The issues Lake County United works on evolve
over time in response to the interests and initiative of its members
and to current events. Currently the organization has the following
goals and action priorities:
- Improve and expand access to healthcare for the residents of Lake
County.
- Action: Work to maintain a strong and
viable full service hospital in Waukegan.
- Ensure that decent and attainable housing is available to a wide
array of Lake County residents, including those with low-wages.
- Action: Work with community leaders in Mundelein to see that
at least 20% of the apartments in the Whitehall Manor complex
are available and affordable to the current and future residents.
- Action: Promote ways to expand, maintain and assure the diversity
of housing options in Libertyville including on publicly-owned
parcels of land such as School Street.
- Action: Support initiatives (such as the Affordable Housing
Planning and Appeals Act, the Source of Income Act and the
Rental Support Program) at the state and county level to
expand resources for affordable housing.
- Create more equitable educational opportunities
for all persons in Lake County.
- Action: Remove barriers to higher education for young immigrants
through support of the federal DREAM Act.
- Action: Actively investigate other potential solutions to
boost educational equity and achievement throughout Lake
County.
- Encourage and increase active participation in the political process.
- Actions: Educate our members and our communities on key issues
impacting Lake County. Build relationships with elected officials,
the business community and other key organizations in Lake
County. Increase voter registration and voting.
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