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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YOUNG INVINCIBLES
Young Invincibles (YI) co-leads the Illinois Higher Education Network (IHEN) to create a more equitable higher education system. We address the impacts of institutionalized racism and classism on the success of Black and Latinx students, and students from low-income households. The coalition consists of advocacy organizations, college access and success organizations, college and university faculty and staff, and students. Working with these stakeholders, YI builds momentum for policies to create fair institutional funding models, meet students’ basic needs, increase financial aid, and address student mental health in a culturally competent manner. YI also leads the Student Advocacy Board, IHEN’s student committee.
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Blair Thomas & Company
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Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights
Heartland Alliance (HA) is seeking support from the Chicago Community Trust to support and expand interventions that address trauma and disparities faced by people of color, ethnic minorities, and other particularly marginalized populations in Chicago. These interventions promote well-being and foster healing among children, youth, and adults, especially caregivers, that have faced historic (and still very present) injustices, as well as significant trauma.
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RESPOND NOW
As a trusted, low-barrier, wraparound social service provider with many local CBO and healthcare connections, Respond Now is poised to expand community outreach, street outreach, and vaccination event services. Respond Now will expand these services and host culturally competent block-party style vaccination events in the community garden. These events will be promoted via community health workers, hyper-local health communication campaigns, and trusted messengers. Our target population and goal is to vaccinate the community’s most vulnerable including the literally homeless, substance abusers, immigrant population, and those who experience social stigma.
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Forward Momentum Chicago NFP
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FAITH IN PLACE
Faith in Place engages people of faith to grow a just and resilient local food economy. This project provides technical assistance to Congregation-Supported Agriculture farms and advances a faith-based Community Incubator Kitchen pilot project.
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Chicago Community Foundation
Internal transfer grant from We Rise Together (FK64) to the Illinois Covid Response Fund (FK19) in support of grant commitments from the ICRF.
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After School Matters
This summer, After School Matters (ASM) will support a teen-driven, multi-modal vaccine promotion campaign. ASM will invite teens in 10 Summer programs to participate in a contest to create original work that promotes their communities’ vaccine confidence, access, and uptake. While teens may be considered non-traditional messengers for public health or vaccine promotion, they are vital messengers for their communities. Programs will promote teens’ work within their communities for hyper-local impact. ASM will further amplify teens’ efforts by featuring their work on ASM’s social media accounts, achieving a truly city-wide impact. ASM will support the Chicagoland Partnership for Equitable Vaccine Distribution through data collection efforts.