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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FAITH IN PLACE
Faith in Place engages people of faith to grow a just and resilient local food economy. This project provides technical assistance to Congregation-Supported Agriculture farms and advances a faith-based Community Incubator Kitchen pilot project.
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CONNECTIONS FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN
CAWC is committed to reducing the negative violence has on Chicago families. CAWC’s services directly support children who have experienced domestic violence in their homes: CAWC provides trauma treatment services to children who reside at Greenhouse Shelter or are enrolled in the Humboldt Park Outreach Program (HPOP). These services are delivered by the Family Trauma Therapists. The Children's Advocate, housed at Greenhouse Shelter, provides individual and group counseling to children residing at the shelter as well as parenting groups and support to mothers of children residing at the Shelter. CAWC’s Art Therapist provides additional therapeutic services and teaches children to express and understand emotions through art.
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CHICAGO DANCE CRASH NFP
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South Suburban PADS
South Suburban PADS addresses racial inequality by empowering homeless and at-risk people, largely minority, to achieve greater self-sufficiency and ultimately escape homelessness. South Suburban PADS requests $75,000/year in general operating support to expand and improve our emergency shelter, affordable housing and supportive services. Increased support will enable South Suburban PADS to move an additional 50 households out of homelessness through Rapid Rehousing; provide a 60% increase in shelter nights and meals; and conduct predevelopment planning to secure a 10-unit apartment building to serve as a future family shelter.
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PHALANX FAMILY SERVICES
Phalanx Family Services in partnership with Roseland Community Hospital is proposing to provide vaccine information sessions and onsite vaccinations for approximately 2000 community residents on the far south side of Chicago. Through the "Know Your Status" project, individuals will become more knowledgeable about the covid vaccine and how they can protect themselves in both the long and short term. Our team is working to infuse public health into our all of our services, recognizing the role that health has in obtaining and maintaining employment that leads to self sufficiency. Roseland and West Pullman both are in the high category for the COVID community vulnerability index according to data from the City of Chicago.
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Erie Neighborhood House
Erie House respectfully requests funding to support our violence prevention and intervention efforts in Little Village, helping Latinx youth and families overcome the difficulties that result from experiencing violence and victimization. Our Proyecto Cuídate program is based out of South Lawndale and delivers much needed, quality mental health services that are trauma-informed, bilingual, and culturally competent, to the vulnerable and often victimized Latinx community in Little Village. This project will provide extensive case management services to Latinx youth and families as well as referrals linking them to other programs within Erie House, for example Legal Services, in order to provide a more holistic solution to beneficiary needs.
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NORTHWEST SIDE HOUSING CENTER
The Northwest Side Housing Center’s (NWSHC's) holistic financial wealth program focuses on building household wealth by improving the economic well-being of our community through an anti-racist, intergenerational, and community-led lens. We have learned, to best serve our community, we need comprehensive, integrated approaches that align resources to support households. Our current programmatic work serves over 5,000 families annually and has four established tenets: (1) holistic financial coaching for program participants, (2) leadership development opportunities for program participants, (3) inclusive workforce development services for participants, and (4) comprehensive income support services.
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CHICAGO FILMMAKERS