3C Community Profile: Humboldt Park
Take a stroll down the Paseo Boricua corridor on Division Street and it’s easy to see why Humboldt Park is one of Chicago’s most vibrant…
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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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Chicago Family Health Center, Inc.
A grant from the CCT would support the creation of a new therapy group for patients who are HIV+, a cost-effective way to provide behavioral health services to a patient population often disproportionately affected by mental illness. The grant would support the salary of the primary staff member leading the group sessions.
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Primecare Community Health Inc
PrimeCare Community Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), serving Chicago communities since 1992. Our mission is to promote wellness and provide accessible, compassionate, and culturally respectful health care in partnership with our patients and the communities we serve. Since our inception, we have provided high-quality health care services to underserved populations, exceeding national quality benchmarks. In 2022, PrimeCare was recognized by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as a Health Center Quality Leader Gold, placing us among the top 9% of all Community Health Centers in the nation for a wide range of key patient clinical indicators and health outcomes. PrimeCare is requesting a $50,000 grant from the Chicago Community Trust to support our new Gender Affirming Care (GAC) Program. This funding will support the general operations and implementation of PrimeCare’s new Gender Affirming Care Program by providing salary support for our clinical lead and provider who will be overseeing the program and support for a clinical-staff training on gender affirming care/caring for transgender individuals. In addition to Gender Affirming Services, PrimeCare also offers primary care, prenatal and delivery, pediatrics, dental, behavioral health, psychiatry, medication-assisted treatment, population health coordination, case management, and eligibility and assistance services at six community-based locations. All these services allow PrimeCare to create a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) approach to care, where patients can receive many services in just one location. PrimeCare’s service area is located in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), meaning there are not enough providers to accommodate the population. With a shortage of providers, it is challenging for many in the community to access a “medical home.” In addition, many transgender community members have difficulty finding providers who are trained in caring for their specific needs, while also trained in being culturally respectful. PrimeCare’s new GAC Program will allow transgender community members access to an affordable, culturally respectful medical home to not only support their gender affirmation journey, but also manage and maintain all other aspects of health.
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NORTHWEST COMPASS INC
Northwest Compass, Inc. has been serving the homeless and housing insecure in the Northwest Suburbs of Cook County for more than 37 years. We are currently seeing increased demand for our services and specifically among youth clients in crisis. More than 60% of our youth clients have self identified as LGBTQ+. With increased demand from this subpopulation we need to be able to support these clients who have a diverse set of needs. As an organization that operates under a "turn no one away" philosophy we are in need of greater financial resources to provide culturally specific crisis support and services for LGBTQ+ youth in need of assistance.
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago
AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) respectfully requests $49,920.00 to create a client assistance fund to support 50 transgender and same gender loving clients from AFC’s HIV Corrections Case Management Program (CCMP). In partnership with community-based agencies across Chicago, CCMP connects clients from the moment they leave jail or prison by connecting them to primary medical care, housing, substance use services, and/or mental health services. The assistance fund will support CCMP clients’ transition back into their communities as they after release from incarceration by providing access to essentials, such as food, transportation, and home supplies.
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Chicago Community Foundation
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Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago
Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago (PHIMC) seeks funding to expand the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance’s youth leadership work through the “Building Resilience: LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health and Leadership Program”. This initiative, led by the Youth Advisory Board (YAB), aims to enhance the knowledge and skills of LGBTQ+ youth to promote positive mental health within their communities. The project has three primary goals: Goal 1: Increase the knowledge and skills around positive mental health among Alliance YAB members. Goal 2: Refine current Alliance’s workshops and develop new youth-led workshops that integrate learned skills to share with LGBTQ+ youth and peers Goal 3: Goal 3: Promote positive mental health with a broader audience through creative ways identified by YAB. Through this program, YAB members will gain leadership skills and a deeper understanding of coping mechanisms and incorporate this knowledge into workshops. This will promote a youth-centered and trauma-informed approach and foster a stronger sense of community and support among LGBTQ+ youth. This project centers LGBTQ+ youth experience and aims to empower YAB members to continue their work in promoting LGBTQ+ liberation, mental well-being, and a brighter future.
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One Roof Chicago
Chicago's LGBTQ+ community is facing pressing needs at both ends of the lifespan - a crisis in youth homelessness, accelerated aging among people living with HIV, and an acute lack of culturally competent support for seniors. At the same time, the national political climate presents an existential threat to our community, with Illinois becoming a sanctuary state for individuals fleeing discriminatory and deadly policies elsewhere. One Roof Chicago is a transformative initiative to build a welcoming and inclusive intergenerational community on the South Side of Chicago for older adults and young people. * Affordable housing centered around the needs of LGBTQ+ elders, as well as older adults living with HIV * Supportive housing at the same site for LGBTQ+ young adults impacted by homelessness * Focused job training in culturally competent senior care ORC is designed to provide proof of concept for the kinds of infrastructure and policy models that our community needs, now and with increasing urgency as time passes. 2023-34 is a pivotal time for ORC, as we transition from 4 years as an all-volunteer working board to hiring our first full-time director, itself reflecting our transition from an inspiring idea into a full capital development project. In 2023-24, we will move forward on several fronts, announcing our final site selection and proceeding from pre-development to the financing phase of the project, and taking our first steps in the capital campaign with Low Income Housing Tax Credit applications. With our new level of staff support, it is our goal to break ground in 2025.