Paving the Path to Homeownership for Housing Choice Voucher Holders
Since the mid-20th century, homeownership has been one of the most important vehicles for building wealth in the United States. According to research from the…
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For more than 100 years, The Chicago Community Trust has convened, supported, funded, and accelerated the work of community members and changemakers committed to strengthening the Chicago region. From building up our civic infrastructure to spearheading our response to the Great Recession, the Trust has brought our community together to face pressing challenges and seize our greatest opportunities.
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Youth Services of Glenview-Northbrook
The Pride Youth Program provides social, support, and leadership programming to more than 250 LGBTQ+ youth ages 4-24 and their families. The funds from this grant will help us provide programming that meets the unique needs of LGBTQ+ youth and their families, with a focus on (1) providing additional supports and resources for Spanish-speaking families, (2) supporting other community organizations in creating safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth and families, and (3) creating paid leadership opportunities for LGBTQ+ high school youth.
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Women in Need Recovery
With the generous support the LGBTQ Community Fund, WIN Recovery will provide wraparound, holistic reentry services at our sites in Chicago and Berwyn to members of the LGBTQ2S+ community after a period of incarceration, helping them to rebuild their lives and unleashing their potential. WIN Recovery will do this through a new drop-in resource center in Chicago and four reentry homes in nearby Berwyn. With the support we provide, hundreds of LGBTQ2S+ folks will begin the process of healing, make measurable progress toward self-sufficiency, including housing and employment, and remain free from incarceration.
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago
Support from The Chicago Community Trust will support AIDS Foundation Chicago’s (AFC) work to advance access to high-quality employment opportunities for transgender women, particularly Black and Latinx women in Chicago. AFC staff will: 1) Expediate participants access to employment services and workforce development opportunities; 2) Identify and reduce burdens, barriers, and competing priorities that threaten their retention in meaningful employment; and 3) Increase employers’ awareness of the assets and benefits of employing trans women and establishing culturally competent and trauma-informed work environments.
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Chicago House and Social Service Agency
For nearly 40 years, Chicago House has empowered individuals and families impacted by HIV/AIDS to lead healthy, dignified lives through four mission-critical pillars—Housing, Health , Employment, and the TransLife Care Program. In service of our work to support these communities impacted by HIV, Chicago House is a leading partner in Getting To Zero-Illinois (GTZ-IL). GTZ-IL is an ambitious plan to end the HIV epidemic in Illinois by 2030 by focusing on four key priority populations who are most impacted: Black and Latinx gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender women of color, and Black cisgender heterosexual women. By focusing our efforts on low-income Black and Latinx communities, Chicago House can eliminate the systemic barriers that keep these disproportionately impacted populations from living healthy, self-sufficient lives and eliminate new HIV transmissions in Illinois. Since its founding, Chicago House has been a voice for marginalized communities, advocating for resources and services that enable and empower individuals to achieve higher levels of independence and self-sufficiency. The agency places emphasis on cultural responsiveness by providing services and materials in a variety of formats, helping to build rapport with different communities. Over the past decade, Chicago House has extended our footprint throughout the city through the expansion of Scattered Site Housing and community-based programs. In May 2022, Versell Smith, Jr, joined the agency as its first chief strategy officer to community and strategic partnerships in communities on Chicago’s South and West Sides and new funding strategies to support Chicago House’s strategic plan.
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Immigrant Solidarity Dupage
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Investigative Project on Race and Equity
The Investigative Project on Racial Equity will employ fact-based and data-driven reporting; powerful storytelling; and media training to expose racial, economic and social disparities in Chicago. Our work will inform and arm the impacted communities with tools for change. The Project is a start-up non-profit that will build on the knowledge, history and experience of our founders to create a new, digital newsroom and training institute that would produce long-form investigative reporting on race and equity in the Chicago area. In addition, we will build additional organizational capacity, deepen civic engagement and grow the profile and impact of investigative reporting on race and equity.
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Lugenia Burns Hope Center Inc
Lugenia Burns Hope Center is at a growth point for its organizing work, where increased capacity can translate into systemic change on issues such as housing and quality schools for its low-income, African-American members. A capacity-building investment from CCT would allow LBHC to strengthen three critical areas: senior organizing, communications, and fundraising. This will enable the organization to more effectively move a justice agenda on the South Side.
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The Chicago Community Trust