Job layoffs, unexpected medical bills, home fires or even one late paycheck are enough to leave many people destitute and out on the streets. More than 50,000 per-sons, 30 percent of whom are children, are homeless in Illinois over the course of a year.
The Homeless Assistance Fund gives citizens a way to help. Illinois taxpayers may write in a donation of $1 or more on line 15d of their 1991 Illinois tax form. The contributions are either deducted from tax refunds or added to taxes owed. More than 82,000 Illinoisans have donated in excess of half-million dollars since the fund began two years ago.
The money raised helps sup-port local agencies that provide food, shelter and services to help people who are homeless get back on their feet and into per-manent housing. Even a $1 do-nation can help turn around the life of someone without a home.
I encourage all Illinois taxpayers to give generously.
