On November 7, 2024, Health & Medicine Policy Director Wesley Epplin delivered testimony to the Chicago City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations regarding threats to the Chicago Public Health Department’s budget.

“In the shadow of the Federal election results this week, we should expect that at the Federal level, there will likely be budget cuts to public health in the years to come—and broader attacks on public health functioning,” Epplin said. “CDPH is heavily reliant on federal funding, so such cuts will worsen the health of your constituents.”

Read the full testimony here.