Chicago Appleseed. The Access to Community Treatm...
December 22, 2016

Access to Community Treatment Court Celebrates Third Graduation

by Ali Abid, Senior Criminal Justice Policy Analyst at Chicago Appleseed On December 2, 2016, Cook County's Access to Community Treatment (ACT) Court achieved a major milestone by celebrating its third graduation for individuals who successfully completed the problem-solving court program. In tota...
December 8, 2016

An Update from the Immigration Court Reform Advisory Committee Co-Chair

Proposing a New Model to Ensure Efficiency in the Courts, Creating a Manual for Practitioners, and More--Lisa Palumbo, Immigration Court Reform Advisory Committee Co-Chair The purpose is of the Immigration Court Reform Advisory Committee is to work together with stakeholders to create a more fair a...
December 7, 2016

Giving Tuesday is Here!

Today, Tuesday November 29th is Giving Tuesday. Research into individual charitable giving shows that giving is a fundamentally social act. A 2004 study found that our impulse to give is stronger when we see our friends or people we admire donating, and a 2014 Red Cross survey shows that we give wh...
November 29, 2016

Why Our Staff has Chosen Chicago Appleseed

Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday, the social media celebration of charitable giving. We'd like to take a moment to share with you why our staff attorneys has chosen to work with Chicago Appleseed and thank you for supporting their advocacy.   Ali Abid, Staff Attorney and Criminal Justice Policy Ana...
November 28, 2016