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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FAR SOUTH CDC
Far South Community Development Corporation’s (Far South CDC) project HEAPP (Housing and Equity Assistance Pilot Program) is a holistic and comprehensive strategy to address the housing and equity crisis that has persisted on Chicago’s far south side and south suburban Cook County for many decades, which has contributed to the shortage in housing options, family and neighborhood wealth leakage, and poor quality of living. HEAPP will combine: One-on-One Housing Counseling Services and Group Workshops and Seminars Family Financial Management (Family Budgeting and Debt Management) Equity & Quality of Life Home Technology & Access Housing Policy Advocacy & Public Safety This opportunity will give needed capacity to administer project HEAPP
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CHICAGO TAP THEATRE NFP
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HOWARD BROWN HEALTH CENTER
Howard Brown Health requests $60,000 from the Chicago Community Trust (CCT) to support the agency’s vaccine services expansion in South and West Side neighborhoods. With support from CCT, Howard Brown will continue offering community-led vaccine education and distribution programming in areas disproportionately affected by the COVID-19. Throughout the project period, Howard Brown will 1) launch a city-wide vaccine social media and radio ad campaign tailored towards families, 2) provide education at community access points, and 3) and produce vaccine educational materials targeted towards LGBTQ youth. Howard Brown would be proud to partner with CCT to strengthen equitable COVID-19 response efforts.
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Juneteenth Productions
This 2nd year is a refinement & continuation of the partnership with community organizers & emerging ALAANA journalists to produce solutions-based stories highlighting issues, challenges & ground level efforts for change.The incubator continues to serve as a training & preparation mechanism for emerging journalists of color, while building connections & trust with community organizations serving POCs in Chicagoland. Virtual townhall events are co-hosted with the community partners, using the completed episodes as tools for organizing & information exchanges. Adjustments include shortening the workshop from 12 to 8 weeks, reducing the number of participants from 12 to 8 (4 journalists, 4 activists), and fewer contact hours for the activists.
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CENTRO ROMERO
Centro Romero, deeply committed to serving its community for 37 years, requests funding to enhance its after-school Youth Learning and Leadership Program for 75 youth ages 6 to 18 from low-income Latinx immigrant and refugee families, mostly undocumented. Founded by Salvadoran refugees fleeing a ten-year civil war, two are its leaders and advocates: the executive director and the legal services director. The organization honors the martyr-saint Bishop Oscar Romero and is governed by a board of directors that reflect the community served. Its mostly bicultural staff operate an inter-generational family-centered inter-related network of programs that the community learns about by word-of-mouth referrals that annually generate 10,000 clients.
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EQUAL HOPE
Equal Hope (EH) is proposing a multi-pronged approach to address the critical needs of Chicago communities heavily impacted by COVID-19. Equal Hope Community Health Workers (CHWs), as trusted messengers in collaboration with other trusted messengers such as faith based leaders, will address vaccine hesitancy and misinformation about the COVID vaccine to increase vaccine confidence and uptake in Chicago's most vulnerable communities. The project's goal is to improve knowledge and attitudes around the COVID-19 vaccine so as to increase access and uptake of COVID-19 vaccine and eliminate COVID-19 disparities in areas of high COVID 19 incidence/mortality.
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The Chicago Community Foundation/Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance
The Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance seeks additional resources for the Progressive Pathways for Post-Secondary Success Fund (Pro Path Fund). The mission of the Fund is to expand the universe of transparent and accessible Progressive Pathways to Post-Secondary Success. Progressive Pathways allow individuals to alternate between and combine periods of education/training and employment, and thereby progressively build toward college and career success over an extended period of time. Building on the selected accomplishments of the past year, and the financial support of 20+ workforce development and education funders, the Pro Path Fund looks forward to advancing the work of the Fund and progressive pathways ecosystem.
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Green City Market
Green City Market (GCM) requests a $100,000 grant to increase the visibility of the local food sector in Chicago while improving the efficiency of the local food businesses run by GCM farmers and food producers.