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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The Chicago Community Foundation/Arts Work Fund
The Arts Work Fund is a funder collaborative focused on developing the organizational capacity of small arts and cultural organizations in Chicago and Cook County. Our grantmaking helps arts organizations leverage the creativity and unconventional thinking that arose during the pandemic to address the immediate challenges and devise more effective ways for arts organizations to meet their desired outcomes. Grantees are asked to SHARE their learnings broadly with the arts sector to generate dialogue. Our peer learning strategies include a listserv, monthly podcasts and videos, webinars, and grantee articles.
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Angelic Organics Learning Center Inc
This project facilitates collaboration between farmer training organizations and supports high impact educational resources which increase access to training, connections and markets that beginning farmers need to grow their business.
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Illinois Partners for Human Service
Illinois Partner’s current priorities are to: - Advocate for robust, sustainable, and equitable state funding of human services; - Advance systems that center equity in policy making and funding, and secure access for service providers and clients with lived experience to decision making forums; - Address systemic racism within our sector and empower our coalition to challenge established policies that perpetuate white supremacy. Our priorities are rooted in community informed initiatives built through engagement with our coalition partners. This year, we will add a new Grassroots Partnership Director who will focus on our Chicago area partners and amplify the work of grassroots leaders in Black and Latinx communities.
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ACCESS COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK
The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the level of mental health issues experienced by children and youth living on the south side of Chicago. Poor mental health can directly translate into negative health outcomes. Access Community Health Network (ACCESS) uses a patient centered approach to address the total health of the communities we serve and we are working to meet the critical physical and mental health needs of children and youth living on the south side. The focus for this proposal will be to: (a) expand ACCESS’ capacity to deliver integrated, trauma-informed primary and mental health care services, including psychiatry, to pediatric patients aged 5 to 21 years living on the south side of Chicago. Care delivery will be provided either onsite at an ACCESS health center or via telehealth, using ACCESS’ patient-centered model of care; and (b) address the growing rates of suicide in youth of color by implementing screenings and follow up. Education will be provided to ensure staff know how to conduct culturally sensitive screenings for suicide risk in the primary care setting and how to work with patients who screen positive. The funding will support the piloting of these strategies at five ACCESS health centers, including one school-based health center, located in the following communities on the south side of Chicago: Greater Grand Crossing, Englewood, New City, Back of the Yards, South Chicago, Auburn Gresham and Grand Boulevard. Learnings from this pilot will be used to replicate similar services across our other health center sites in the Chicago region.
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Communities In Schools of Chicago
Educational attainment is the social factor that is the greatest predictor of a person’s health and well-being across the lifespan (The Dropout Crisis: A Public Health Crisis and the Role of School-Based Health Care 2018). Adults who do not graduate are more likely to die from preventable diseases (American Public Health Association 2018). The rates of self-reported poor health and chronic disease are often higher among individuals with lower levels of educational attainment (CHNA 2019). The Alliance for Health Equity cites that education is an important determinant of health because poverty, unemployment, and underemployment are highest among those with lower levels of educational attainment. People with high school diplomas earn almost $600,000 more over a lifetime and are less likely to live in poverty. They are also less likely to be the victim or perpetrator of violence. (For the Record: The Costs of High School Dropouts 2011). Achieving graduation drives greater positive health and life outcomes. Yet, students from low-income backgrounds, who are at the core of our work, are historically up to six time more likely to dropout from school than their more affluent peers (The Conditions of Education 2017). To that end, we prioritize working with schools in communities that face systemic inequities, which disproportionately affect our students and families, as demonstrated by lower educational attainment, employment, and household income. Our mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. For 33 years, we have challenged health and resource inequities that disproportionately impact BILPOC students. We advance our mission through our evidence-based programs with a proven impact on student outcomes. In the 2021-2022 school year, we are partnering with 175 public schools, primarily in economically distressed neighborhoods where poverty, violence, and limited access to health care adversely affects quality of life. Each year, we reach 50,000+ students through our combined programs. Partnership Program: At 175 schools, we connect whole-school services across six domains: health & wellness, counseling & supportive guidance, parent & family engagement, academic support, college & career readiness, and arts & culture. In the Partnership Program, we co-create a School Needs Assessment in collaboration with school leadership. We work together to identify the types of services that would be most impactful for students, and we look for resources that can support the whole child. We amplify the strengths of our school partners, maximize community resources through our trusted and robust network of community partners, and mobilize those supports to schools to reach students who face limited access to services. Examples of the health services we connect to students include asthma management, immunizations, vision and hearing screenings, sexual health education, and nutrition education. Counseling, mentoring, and stress management services help students manage anxiety, trauma, and the stressors in their lives, which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In school year 2021–2022, we plan to reach 50,000 students through whole-school services. Intensive Program: At 30 of these schools, we also provide direct and intensive support, including counseling, mentoring, and case management to 1,350 of these students with the highest risk of falling off track in school. A CIS Student Supports Manager (SSM) is a full-time member of the school community at each Intensive school, providing targeted support to approximately 45 students on a caseload, helping to foster a positive school culture, engaging students and parents, and coordinating requested services that reach students across the entire school. All SSMs have achieved master's degrees in counseling, expressive therapies, social work, youth development, or a related field.
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Hickman and Harrison Group LLC dba ReveNewCycle Management and Consulting LLC
ReveNewCycle Management and Consulting LLC (ReveNewCycle) is a black woman-owned revenue cycle management and consulting firm that offers healthcare providers cost-effective solutions to billing issues. ReveNewCycle’s target market is healthcare providers who deliver services to disadvantaged communities. Central to ReveNewCycle’s mission is the training and employment of community residents. The development project location will serve as the operational headquarters for ReveNewCycle Management and Consulting, as well as a business incubator/co-working space for the small business owners within the Roseland community.
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Artisan Grain Collaborative
AGC is a network of 170+ farmers, processors, end-users, and advocates working to cultivate and elevate a regenerative grainshed in the Upper Midwest. FLO funds will support AGC's core operations and expanding programmatic work.
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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.