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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. Today, that means confronting the racial and ethnic wealth gap.
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SGA Youth & Family Services
SGA Youth & Family Services seeks support to strengthen the programs of its Cycle of Opportunity provided to children, adolescents, and adults from Chicago neighborhoods with the fewest resources. Services related to the Promoting Wellbeing category include trauma-informed counseling, early childhood development, supporting youth impacted by violence, and youth employment. By design, the Cycle of Opportunity uses a family-centered approach because it is inclusive of extended family members across multiple stages of life and across multiple generations. We know that the effects of systemic violence which have challenged families for generations can be overcome through preventions and interventions at critical phases of one’s life.
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Housing Opportunities & Maintenance for the Elderly, Inc.
H.O.M.E., founded in 1982, pioneered an innovative intergenerational housing model for seniors with low incomes. H.O.M.E.’s affordable residences exemplify a normative goal of “aging in community” by intentionally bringing together seniors, younger adults living and working as Resident Assistants, and families with children under the same roof H.O.M.E. plans to expand its intergenerational model to Washington Park through a partnership with The Renaissance Collaborative for a new affordable building offering supportive services. In addition to housing, H.O.M.E. offers Community Programs for seniors with low incomes in disinvested neighborhoods across Chicago: an Upkeep and Repair program, a Shopping Bus program, and a Moving Program.
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CASA CENTRAL SOCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Since 1954, Casa Central has provided family-centered, cross-generational services that support and empower low-income individuals and families throughout the City of Chicago. With place-based programming that spans from early childhood to older age, Casa Central supports individuals throughout their lifespan with bilingual and culturally responsive services. Our programming, which includes clinical services for children impacted by violence and trauma, social-emotional learning for pre-school and school-age children, and home- and center-based care for aging adults, provides a robust infrastructure of care that serves the target populations and advances our shared objectives with the Addressing Critical Needs initiative.
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RESIDENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ENGLEWOOD
RAGE launched the Buy the Block Englewood Housing Program back in 2018, to organize a campaign targeting renters to become first time homebuyers. The goal is to engage & educate residents about the homeowner opportunities in Englewood and work to increase the number of owner-occupied homes. We collect and track data regarding their interest to invest in a home, financial capacity and follow up accordingly to ensure they are on a pathway to homeownership. We want to develop 10-15 new home owners and/or residents who enroll in financial literacy or a credit building program so that they will eventually become a homeowner soon in Englewood. Our goal is to expand this program to reach more renters and strengthen our partnerships.
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CHICAGO UNITED FOR EQUITY
Since initial seed investment from the Chicago Community Trust in 2017, Chicago United for Equity (CUE) has trained over 200 Chicagoans in the Racial Equity Impact Assessment process, which stopped the closure of National Teachers Academy, built support for 100% affordable housing in Logan Square, and inspired more participatory policymaking processes like the 2019 Vote Equity co-created voter guide, and the 2020 launch of the People's Budget Chicago, a participatory budget built by communities most impacted by inequitable city investment. We seek the Trust's support to continue to grow our impact on policy issues, in building a leadership pipeline, and fostering cross-sector mutual accountability to racial equity.
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COMMUNITY HEALTH NFP
CommunityHealth’s Increasing Immunity for the Uninsured program is focused on vaccinating the low-income, uninsured, and largely immigrant population CommunityHealth serves. CommunityHealth will do this by continuing to vaccinate patients in their trusted health care clinic and continuing to participate in smaller pop-up vaccination efforts in partnership with the city as those opportunities arise. From our experience, patients are more likely to follow medical advice when it comes from a trusted source like their long-time primary care provider.
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FAMILY SERVICE & MENTAL HEALTH CENTER OF CICERO
Family Service and MHC of Cicero is requesting general operating support for a comprehensive intervention program for caregivers and children. The program is designed to support the diverse needs of multi-generational families living in Cicero and surrounding communities and will utilize an attachment-based, trauma-informed, culturally responsive approach to strengthen protective factors within the family system. This will include workshops, groups, and family therapy to support entire family systems impacted by chronic stress, trauma, and financial instability. The program will be offered in English and Spanish and will include a needs assessment and case management to assist families impacted by food, housing, and financial insecurity.
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HEARTLAND ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN NEEDS & HUMAN RIGHTS
Heartland Alliance (HA) is seeking support from the Chicago Community Trust to support and expand interventions that address trauma and disparities faced by people of color, ethnic minorities, and other particularly marginalized populations in Chicago. These interventions promote well-being and foster healing among children, youth, and adults, especially caregivers, that have faced historic (and still very present) injustices, as well as significant trauma.