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 Neighborhood Technology
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DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
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Chicago Community Foundation
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LINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES
Lincoln Park Community Services respectfully submits this application for general operating support to support our expansion of Drop-in services for people experiencing street based homelessness at our Sedgwick location in Old Town based upon the need that has been identified since our move to our new location. Specifically, we are seeking to increase the operation of our drop-in center to five days a week and facilitate expanded services to individuals who are in need, even if we are unable to provide them with an interim housing (shelter) bed. LPCS seeks to transition from a drop-in model that serves clients one time or intermittently to a more comprehensive, outcomes-focused model offering regular, weekly case management and support to clients until they are placed into more stable housing. With our current model we are limited to one day a week for just three hours in a single location. Our expanded drop-in center model will offer showers, laundry, meals, hygiene supplies, access to clothing items, access to on-site primary care, access to computers and wi-fi, transportation support/bus passes, and intensive case management focused on linkage to services. We are seeking support to hire additional staff, purchase additional resources, such as hygiene supplies, food, and clothing, CTA passes, and provide case management services to street-based individuals. LPCS serves adult individuals aged 18 and over who are experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of homelessness and works with them to overcome their barriers to housing. LPCS serves individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, gender identity, and educational attainment. Guests and clients come to LPCS from throughout Chicago. The LPCS drop-in center has a particular emphasis on people who are unsheltered and experiencing street-based homelessness.
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Little Black Pearl Workshop
LBP is requesting support for a finish line ready project to upgrade our dated operating systems, build catering/culinary training kitchen, work lounge and customization facilities. We anticipate completion and groundbreaking for the entire project within 12 months.
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Fresh Taste
Austin Fresh is a collaborative grantmaking five-year program. started in 2020, to increase access to healthy affordable food, support community gardens and local food production, grow food enterprises, and protect and strengthen food assistance programs in the Austin neighborhood. The vision is an equitable Chicagoland region where all people have knowledge of and access to healthy food. The funders involved with Austin Fresh have committed to a minimum $1M for each of five years to support the neighborhood. This renewal request is for the third year of this successful neighborhood focused funder collaborative. This project aligns with the building supply-side skills and attracting capital strategies of Food:Land:Opportunity while also reducing fragmentation.
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Grow Greater Englewood
The Englewood Village Farms focuses on activating the farms near the Englewood Nature Trail also utilizing organizing, advocacy, business planning, and implementation strategies. By focusing on acquiring more land, for farmers, and technical support and supplies for farmers in the Englewood Village Farms
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ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY
All Chicago promotes systems-change and policy innovations in Chicago’s homelessness system. We seek to advance our capacity to help achieve racial equity in the housing space. We lead the Chicago Continuum of Care and maintain strong relationships with government entities, sector thought leaders, community-based organizations and partnerships, universities, and others. All Chicago monitors the Homeless Management Information System database to track people who touch the homeless system each year. We use comprehensive data to drive decision making. We promote system-wide improvements through public convenings, sector wide trainings and by incorporating the voices of adults and youth with the lived experience of homelessness.