Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Yessenia Cervantes-Vázquez, a health worker with Rush Community Health Center, helps two residents apply for the Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot on April 30, 2022 in Pilsen. A third of applicants for a citywide program that would guarantee them a small level of cash assistance for a year reported struggling with their mental health, according to a new study.
University of Chicago researchers said applicants for the program reported experiencing psychological distress at five times the rate of the general population and said they planned to continue studying whether recipients of the assistance saw improvements in their mental health […]
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