Cook County Budget Cuts Could Threaten Fundamental Rights of Indigent Defendants

Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and the Chicago Council of Lawyers strongly urged the County Board to refrain from cutting budgets of the Cook County Public Defender's and State's Attorney's offices in a public letter yesterday. Cuts to the Public Defender's budget would threaten the constitutio...
October 19, 2017

Bail Reform Community Conversation

Sharone Mitchell and our very own Sharlyn Grace will be presenting on a panel next Wednesday, October 18th at 5:30pm at Sidley Austin, One South Dearborn. Chicago Appleseed's Next Gen Board has invited them to talk about the racial justice and criminal justice work that the Coalition to End Money...
October 12, 2017

Next Steps for Domestic Relations

Over the last five years, Chicago Appleseed has been working closely with Grace Dickler, the Presiding Judge of the Cook County Domestic Relations Division. Together, we have collaborated to remake the domestic relations courts into a single, modern court that not only serves the needs families usin...
September 20, 2017

August is Child Support Awareness Month

Last month, Illinois adopted an “income shares” model for determining child support, joining 39 other states in considering the income of both parents in calculating the money needed to raise their child. “Income shares” for calculating child support is based upon a model developed by the Federal Of...
August 24, 2017