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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Southland Human Services Leadership Council
This Bridge Grant Request by the Southland Human Services Leadership Council is intended to continue to deepen and strengthen the Council’s cross-sector systems leadership by drilling down and focusing on filling gaps in workforce development delivery, across the agencies that make up the whole of the Council and across multiple forms of job types. SHSLC will continue to act as a convenor and leader for dozens of agencies across the region, holding regular meetings to network members and identify regional needs and service gaps. But this plan and future vision for the region is based on implementing program vision to fill gaps and provide connective tissue among the agencies in the membership.
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Chicago State University Foundation
Chicago State University has a significant transfer student population with over 48% of the incoming 23-24 student class composed of new transfer students. However, we recognize that this population needs academic, career, and social supports in order to thrive and not lose the momentum they have developed through completing their associate’s degrees. The proposed Rx Roadmap program will strengthen the existing relationship between Chicago State University and Olive-Harvey College so that STEM and allied health students will be supported as they matriculate through both institutions. This planning grant will focus on three objectives: 1.) Clarify existing academic and career challenges for students through surveys and focus groups with students, their families, and advisors at both institutions, 2.) develop relevant student supports focused on both decreasing loss of course credits and time to degree completion paired with providing students with the ability to explore multiple career options and increasing students’ sense of belonging in the health and STEM professional fields, 3.) exploring technology solutions to better provide students with degree completion transparency. These objectives will be met by engaging with One Million Degrees,(OMD) an organization that ensures student success through academic and financial wrap-around support. We will develop a partnership with OMD who will be providing technical assistance on how to embed its evidenced-based model for offering professional development and individualized coaching to program participants. OMD’s professional development curriculum will include topics relating to self-care/wellness, resume building, interviewing skills, and time management. Career exploration is a critical component of the Rx Roadmap program. Faculty, alumni, and representatives from external partner agencies will provide programming allowing for increased awareness of the array of opportunities with the health professions and STEM fields. For example, utilizing a formal partnership between Chicago State University and Astellas Pharma, students will gain a deeper understanding of various post graduate opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry. In order to streamline academic advising and optimal transfer of credit between Chicago State University and Olive-Harvey College, we will be exploring a shared technology tool that would offer personalized transfer planning tools, deadlines, resource links, campus maps, and push notifications. The tool is envisioned as a constant companion for students, providing real-time updates and guidance. Specifically, it will enhance student engagement, timely transfer actions, and improve transfer success rates. During the planning phase of the grant, we would investigate and test different options available on the market. Once we have selected an instrument or app, we would train a focus group of students and staff on its usage and evaluate its benefits for improving student engagement with the goal of a larger-scale roll-out for the full grant.
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Male Mogul Initiative Inc. NFP
Male Mogul Enterprises L3C is a subsidiary company of Male Mogul Initiative Inc. NFP. MME seeks to positively transform the way people live and lead in their communities through community wealth building. Our Community Wealth Building Ecosystem consists of Business Incubation & Acquisition, Finance, Direct Services, Indirect Services and Community Reinvestment. The catalyst to this ecosystem is our Mogul Fund. The Mogul Fund is a hybrid Venture/Private Equity fund that specializes in community development. We help turn perceived liabilities into assets in under-resourced communities in Chicago. We help to Reimagine, Repurpose, and Revitalize community assets. MME seeks to cultivate asset managers with an entrepreneurial mindset, equipping them to manage, create, and acquire ventures for sustained impact in their community.
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NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF CHICAGO INC
Led by Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, the Housing Policy Task Force is advancing systemic change to promote equity in homeownership and wealth-building for communities of color. Comprised of more than thirty influential stakeholders, the Task Force brings together leaders from Chicago’s nonprofit, for-profit, academic, regulatory, and public sectors. Together, we integrate research, advocacy, strategic planning, and coalition-building to drive policy and programmatic reforms that make owner-occupied housing more accessible, affordable, and sustainable. In the coming year, our focus areas will include expanding equitable access to mortgage credit, supporting inclusive pathways to homeownership, addressing disparities in property appraisals, and advancing fair solutions for property tax repayment.
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Fresh Taste
Austin Fresh is a collaborative grantmaking program started in 2020 to increase access to healthy affordable food, support community gardens and local food production, grow food enterprises, and protect and strengthen food assistance programs in the Austin neighborhood. The vision is an equitable Chicagoland region where all people have knowledge of and access to healthy food. The funders involved with Austin Fresh initially committed to a minimum $1M for each of five years to support the neighborhood. This renewal request is for the sixth year of this neighborhood focused funder collaborative. This project aligns with the building supply-side skills and attracting capital strategies of Food:Land:Opportunity while also reducing fragmentation.
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Fresh Taste
Fresh Taste funders are creating a collaborative response fund to help food system organizations and leaders navigate a volatile funding landscape through intentional adaptation.