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…
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…
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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CMP is requesting a grant from the Chicago Community Trust to support the BIPOC Impact Film Fund to support filmmakers of color working in the social impact documentary space to create powerful media with strong impact campaigns and foster a vibrant community of BIPOC filmmakers.
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HANA Center will implement its Healing in Action project, engaging a range of culturally relevant, trauma-informed practices to promote the well-being of Chicagoland Korean, Asian American, and multiethnic immigrant community members. Engaging participants from its wide base of service & organizing programs, HANA will develop multi-generational healing and community-building initiatives including youth and women’s Korean drumming groups, a racial justice support program, and storytelling opportunities. Through participation in these programs, community members will be rooted in their culture and lived experiences, and together develop community-led tools and solutions to heal from trauma and support each other to live strong, healthy lives.
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The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) will expand on its current vaccine outreach work and continue to advocate for equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to immigrant, uninsured, and underinsured populations. Specifically, ICIRR will work with our member organizations in Little Village, Cicero, Berwyn and North Lawndale to empower community leaders by educating and engaging them on immigrant health care rights and COVID-19 vaccine facts and accessibility. ICIRR will continue to connect its member organizations with the Illinois Alliance for Welcoming Healthcare, and help organizations strengthen their relationships with their local healthcare systems, including local health departments.
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SGA Youth & Family Services seeks support to strengthen the programs of its Cycle of Opportunity provided to children, adolescents, and adults from Chicago neighborhoods with the fewest resources. Services related to the Promoting Wellbeing category include trauma-informed counseling, early childhood development, supporting youth impacted by violence, and youth employment. By design, the Cycle of Opportunity uses a family-centered approach because it is inclusive of extended family members across multiple stages of life and across multiple generations. We know that the effects of systemic violence which have challenged families for generations can be overcome through preventions and interventions at critical phases of one’s life.
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Growing Home respectfully requests a grant of $40,000 in renewed support of our Food Access Program. This award would allow us to donate more boxes of food to the community through our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) system. These CSA boxes are delivered door-to-door at no costs to residents. In addition, we have extended our growing season by adjusting our methods to be able to grow during the winter. With this change, we intend to grow and donate more food than ever before to the Englewood community.
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In a one-year pilot phase of the CASL client advocacy unit (CAU) a qualified mental health professional or licensed clinical social worker (QMHP/LCSW), will lead the CAU in delivering holistic, evidence-based, culturally competent interventions to households with high needs and challenges to help them achieve healthy living. A cross-functional team consisting of a case manager and existing CASL staff members will specifically address the unique barriers Chinese immigrants and Americans face while assimilating into life in the US—especially those living in poverty, experiencing the negative effects of rising health care and social service costs, and needing increased access to mental/behavioral health services.
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LCDC requests a project grant to help close the racial wealth gap through creating Black homeownership. LCDC will do this with new construction, manufactured housing, rehabs for ownership, and homeownership counseling to ensure Black working families can access safe and affordable financing and are ready to purchase and retain their homes. North Lawndale is on the brink of extensive redevelopment and it is essential to increase homeownership now before prices are driven too high. In addition to other pending developments, Invest South West has two RFPs in the community for large scale development as well as a 606-type project near Homan Square. We are at the beginning of a tipping point that will determine the future of the community.
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