Johnson’s Spending Plan Set to Create Department of Reentry With $5M Budget – WTTW (Chicago)

During budget hearings, Ald. Walter Burnett peppered Budget Director Annette Guzman about the mayor’s plan to create a 13-person Office of New Arrivals to help migrants as part of the Department of Family and Support Services with a total budget of $1.2 million. Burnett told Guzman he wanted “to see the same thing for returning residents,” referring to those who move back to Chicago after being incarcerated.