Six local partners are collaborating with Heartland Alliance to implement READI Chicago in Austin, Englewood, North Lawndale, West Englewood, and West Garfield Park with a goal of promoting safety and economic opportunity over time. Relying on local expertise means that participants benefit from longstanding community-based organizations, while our partners benefit from Heartland Alliance’s established infrastructure and technical advising, to build local, lasting community capacity from within.
READI Chicago targets five community areas that have been most impacted by decades of systemic oppression, disinvestment, and racist policies. These communities face high rates of violence, poverty, unemployment, and lack of opportunity.
READI envisions a different path forward. Across the city, we invest in people and infrastructure to help put families and communities on a path to recovery and opportunity.
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The Institute for Nonviolence Chicago focuses on ending the cycles of violence in Chicago by making Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s principles, practices, and teachings of nonviolence a part of our daily lives. INVC does this through street outreach, victim services, workforce development, case management, re-entry support, community organizing, and nonviolence trainings.
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Heartland Human Care Services supports people across the city as they build on their strengths. HHCS covers basic needs for today, like housing and health care, while providing job and financial training for tomorrow.
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The READI Englewood Outreach team builds on traditional street outreach to also provide mental and behavioral health supports, case management, and connection to services to promote safer outcomes. REO works with outreach teams across the city to standardize best practices in outreach and ensure a consistent participant experience.
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Centers for New Horizons helps children, youth, and families in becoming self-sufficient, improving the quality of their lives, and participating in rebuilding their communities.
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UCAN seeks to build strong youth and families through compassionate healing, education, and empowerment. It works to advocate for and provide opportunities that change lives through impactful programs, consistent presence, and unrivaled diversity and inclusion.
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The North Lawndale Employment Network works to improve the earnings potential of the North Lawndale community through innovative employment initiatives that lead to economic advancement and an improved quality of life.
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