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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COLLABORACTION THEATRE COMPANY
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True Star Foundation Inc
True Star will leverage its youth media makers and ambassadors to target hard-to-reach communities, where vaccine uptake is trailing behind, to deliver vaccine education, conduct outreach, and amplify its #Vax2NormalChi campaign. True Star will also partner and support community organizations events, as well as launch its own series of events targeted towards teens and young adults that will include vaccine education and mobile vaccine sites.
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Urban Growers Collective Inc
Urban Growers Collective is requesting renewal for our Building Pathways to Stability Grant. $40,000 for each of the next two years totaling $80,000.00 will support Urban Growers Collective's ongoing general operations across our farm sites including job training & education, food access, and community engagement. In addition to these on going programs, Urban Growers Collective is preparing for expansion into the Green Era Renewable Energy and Urban Farming Campus in Auburn Gresham. The 9 acre campus transforms a vacant brownfield into a 2 acre anaerobic digester that will divert food waste into natural gas and compost to build out the 7 acre urban farm on site and across the region.
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ALEXIAN BROTHERS HOUSING AND HEALTH ALLIANCE
The AMITA Housing and Health Alliance is requesting a $100,000 renewal grant ($50,000 over two years) to provide general operating support for our continuum of supportive housing, a proven effective solution to chronic homelessness. Through our continuum of transitional and permanent supportive housing ( both site-based and scattered site units), we provide stable housing, case management and other supportive services to more than 300 formerly homeless adults annually. Continued funding will help us provide more intensive support services to our clients, the majority of whom are living with HIV or chronic illness, and struggling with mental illness and substance use. The stress and trauma of Covid has intensified need for client support.
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Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
Access Living has been responding to the urgent needs of the disability community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, which has included initiatives such as facilitating direct payments to those financially impacted by COVID-19, assisting individuals in booking vaccine appointments, and ensuring city and state COVID-19 response was equitable for people with disabilities. For this project we are proposing a comprehensive information campaign targeted to the disability community to reduce vaccine hesitancy and inaccessibility. This will include data analysis, informational town hall sessions for the disability community, and the creation of a PSA to be disseminated throughout Chicago.
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Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council
The Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council, in partnership with Park Row Development LLC is developing 1.2 acres in the 4600 block of South Ashland Avenue, the heart of the retail corridor. We have done this in anticipation of bringing much needed housing and commerce for the retail strip and community. We envision this development to include commercial space on the first floor, office space for the BYNC, and a cultural/performing arts theater. There are exorbitant costs to apply for the necessary subsidies such as TIF, LIHTC, and other sources of revenue. We are hopeful that CCT will give consideration to our requested grant amount of $100,000 to help jumpstart this neighborhood development project.
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Healthcare Alternative Systems Inc
HAS supports those disproportionately hit by behavioral health issues and least equipped for recovery. The agency has increased the number of uninsured and underinsured clients we treat for mental health programs, including those with co-occurring substance use disorder, since the onset of the pandemic. Support from CCT would allow us to continue directly seeing more patients that would not otherwise be able to address their mental health issues, especially the ones that have completed outpatient substance use programs at HAS who are more vulnerable to relapse. HAS will continue to improve the quality of care with referrals for additional needs.
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REVOLUTION WORKSHOP
Revolution Workshop (RW) is seeking a grant of $150,000 to deliver expanded Alumni Services programming that advances the careers of those who graduate from our Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Job Training Program. Through our Pre-Apprenticeship program, trainees receive middle-skills certifications and are placed into entry-level jobs, union and non-union, with an average starting wage of $17-18/hour. The expansion of our recently launched Alumni Services initiative will provide multi-pronged programming aimed at engaging graduates and providing ongoing educational and network-building opportunities that will help advance their careers in the construction field.