{"id":84084,"date":"2020-01-28T10:37:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T16:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=84084"},"modified":"2020-02-05T13:32:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T19:32:19","slug":"in-the-battle-of-chicagos-budget-deficit-community-investment-takes-the-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/in-the-battle-of-chicagos-budget-deficit-community-investment-takes-the-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"In the battle of Chicago\u2019s budget deficit, community investment takes the hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Alison Saldanha<\/strong>
\nMedill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n

Just after sunset on a December afternoon, squeals and laughter filled the basketball court of the Chicago Jesuit Academy, on Chicago\u2019s West Side, as 60 students ages 8 to 13 dribbled balls and ran back and forth.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a clipboard in his hand and a pen tucked behind his ear, coach Brandon Wilkerson called out to players to come forward, one by one, and try shooting into the basket. At 28, Wilkerson works in the after-school program run by the Westside Health Authority in Chicago\u2019s Austin neighborhood. As the floor pulsated with the pounding of basketballs, he said, \u201cI see myself in these kids.\u201d<\/span>
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\n\u201cI want them to get the right kind of attention,\u201d he said. \u201cOften they have nothing to do after school and can easily get influenced by gangs roaming the area. Heck, I was influenced when I was their age too.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By definition, after-school programs provide students with an opportunity to participate in academic, sports or technology-related activities outside of the traditional school day. But according to Wilkerson, they offer something that at-risk children often do not find at home \u2014 a sense of belonging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese kids, they\u2019re so innocent \u2014 all they want is to feel like they are part of something and, unfortunately, because their parents have to work twice as hard to have them get by the week \u2014 they don\u2019t get a lot of attention at home,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, they join gangs. But now, if we offer them these activities instead, they\u2019ll lap that up, too. They just need to feel like they belong.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet under new Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot, funding for after-school programs has actually dropped, according to an examination of Chicago\u2019s 2020 budget, <\/span>passed<\/span><\/a> on Nov. 26. The city council agreed to spend $15 million, a drop of 8% over the previous year. The year before, it dropped by 13%, as the city struggles with a budget deficit of nearly $1 billion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Critics contend that this shows Lightfoot\u2019s \u201cdissonance\u201d with the city\u2019s needs and her own campaign promises as a reformer who promised to \u201cend the neglect of communities by building a city of fairness and hope and prosperity for the many, not just for the few.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey say they have no money, but they choose not to put money in the right places. They would rather focus on policing violence because that\u2019s a hot topic,\u201d said Ralph Edwards, a reformed gang member and program manager of gun-violence-prevention group Metropolitan Family Services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Alycia Moaton, 18 and a leader at GoodKids MadCity, said the dip in funding comes at a time when the city\u2019s youth need it most.\u00a0 \u201cYou have students who are the only ones who can work in their family situations, but they can’t get a full-time job because they are in class, so after-school programs like After School Matters are the only option of, like, money,\u201d Moaton said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lightfoot\u2019s budget cuts also follow a national trend. <\/span>In his federal budget\u00a0<\/span>proposal<\/span><\/a> for 2020, President Donald Trump eliminated funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative that finances after-school and summer programs across the country. The President argued this initiative, and 28 others, does not \u201caddress national needs\u201d and \u201care more appropriately supported by state, local, or private funds.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During the budget hearings in October and November, activists gathered at City Hall to protest Lightfoot\u2019s 7% budget hike for the Chicago Police Department. At $1.7 billion, this is the department\u2019s largest budget in at least five years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou have allocations for the police that are increasing by millions of dollars every year \u2014 why aren’t you investing that money into the students and into jobs for students?\u201d Moaton said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ald. Pat Dowell, chairman of the City Council’s Budget Committee, responds that the city tried its best to balance community needs with public safety.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re facing a large deficit so we\u2019ve tried to be balanced and meet the city\u2019s primary needs. We had to make choices, it was not easy,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople in communities are taxed a lot and we have tried to create a balance based on our revenue sources.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOverall, the budget is putting more money toward community safety \u2014 not necessarily policing but safety,\u201d said Ald. Sophia King of the 4th Ward. \u201cThis will go to organizations that are actually on the ground in our communities so I\u2019m optimistic about that.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anna Mangahas, a community organizer at ONE Northside working on police accountability, said the budget increase for CPD may be related to the consent decree coming into force this year. \u201cThe city has committed to a lot for police reform which will require money. There are many overdue promotions within the police department that are finally coming into force.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Her colleague Anna Gaebler, a community organizer for economic justice at ONE Northside, expanded on Mangahas point.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s true that implementing the consent decree is costly, but it appears to be a convenient\u00a0scapegoat for massive allocation for policing and militarizing the city when there are certainly areas that do not require funding,\u201d Gaebler said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During another rally in late November by demonstrators who demanded more\u00a0<\/span>funding<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for non-police anti-violence efforts, Lightfoot\u2019s deputy mayor for public safety, Susan Lee, pointed out that the city budget has separately earmarked $9.2 million toward violence prevention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anti-gun violence advocates such as Arne Duncan, former head of Chicago Public Schools, U.S. secretary of education and managing partner of Chicago CRED, said the sum is not nearly enough, especially when compared with spending in cities such as Los Angeles and New York.\u00a0In fact, activists had wanted Lightfoot to\u00a0<\/span>spend<\/span><\/a>\u00a0$50 million for these programs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A closer look inside CPD\u2019s budget reveals resources for community policing, which are focused on nurturing community ties with the police, have also declined from last year, in percentage terms. While CPD\u2019s overall spending will rise, to $1.7 billion, the proposed budget for community policing remains the same at $80,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

This comes along with a cut of 16 job postings in the office, including 13 for civilian community organizers, who form an important link between the police and the neighborhood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe budget for community policing is on par with the last year and should be sufficient for now, but we acknowledge it could be more,\u201d Dowell said. \u201cMaybe next year, when we are out of our deficit and have identified newer sources of revenue and have developed more efficiency in government functioning, we can expand the budget on community policing.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

King, the alderman, admitted she is concerned about the cuts for the program, calling it \u201cone of the most important parts of policing in Chicago.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With the city\u2019s budget cuts, after-school programs find themselves underfunded, diminishing their expansion in impoverished neighborhoods like Austin, where Brandon Wilkerson of the Westside Health Authority, grew up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On a typical day, he visits his students in their classrooms, to see if they are present and behaving. After basketball practice he and other organizers drop the children off at their doorstep, because, \u201cLet\u2019s face it, this area is not a safe space for them to be walking home after dark.\u201d He added that they often also offer chips and juice at the end of a game day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be great if the government pitches in, because we spend out of pocket for gas, snacks. I mean, I don\u2019t get paid much in the first place, but we do it anyway because these kids deserve it,\u201d said Wilkerson, who works part-time as a coach, earning minimum wage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Back at the Chicago Jesuit Academy\u2019s basketball court, Rachel Lumpkin, 47, sat in the bleachers and scanned her phone, occasionally watching her 9-year-old son Julian practice with Wilkerson\u2019s team.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s really important for kids to have this, especially because it is free. How else are they going to afford it?\u201d said Lumpkin, who works as a nurse at a hospital in Oak Park, near\u00a0 Chicago\u2019s West Side. A few months ago, the Lumpkins tried enrolling Julian in a competitive basketball program in the area but had to abandon plans when they learned it would cost them $300 for six months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt the money would be better spent on sending him to school, and buying other supplies plus with this program,\u201d she said. \u201cNot only is it free, but he also gets the opportunity to interact with children from different backgrounds and to develop a healthy worldview.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pointing to a few men on the court playing with the children, she said, \u201cThose men are cops. These officers come to play with the children every week. It\u2019s a great way to bridge the divide between law enforcement and young children of color.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She is pleased that Austin, which receives negative publicity for crime and poverty, is home to the program, saying, \u201cWe now have a safe space for collaboration between the police, the church and the community \u2014 and look at these kids \u2014 they\u2019re hungry for it!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify a quote.<\/em><\/p>\n

Photo at top: Children, ages 8 to 13, of the Austin community on Chicago\u2019s West Side, attend basketball practice organized by the Westside Health Authority. Chicago Police Department officers often join these sessions as part of their community policing initiatives to build stronger ties with the neighborhood youth.
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