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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Proactive Youth Connection Cafe
Proactive Youth Connection Cafe is applying for Safe and Peaceful fund Communities for youth activities in addition to planed programs and events. (June 6-26)
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Fous Youth Development Services
FOUS will start summer programming in June instead of July to fill the summer program gap in the Chicago area. The organization will host three children and youth-friendly events. One event per week. This includes Goodbye School Hello Summer Bash (collaborate with our school partner); Sports Day; and Kids Only Lunch Event. The last two pop-up events will be 2.5 hours each. There will be giveaways, raffles, and fun activities. The school bash will last for 5 hours. We will hold it on June 7th on the school playground. FOUS will be responsible for the ice cream truck and pop-up tent (art project) expenses. The organization has provided engaging community summer events for seven years in The Roseland/West Pullman Community. It depends on its volunteers, board members, returning college students who were recipients of our school-based programs, and even local business owners and residents who assist with spreading the word.
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Austin Green Team
The Austin Green Team seeks to enhance our summer programs and collaborate with community stakeholders so that we can effectively serve our youth on the west side of Chicago who be out of school beginning June 7, 2023. The Chicago Park District be closed during the month of June leaving thousands of youth with no activities to keep them engaged.
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ST PAUL COMMUNITY & FAMILY SERVICES
We have the capacity and space to provide services for the students during the June Gap period. Our programming already includes Team Building, Arts & Crafts, Anti Bullying and physical activities. We are willing and looking forward it forward for this period.
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Church of the Good Shepherd
The funding received under this application will allow us to enhance the summer experience already planned for youth and young adults under our original application and allow us to expand the number of young people who will be engaged in community activities prior to the camp experience, whether they attend camp or not. As part of our summer initiative under the original grant we are partnering to provide a camping experience in Tower Hill Michigan for approximately 30 youth and young adults from June 22-26, 2023. This additional funding would allow us to provide a preliminary period of activities (“Operation Get on the Bus”) earlier in June. We would engage the possible camp participants as well as other youth and young adults in several days of activities which include a creative learning summit and visits to historical, educational and entertainment venues across the city.
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Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance
CAFHA will work with its Public Housing Authority Homeownership Program Coalition, made up of housing choice voucher holders, housing advocates and attorneys, real estate professionals, and other housing industry experts to promote recommendations developed through CCT-funded research under its 2020 Advancing Equitable Homeownership grant. CAFHA leads this coalition, resourced by our current CCT Growing Household Wealth grant, and promotes public housing authority homeownership program best practices, and advocates for policy and programmatic changes among housing authorities, HUD, and the lending and real estate industry. The aim of this effort is to scale up PHA homeownership programs to meet the desires of voucher holders and create a means to begin to repair the racial homeownership gap caused by public policy and actions of the real estate industry.
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Definition Theatre Company
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Era Footwork Foundation Inc