CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago community and church leaders gathered Thursday morning to call on Governor Bruce Rauner to move forward on a plan to create thousands of jobs for Chicago teenagers.
The group rallied outside the Cook County Jail.
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"The state is going to pay one way or another. Either we're gonna pay to bury households, bury kids, or to lock up- kids, or give them an opportunity for a future," said community activist Brian Malone.
The group says state lawmakers approved have approved a summer jobs program that would keep kids off the street this summer, but the $30 million needed for the plan is being held up as part of the state budget stalemate.