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. Today, that means confronting the racial and ethnic wealth gap.
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PHALANX FAMILY SERVICES
Phalanx Family Services in partnership with Roseland Community Hospital is proposing to provide vaccine information sessions and onsite vaccinations for approximately 2000 community residents on the far south side of Chicago. Through the "Know Your Status" project, individuals will become more knowledgeable about the covid vaccine and how they can protect themselves in both the long and short term. Our team is working to infuse public health into our all of our services, recognizing the role that health has in obtaining and maintaining employment that leads to self sufficiency. Roseland and West Pullman both are in the high category for the COVID community vulnerability index according to data from the City of Chicago.
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The Night Ministry
The Night Ministry is a Chicago-based organization whose mission is to provide housing, health care, and human connection to any and all community members struggling with poverty or homelessness. With an open heart and an open mind, we accept people as they are and work to address their immediate physical, emotional, and social needs while affirming their sense of humanity. If awarded, this funding will allow The Night Ministry to continue promoting the wellbeing of this targeted population and address the critical needs of those whom we support in order to work towards their stability.
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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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NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF CHICAGO INC
Addressing the growing needs of low-income residents in the wake of widespread class-based & racially motivated financial divestment has become a paramount challenge, especially when coupled with the unique barriers of the COVID-19 quarantine. NHS requests continued general operating funding of our comprehensive housing counseling programming. NHS, as a grassroots organization led and staffed from the communities of color we serve, seeks to empower prospective and current homebuyers with an aim of bringing back financial investment and homeownership across Chicago’s low-income neighborhoods. NHS will achieve this through pre-purchase counseling, financial education, foreclosure prevention, post-purchase counseling, & mission-based lending.
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CHICAGO FILMMAKERS
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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.