Community Outreach to Diversity Organizations

The mission of ABJ Community Services, Inc. is to meet the physical, emotional, and social needs of families, children and senior citizens by offering effective health and human services. ABJ Community Services, Inc. provides the most versatile, professional, and supportive individual and group services possible to each client and the community. Services are offered without consideration to age, race, creed, color or religious affiliation.

Today the Abraham Lincoln Centre builds on the foundation that was laid in the early 1900s. The Centre continues to meet the needs of people regardless of religious, ethnic or cultural background. Abraham Lincoln Centre now has thirty programs at 30 sites on Chicago’s south side, concentrating on the needs of residents in the Greater Grand Boulevard community (also known historically as Bronzeville) where the central office is located.

Our mission is to serve those who, because of disabilities or other limiting conditions, need help in finding and pursuing paths leading to healthy, productive, and fulfilling lives. The Vocational Training and Job Development and Placement program assists persons with developmental disabilities and other economically disadvantaged individuals secure integrated employment, attain economic self-sufficiency, and engage in competent community living.

Apna Ghar is a domestic violence shelter serving primarily Asian women and children, and was the first Asian shelter of its kind in the Mid-Western United States. Apna Ghar takes its name from a Hindi-Urdu phrase meaning "Our Home", and since January 1990 has served over 5400 domestic violence clients. The Asian-American community, currently the fastest-growing population, demonstrates unique needs in language, religion, family systems and food preparation. Apna Ghar helps them heal and enhance their sense of dignity and self-respect.

The mission of Bethel Community Facility is to address the spiritual, social, physical, emotional, and cultural needs of people regardless of race, creed or color. In serving the disadvantaged of Suburban Cook County, we will participate in the development of the community economically and socially; promote the educational growth of both children and adults and assist in the strengthening of the family.

CRC energizes and empowers clients by offering education, training and mentoring in a supportive environment focused on self-empowerment by fostering hope and optimism, validating and restoring self-esteem and encouraging persistence in the face of obstacles. CRC’s role is to “teach them how to fish,” ultimately, guiding clients toward greater economic self-sufficiency and long-term independence.

Our mission is to minister with love and compassion among and with the most vulnerable of our community - particularly those who suffer from addiction - through crisis intervention, addiction recovery, community assistance and life skills development.

DAYBREAK Shelter operates 24-hours a day, 365 days a year and provides emergency housing, and supportive services to individuals and families who are homeless. Some participants in the program are in need of short-term housing, as a result of a situational crisis. Others need support services as they work to reestablish permanent housing.

Whether they are young or old, hungry or addicted, homeless or friendless, Catholic Charities sees the face of God in those in need. By providing food, clothing, shelter and counseling, we bring hope to the hopeless in the city of Chicago and its suburbs. With more than 168 programs at 157 locations across Cook and Lake counties, we help people of all races and religions move toward empowerment and self-sufficiency. Last year we brought more than 870,000 parents, children, seniors and individuals help during the hardest times of their lives.

CEDA is an organization dedicated to improving the lives of the people it serves. By offering a variety of community development and social service programs, CEDA's goal is to assist individuals and families in becoming economically self-sufficient.

The mission of Chicago Commons is to help individuals, families and communities to overcome poverty, discrimination and isolation. It is the same today as it was in 1894, the year of our founding by the social reformer, Graham Taylor. Graham Taylor's vision was to create a community of people that worked with--and not for--people, helping them overcome obstacles by building on strengths and assets.

Christopher House is a seven-site family resource center. Through child and youth development, parent enrichment, literacy, counseling and emergency services, Christopher House provides a web of support to children and their families. Support that produces results: Happy, healthy school-successful kids. Literate, working parents. And stable, nurturing families.

The Community Career Center provides job seekers with instruction on subjects ranging from goal-setting and résumé-writing to networking and interviewing skills. These consultations are available thanks to the dedicated support of approximately 40 volunteers who are career counselors, recruiters, human resource professionals and other job search experts. In addition there are appointments in Career Counseling, Networking Skills, Job Skills Transfer and Basic Computer skills.

For 136 years, Erie Neighborhood House has empowered individuals to achieve their fullest potential through a broad spectrum of services tailored to meet the challenges and aspirations of Chicago’s low-income families and immigrant residents. We promote a just and inclusive society by strengthening low-income, primarily Latino, families through skill-building, access to critical resources, advocacy and collaborative action.

Founded in 1977, Greater North-Pulaski Development Corporation (GNPDC) is a neighborhood based economic development organization serving Chicago's Northwest Side communities and is a Chicago leader and a national model in nonprofit industrial retention and community development. Its mission is to foster overall community and economic revitalization by: stabilizing and expanding businesses; creating jobs for community residents; and fostering effective partnerships between over 170 member businesses, community institutions and residents.

Greater West Town Community Development Project seeks to build a community based collaborative response to the problems of unemployment and limited educational opportunities for the disadvantaged residents of West Town, Humboldt Park, and the Near West Side. GWTP responds to these needs by offering a broad range of model programs that address the interrelated problems of the community, such as low educational achievement, limited job skills and employment opportunities, and poverty related family stresses.