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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ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE
1. Name of the government grant for which you are applying to receive matching funds? American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds 2. What government agency awarded this grant? Include the government level that houses the agency. The Cook County Bureau of Economic Development (BED) 3. What is the total awarded amount for this grant? The Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI) received $1.2 million for phase I and another $8.2 million for phase II of its Community Information Exchange development. 4. When was the grant awarded? IPHI was awarded phase I funding in October 2023 and phase II funding was awarded in November 2024. 5. When does this grant expire? Phase I funding expired in November 2024 and phase II funding will expire in November 2026. 6. From which appropriation source is this grant funded? E.g., ARPA, CDBG, City Corporate Funds, State general revenue, etc. You may write “unknown” if you do not know. American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) 7. Does your organization have a negotiated indirect cost rate? If so, what is it? Yes, IPHI’s negotiated indirect cost rate is 20.4%. 8. Optional: Please provide additional information or context you would like to share that was not addressed in previous questions. Max 100 words. IPHI is applying for this grant within the Community Investment issue area due to our development of a Community Information Exchange (CIE). The CIE will facilitate data sharing for health-related social needs (e.g., housing, food). This will enable more responsive, more effective community care planning for people facing multiple challenges. To this end, the CIE meets the goals outlined in this issue area because it will enable economic and community development through the development of an information sharing infrastructure. Because of the restrictive funding, we are only able to collect 13% indirect (instead of our NICRA of 20.4%).
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Northwestern University
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Southland Development Authority NFP
The Southland Development Authority (SDA) respectfully requests $50,000 to support the management and compliance duties associated with Cook County ARPA Grant NT108. This support from the Chicago Community Trust will enable the SDA to meet rigorous administrative and compliance requirements, including accounting, reporting, and tracking staff time. It will also support the hiring of a specialized contractor to ensure adherence to complex government grant regulations. This funding will enhance the SDA's capacity to manage grants efficiently, allowing the organization to focus on delivering impactful programs that benefit the Southland community.
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The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
This proposal addresses the unique socio-medical needs of high-risk Black birthing people. We propose to develop and pilot an innovative integrative model of maternity care for Black mothers with high-risk pregnancies. Melanated Group Midwifery Care Plus (MGMC+) will build upon our current PCORI-funded pregnancy and postpartum care model for low-risk women, Melanated Group Midwifery Care (MGMC), and adapt it to our high-risk Black population. MGMC+ merges five evidence-based interventions to foster greater trust and engagement and improve pregnancy and postpartum experiences: 1) Racial concordance between patients, maternal fetal medicine (MFM) physicians and certified nurse-midwives (CNM) fosters trust and communication; 2) Group prenatal care sessions with women who share a high-risk diagnosis (i.e., hypertension, diabetes, risk of pre-term birth) tailored to address health literacy, self-advocacy, and peer support reduces power hierarchies; 3) Complex care coordination, including nurse navigation and social work, minimizes the burden of multiple appointments and also facilitates access to mental health and other supportive services; 4) Provider training for all OBGYN physicians, nurses and midwives ensures patient interactions across the healthcare system are patient-centered and supports shared decision making; and 5) Community-based doula support throughout pregnancy, birth and postpartum improves birth outcomes and experiences, as well as increases breastfeeding and decreases postpartum depression. Integrative and concordant obstetric care for Chicago’s Black birthing community is an innovative concept whose time has come. We are currently in our fourth year of successfully implementing MGMC for low-risk Black mothers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Based on our implementation data, we realize there is much need to adapt this model to high-risk pregnancy as well as to train providers to function as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver evidence based respectful care. Funding from the Chicago Community Trust will allow us to adapt our highly successful low risk model to meet the needs of a growing population of Black mothers with high-risk pregnancies.
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Chicago Community Foundation
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IFF
The Flexible Capital for Growth Fund will increase access to low-cost capital by providing loans to approximately 17 Cook County nonprofits who were prior recipients of ARPA grant funds, prioritizing nonprofit organizations working in workforce development, neighborhood and community development, and other small business support services. This program builds on IFF’s success piloting the Flex Loan Program and a corresponding outreach initiative on Chicago’s South and West sides to address systemic barriers to capital availability.
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Latino Policy Forum
Within the ecosystem of Latino- and immigrant-serving organizations in the Chicagoland area, the Latino Policy Forum is uniquely qualified to provide essential services and support for responding to the plans, policies, actions, and rhetoric of the incoming federal administration. The Forum would apply its distinctive capabilities and experience to (1) monitor and analyze current information as it emerges; (2) serve as an information hub for immigrant-serving organizations, including regularly convening a coalition of more than 200 member organizations where information will be shared, activities coordinated, and advocacy planned; (3) share information and advice with other groups with which the Forum has strong existing relationships, often in hard-to-reach locations or with hard-to-reach populations; (4) produce and disseminate digital and print bilingual materials and information relevant to immigrants and immigrant-serving organizations; (5) make in-person and online presentations to affected groups; and (6) lead and participate in advocacy activities. These services provided by the Forum are not only vital in themselves; they will also make the participating organizations more efficient and effective, by among other things, providing a regular forum for sharing information and coordinating activities, avoiding duplication of effort in creating and disseminating informational materials, and reducing the time that those organizations’ staffs might use to track and analyze the policies and practices of the new administration.
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SGA Youth & Family Services
SGA seeks a match for state Reimagine Youth Development Services serving youth at highest risk of perpetrating gun violence or becoming victims. Services are offered in three community areas - Harvey (Calumet City Cluster) and Cicero in the south suburbs and West Pullman in Chicago. Services are school-based and focus on Civics learning and other meaningful enrichment and engagement. SGA collaborated with each school principal to develop a program model that fills gaps in service and will serve the highest risk youth, such as those with gang involvement. We believe that Reimagine Youth Development services align well with the Trust's priority of Community Safety.