Grant Recipients

ChicagoCAC's ultimate goal is to help vulnerable children and families overcome the challenges and trauma they have experienced and lead healthy, productive lives in their schools, homes and communities.

Grant supports Behavior Health Services program, which provides trauma-informed clinical counseling for children and youth in vulnerable communities where gang violence, poverty, abuse, and neglect are prevalent early in life. The program addresses the unmet needs of the at-risk children and youth through therapy and case management to help them succeed in their homes, schools, and communities.

Grant supports Trauma Treatment Program (TTP), which aims to increase the availability of therapeutic mental health services for children and families in Chicago’s most high-risk, vulnerable populations. TTP targets youth struggling with the effects of trauma, including developmental delays, emotional and behavioral problems and other conditions that adversely affect the quality of their lives.

Grant supports Violence Recovery Services (VRS), which provides counseling and case management services to children exposed to violence and trauma. VRS also includes legal advocacy, individual counseling for adults, children and families and support groups specific to adult survivors of domestic violence and participants struggling with addiction and unresolved trauma.

JPA provides children living in severed conditions with access to programs and services that enable them to learn, grow and lead productive lives. Grant supports counseling and treatment services that help children overcome the burdens of trauma and toxic stress.

Kaleidoscope serves children and families throughout Cook County who are facing challenges through its five core programs: Enhanced Clinical Community Sport, Foster Care & Adoption, Intact Family Services, Independent Living, and Intensive Placement Stabilization. Grant supports these programs that seek to empower children, youth, and families impacted by abuse and neglect.

Grant supports Healthy Families program, a home-based child abuse and neglect prevention program for young mothers living in underserved communities. The program operates through home visits and supportive services designed to provide mothers with the resources to nurture, educate, and protect their children.

The Primo Center works in high ­need communities in Chicago to address the impact of extreme poverty and homelessness on parents and children. Their mission is to empower women and children to become productive, responsible, and independent members of their community.

Sarah’s Inn provides comprehensive services for families impacted by domestic violence. Grant supports Children’s Counseling Program, which provides children and teens counseling to offer support as they heal from trauma, build a renewed sense of safety, and develop healthy emotional and behavioral responses.

Thresholds provides innovative behavioral and primary healthcare that promotes empowerment, well-being, and full participation in community life. Through unwavering community-based engagement, support, and advocacy, Thresholds helps people living with mental health and substance use conditions find home, health, and hope.

Center on Halsted is the Midwest's most comprehensive community center dedicated to advancing community and securing the health and well-being of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) people of Chicagoland.

Common Threads seeks to address the obesity crisis and hunger paradox by delivering hands-on cooking and nutrition education to children and families in underserved areas. Grant supports its Healthy Cooking and Nutrition Education program, which helps kids and families experience the joy of cooking while learning how and why healthy foods fuel the body.

Grant supports Premier Kid Program, which offers outpatient primary care to infants and children who are at risk due to developmental problems and/or medically complex conditions. The program recognizes the importance of providing intensive support to young children and their families through a child and family-centered approach.

NWSCDC works with residents to develop, design, and execute sustainable strategies for the comprehensive development of the community. Over the past 10 years, Near West has carried out strategies in rebuilding the neighborhood’s social infrastructure, improving the physical and aesthetic identity, improving access to education for everyone and attracting more jobs to the area.

Spectrios empowers children and adults with vision loss, regardless of income, to optimize their visual capabilities and independence through the use of prescriptive tools, technology, rehabilitative training, and inspiration. Grant supports its Seeing is Believing program, which provides free services to 7,800+ visually impaired low-income children attending CPS schools.

CJA offers a High School Bridge program that helps students attending schools in communities impacted by systemic disinvestment find and succeed in their best-fit high schools. They advocate for seventh- to tenth-grade students and families as they build the foundation for their success in high school, after high school and the start of their careers.

After School Matters provides Chicago public high school teens opportunities to explore and develop their talents, while gaining critical skills for work, college and beyond. Grant supports its Out-of-School Time programming in Arts, Communications & Leadership, Sports, and STEM.

Bottom Line helps first-generation students from low-income backgrounds stay in college and complete their degrees. Grant supports its Access and Success programs, which match each student with an advisor to help navigate the application process and provide comprehensive support throughout the college experience.

Grant funds AIM High, a long-term, structured college success program that helps underserved youth of color acquire the passion, knowledge, skills, and confidence to attend and graduate from college and gain the skills needed to succeed in the workplace.

Grant supports Building Leaders program, which is designed for students ages 13-18 with the desire and potential to succeed in higher education. The program provides academic support, parent education, and highly individualized assistance to help teens graduate high school and enter college prepared to succeed.

Grant supports Genesys Works’ efforts to provide pathways to career success for high school students in underserved communities through skills training, meaningful work experience, and impactful relationships. The agency serves low-income high school students in CPS and its mission is to enable youth to break the cycle of poverty and enter the economic mainstream.

Mercy Home saves young lives by providing a residential treatment home for children and young adults that have experienced abuse, homelessness and neglect or are struggling with family issues. Grant supports its Academy Program, which helps youth gain the academic and personal skills to harness their education for future success.

NewRoot creates equity-focused Social Emotional Learning (SEL) partnerships with schools, administrators, teachers, and other education professionals. NewRoot operates with a targeted focus on building SEL skills in adults to create safer and more supportive spaces for young people, leading to elementary, secondary, and post-secondary success and violence reduction.

Network for College Success works to cultivate postsecondary readiness and success for all students by translating research into practice and supporting high school leaders to organize their schools for improvement and innovation. Grant supports its efforts to increase college enrollment, persistence, and graduation.

Noble’s mission is to ensure that all students have equitable and positive school experiences that equip them to complete college and lead choice-filled lives. Through rigorous academics and comprehensive wrap-around support, Noble equips students for post-secondary success after graduation.

The Posse model works for both students and college campuses and is rooted in the belief that a small, diverse group of talented students—a Posse—carefully selected and trained, can serve as a catalyst for individual and community development.

Grant supports Becoming a Man (BAM) and Working on Womanhood (WOW) Programs, school-based group counseling and clinical mentoring programs that serve students in grades 7-12. Both programs provide effective, evidence-based services that have the ability to move the needle on academic readiness and crime reduction in our city.