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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CONNECTIONS FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN
CAWC is committed to reducing the negative violence has on Chicago families. CAWC’s services directly support children who have experienced domestic violence in their homes: CAWC provides trauma treatment services to children who reside at Greenhouse Shelter or are enrolled in the Humboldt Park Outreach Program (HPOP). These services are delivered by the Family Trauma Therapists. The Children's Advocate, housed at Greenhouse Shelter, provides individual and group counseling to children residing at the shelter as well as parenting groups and support to mothers of children residing at the Shelter. CAWC’s Art Therapist provides additional therapeutic services and teaches children to express and understand emotions through art.
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OAI INC
OAI will provide intense supportive and career coaching services and post-completion placement support to up to 20 target population participants. Sixteen will be in Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and 4 in Advanced CNA Dementia Care specialty programs. OAI will provide tuition gap funding, first month childcare coverage and multiple supportive services as needed to move low-income BIPOC individuals into training-related livable wage employment. Vital supports including career readiness training will be delivered by a Career Coach/ Navigator with the leveraged support of multiple OAI personnel. A Business Account Executive will also be hired specifically to engage with employers and facilitate placement in livable-wage jobs.
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Inner-City Muslim Action Network
The Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) proposes a partnership with Chicago Community Trust and the Rockefeller Foundation based on shared commitments to providing holistic health and wellness interventions for underserved Illinois residents. Specifically, IMAN requests $75,000 in funding to augment its Health Center’s ongoing COVID-19 Vaccination Program, including existing outreach and education efforts in hard-hit areas on Chicago’s southside, and to support the salaries of two new medical assistants.
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MIKVA CHALLENGE GRANT FOUNDATION INC
Although young people care deeply about the problems in their communities, many feel powerless to solve them. Being left out of the conversation exacerbates the inequalities that youth experience, especially in the education system. Colleges across the country have failed to ensure that their students, particularly their low-income and students of color, do not fall through the cracks or become victims of the vastly unequal achievement gap. With the help of Mikva Challenge’s expertise in empowering youth voice, the City Colleges of Chicago aim to combat these inequalities in their system by bringing youth perspectives to the forefront of equity conversations, ensuring youth have a say in the development of a more equitable education system.
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FREE STREET PROGRAMS INC
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B U I L D INCORPORATED
BUILD’s Youth COVID-19 Vaccination Marketing and Community Outreach Campaign is designed to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates in the Austin and Humboldt Park communities, while empowering neighborhood youth to build knowledge, develop leadership skills, and help improve community health. The project will utilize a two-pronged approach, first engaging 10 teens from Austin and Humboldt Park in designing a comprehensive marketing and outreach campaign to increase resident awareness of the vaccine/vaccination process, then implementing the campaign strategy in both communities, partnering with CBOs and other stakeholders like the Dept. of Public Health - with the goal of increasing vaccination rates and reducing COVID-19 cases and deaths.
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Increase the Peace
LCN and ITP will recruit, hire, and train youth to expand it's pilot Community Health Ambassadors. Health Ambassadors will help residents navigate the vaccine registration process, meet with stakeholders to educate about health issues, get “buy-in,” and design youth-led activities that integrate vaccination, food assistance, and violence prevention. Moreover, youth Health Ambassadors will set up pop-up events to meet community residents at highly trafficked and/or visible locations where community members congregate. Health Ambassadors will conduct door-to-door outreach, assist at local vaccination sites, and amplify the voices and stories of trusted messengers like street vendors, youth, and community leaders, among others.
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Gads Hill Center
Gads Hill Center (GHC) has worked in Chicago’s south and southwest sides for 123 years; in the past 15 years, GHC has grown its reach from one site in Pilsen, to additional sites in North Lawndale, Brighton Park, and Chicago Lawn and to 13 CPS partner schools. Our work, no matter what point of entry, incorporates high-quality, research-based education, trauma-informed mental wellness resources, parent engagement, and civic responsibility. We are seeking funding from the Trust to expand comprehensive mental wellness and wraparound support services for families and youth, including increased access to licensed Masters-trained clinicians and case management services, as they transition through our spectrum of programs.