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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RENAISSANCE SOCIAL SERVICES, INC.
Renaissance Social Services, Inc., now in its 24th year of service, is in an aggressive program expansion mode. Over the past 2 years, the agency has implemented new housing, street outreach, and behavioral health services, and expanded its permanent supportive housing programming. Through all of this, the agency has seen a 148% increase in people served since 2018, to 2214 people served in 2020. Because of this expansion, the agency’s need for general operating support is significant. General operating support provides the financial flexibility to make up for gaps in restricted program funding, as well as provides the financial bandwidth needed to fully fund the administrative overhead that programming needs to effectively operate.
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Hire360
HIRE360 proposes its Training & Mentoring Together initiative to improve retention in living wage unionized apprenticeships for residents of under-represented communities. We will partner with leading industry partners to conduct case-based placement and retention support for apprentices at up to 25 organizations, serving up to 50 new apprentices in cohort and 1:1 models. The Training & Mentoring Together initiative enhances HIRE360’s ongoing pre-apprenticeship programming in the construction industry. We will dedicate 3.1 FTE staff to the initiative. New apprentices will generally be ages 18-29, 90% minority including 40% African American, 19% female, and 40% Latinx.
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Gary Comer Youth Center Inc.
GCYC's wide scope of services addresses the needs of youth and their families through youth employment programs, enrichment programming, family counseling, meal service, and academic supports. We also host a range of community programs and partner with other CBOs to offer events and workshops to support advancement of our community. Funding for our work would allow us to leverage our youth membership to reach their caregivers and other adults in the community. All of our work is designed and delivered through the lens of trauma-informed care and curriculum. Working with youth and their families in a holistic fashion, we promote family resiliency and stability to address our community's needs.
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CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY
This proposal supports the involvement of three organizations – the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), the Active Transportation Alliance, and Equiticity – to participate in coalitions regarding transportation equity and mobility justice. Our three groups are the co-chairs of the Transportation Equity Network (TEN), a recently-formed coalition that includes 30 community groups, civic organizations, equitable transportation advocates, academics, and other stakeholders. This grant will be used in large part to support the continued involvement and leadership of our three organizations in this coalition, and will also support our involvement in other related coalitions.
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THE HARBOUR INC
The Harbour provides emergency housing and services to youth experiencing homelessness to promote safety, stability, and personal growth. We empower young people to self-sufficiency through safe housing and support services to prevent homelessness. Three programs define our care: Safe Harbour Emergency Shelter provides emergency shelter and crisis intervention for homeless female and transgender youth ages 12-20; Youth in Transition provides supervised group housing and scattered-site housing for female and transgender youth ages 16-23; Successful Teens/Effective Parents (“STEPs”) provides transitional living and specialized services for homeless pregnant and parenting youth ages 16-22 to foster positive family stability.
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Chicago Youth Programs Inc
CYP’s Path to Wellness provides mental health services for families who need more to overcome trauma which is now compounded by COVID-19, police brutality, and racial tensions. Path to Wellness will help heal generational and historical traumas that have long been neglected by providing education, support, and services tailored for the whole family: 1. Establish a Mental Health Pipeline by partnering with Phoenix Rising, a Black led, full-service mental health provider located within the service area. 2. Lead psycho-educational workshops to help destigmatize mental health. 3. Increase Social Emotional Learning using Overcoming Obstacles, an evidence-based restorative justice program covering critical SEL skills for Grades K-12.
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SAVING LIVES INC
In an effort to holistically, creatively, and effectively address social determinants that have left the precious lives of youth and families struggling to survive in the marginalized forgotten neighborhood of Roseland in Chicago, Saving Lives, Inc working with IMPACT Family Center will continue to create avenues to address a lack in equity of resources and supports vital to transforming lives and communities. Utilizing the synergy of two productive organizations Saving Lives Mental and IMPACT Family Center we intend to create a multi-faceted program that creates concrete solutions.
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Latin United Community Housing Association (LUCHA)
LUCHA advances housing as a human right by empowering communities - particularly immigrant, Latinx, and Black populations - through advocacy, affordable housing development, and community building to close the racial and ethnic wealth gap. Operating support from the Trust will 1) further access to comprehensive education, financial assistance, and legal representation during closing for first-time LMI homebuyers of color; 2) sustain homeownership for said homebuyers via post-purchase counseling, affordable repair/renovation financing, and estate planning; 3) advance policies to preserve and create affordable housing; and 4) address housing affordability and the threat of displacement by preserving 1-4 unit buildings via shared equity.