>>> AND IT'S NOT JUST CHICAGO , CLICK COOK COUNTY AS WELL.

THE RECENTLY PLEADED FOR MORE STATE AID AS TITLE 42 EXPIRES .

THE BOARD PRESIDENT IS JOINING US NOW.

I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MEDICAL THAT PROGRAM , WHERE 73,000 COOK COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL HAVE ALL OF THEIR MEDICAL THAT ERASED.

>> SOME HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION AS TO THIS .

WE HAVE A $12 MILLION PROGRAM , LESS THAN $1 MILLION , ALMOST 73,000 MAC AND MANY OF THESE RESIDENTS ARE ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE?

WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DOES THIS HAVE?

>> IF YOU HAVE MEDICAL DEBT YOU ARE LESS LIKELY TO JUST GET REGULAR SCREENINGS , SO IT IMPEDES YOUR WILLINGNESS TO RESOLVE YOUR MEDICAL DEBT AND IMPACTS YOUR CREDIT SCORE AND YOUR ABILITY TO GET LOANS OR MORTGAGES.

IT HAS HEALTHCARE IMPACTS, FINANCIAL IMPACTS, AND MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS.

>> AND ONLY ABOUT A DOLLAR IN FUNDING COULD WIPE OUT $100 IN SOMEONE'S DEBT, RIGHT?

>> IT'S AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING .

THEY USUALLY SELL THEIR DEBT TO DEBT COLLECTORS, SO WE BUY IT FOR THE SAME PRICE THAT THEY WOULD SELL TO DEBT COLLECTORS.

WE SEND NOTICES THAT THEIR DEBT HAS BEEN WIPED OUT.

>> ULTIMATELY, HOW MANY FOLKS COULD HAVE THEIR DEBT ERASED?

>> 73,000 .

THAT TOTAL WAS $80 MILLION .

IT'S KIND OF A RATIO OF 10-1 .

>> I WANT TO GET TO THE MIGRANT ISSUE WITH CITY LIMITS IN TAKING CARE OF MIGRANTS.

HOW ARE THE RESOURCES RIGHT NOW?

>> THE CITY HAS TAKEN CARE OF HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION AND WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING FOR MORE THAN 6000 SINCE SEPTEMBER AND THAT HAS BEEN ALMOST $2 MILLION A MONTH TO PROVIDE THIS CARE .

AT FIRST THE STATE WAS HELPING US OUT AND WE WERE KICKING IN 200,000 A MONTH.

WE HAVE TAKEN ON THE ENTIRE BURDEN OURSELVES NOW THOUGH.

>> AND YOU ARE ASKING FOR MORE ?

>> YES.

I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS WHO WENT WITH US .

WE HAVE A SANCTUARY SANCTUARY CITY AND WE NEED THE STATE TO HELP US.

>> AND THE COUNTY IS TAKING CARE OF THAT AND YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE DOING THIS?

>> WE HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN WHOEVER COMES TO OUR DOOR.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

>> WHAT ABOUT TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT , PUTTING MIGRANTS ON BUSES TO DEMOCRATIC CITIES?

>> MANY THOUSANDS MORE WILL BE BUSSED IN THE COMING DAYS.

>> WHAT'S YOUR REACTION ?

>> THERE IS A THAT HE WILL GO TO.

I TAKE IT .

>> I TAKE YOU ARE NOT A FAN?

>> I THINK THAT'S ACCURATE.

I THINK IT IS SORT OF RABBLE ROUSING .

IT'S A HUMAN CRISIS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS CHOSEN TO IGNORE FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.

>> SHE'S GOING TO THE CITY TO WORK UNDER THE BRANDON JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION.

>> WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR HER SERVICES .

SHE KNOWS THE NUMBERS AND KNOWS THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE AND ASKED THIS MORNING HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE THIS WILL AFFECT.

>> ARE THERE STILL MANY MORE?