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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Center for Enriched Living
The Center for Enriched Living currently provides enriching, inclusive opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to be socially connected and positioned to thrive. CEL seeks to grow its Employment Opportunities Program for individuals with disabilities, as well as to expand its outreach to new and under-served communities. For more than 50 years, CEL has provided enrichment, connection, and opportunities to lead a meaningful life for youth and adults across the Chicagoland area. CEL plans to build on its existing legacy by creating more inclusive, person-centered communities.
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ALEXIAN BROTHERS HOUSING AND HEALTH ALLIANCE
The AMITA Housing and Health Alliance is requesting a $100,000 renewal grant ($50,000 over two years) to provide general operating support for our continuum of supportive housing, a proven effective solution to chronic homelessness. Through our continuum of transitional and permanent supportive housing ( both site-based and scattered site units), we provide stable housing, case management and other supportive services to more than 300 formerly homeless adults annually. Continued funding will help us provide more intensive support services to our clients, the majority of whom are living with HIV or chronic illness, and struggling with mental illness and substance use. The stress and trauma of Covid has intensified need for client support.
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Chicago Torture Justice Center
The Chicago Torture Justice Center (CTJC) offers politicized healing and wellness services to individuals, families, and communities impacted by police violence. We work closely with survivors tortured by Jon Burge and others within the Chicago Police Department, an organization that continues to inflict violence on Black and Brown people. We are also the home of Justice for Families, a group of family members whose loved ones have been murdered by the police. Our work responds to trauma experienced across the lifespan, as survivors who were tortured in the Burge era as teenagers and young adults are now in their 50s and 60s. As the violence of policing continues to create and exacerbate trauma, we are growing to meet evolving needs.
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ARAB AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES
The Southwestern Suburbs has seen a dramatic increase in Arab Americans and other immigrants, yet it struggles with the appropriate capacity to engage these new residents. Arab American Family Services has served as a trusted organization and partnered with community institutions to ensure immigrant families have access to COVID-19 information, testing, vaccinations, and a full range of resources, including housing, utility, food, health, and cash assistance. Through this project, AAFS will continue expanding and intensifying its efforts to improve vaccination rates by tackling myths, addressing barriers (such as transportation and language), utilizing health navigators, cultural messaging and education, and incentivizing participation.
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Northern Illinois University
In the second year of this project, Education Systems Center at NIU (EdSystems) will continue the deep landscape analysis of postsecondary middle-skills and transfer programs for Chicago students. We will map the full range of programs that support attainment of degrees and credentials with high economic value in the industry sectors of Finance and Business Services; Architecture, Construction, and Energy; Arts and Communications; Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources; Culinary Arts; and Human and Public Services (excluding Education). We will address how to support students in moving from basic credentials into higher-skilled pathways and how partners in the system can collaborate to improve career pathway options for Chicago students.
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CIRCESTEEM INC
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DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
DePaul University and the Institute for Housing Studies develop applied research products and deliver technical assistance to support the development, prioritization, and implementation of policies and programs that advance and protect equitable homeownership. With this funding, IHS will 1) continue to directly engage housing and community development stakeholders to understand key questions and policy applications, 2) identify and refine data needs around this issue, 3) develop new or update existing data indicators to best respond to these data needs and highlight challenges and opportunities in different neighborhood contexts, and 4) provide direct technical assistance to stakeholders supporting the use of this information in their work.
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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.