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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GREATER AUBURN GRESHAM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
GAGDC, is working to address the impact of the Covid-19 virus and long term health disparities residents are facing in the Auburn Gresham community. The primary objective includes utilizing community engagement task forces (housing, education, seniors, health and wellness and faith-based institutions), block clubs, and GAGDC school staff working with parent councils that make up our neighborhood network partners infrastructure. We will use already trusted staff and partners by hosting virtual community conversations, campaigns, and other organized events where we can share the value and importance to our community, as well as providing vaccination location resources, and available technology and transportation to those with limited access.
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Ignite
Ignite gratefully seeks to continue its successful partnership with the Chicago Community Trust through the renewal of the Building Pathways to Stability grant. With CCT's generous support, Ignite not only kept its doors open over the past year without interruption to its high-quality programming, in the face of the pandemic and unrest, but has positioned itself for innovation. CCT's investment will sustain Ignite's strong outcomes closing the opportunity and racial wealth gaps of young people while advancing agency impact and growth. By upholding general operations, including the agency's comprehensive model of residential, community, and support services, this grant will empower over 400 youth ages 14-26 overcoming homelessness at Ignite.
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Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School
Working hand-in-hand with our community, our Sustainability & Wellness Hub and urban farm will contribute to a resilient local food economy, conserve three acres of land and increase access to fresh, healthy and local food production in SW Chicago.
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NEW LIFE CENTERS OF CHICAGOLAND NFP
NLC requests CCT support for our effective, evidence-based violence prevention and intervention work, mentoring, educational programming, and holistic family support services. We engage at least 900 gang-affiliated, disconnected, or high-risk youth in Little Village, Pilsen, Humboldt Park, and Brighton Park each year. We provide mentoring to over 300 youth annually to increase protective factors through connections to caring adults. We also offer 4 weekly sessions of group and sports programming, and 5 days per week of after-school programing. Wraparound family support includes food distribution, court advocacy, support groups, and referrals to immigration and legal support, housing, employment, and mental health services.
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Latin United Community Housing Association (LUCHA)
LUCHA advances housing as a human right by empowering communities - particularly immigrant, Latinx, and Black populations - through advocacy, affordable housing development, and community building to close the racial and ethnic wealth gap. Operating support from the Trust will 1) further access to comprehensive education, financial assistance, and legal representation during closing for first-time LMI homebuyers of color; 2) sustain homeownership for said homebuyers via post-purchase counseling, affordable repair/renovation financing, and estate planning; 3) advance policies to preserve and create affordable housing; and 4) address housing affordability and the threat of displacement by preserving 1-4 unit buildings via shared equity.
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ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS
As the undocumented population continues to be left out of federal relief legislation, our directly impacted leaders continue to speak out about the need for state and local governments to provide permanent direct cash assistance. ICIRR, as a member of the IL Cost of Living Refund Coalition, partners with Economic Security for Illinois (ESIL) and provides strategy, organizing, and legislative support around ESIL’s campaign to expand inclusion of the state Earned Income Credit to ITIN filers and other historically excluded persons, ICIRR will engage its broad membership in 2021 to make Illinois one of the few states to include these groups, and will also advocate and organize around direct cash assistance in the context of COVID relief.
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Brighton Park Neighborhood Council
BPNC is requesting general operating support for the agency’s Financial Services Department to sustain and grow pre-purchase, financial capability, and foreclosure prevention counseling in addition to providing case management services to low-income Latinx families. Brighton Park is experiencing a rise in unemployment and a decrease in homeownership. To reverse this trend, BPNC strives to provide one-on-one counseling to 210 families and host 28 workshops in FY21. The requested funds will contribute to the staff salaries of the Financial Services Department - Director of Financial Services, two HUD-certified counselors, and two case managers.
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CHICAGO COMMONS ASSOCIATION
Chicago Commons provides intergenerational, trauma-informed, and asset-based early childhood and older adults services to communities through a public health lens. The universal, targeted, and selective approach addresses well-being through holistic group, family, and individual services and through peer-to-peer offerings that recognizes and values the cultural and linguistic capacity of communities in which we serve. A family-centered paradigm undergirds the services and bestows the belief that families are resilient, adaptable, and have capacity to build strong connections inside and outside the family to achieve their goals and build economic wealth.