A Safe Haven - Recovery Management and Supportive Housing program

2750 W. Roosevelt, Chicago, IL 60608

$795,000

Funding will provide supportive housing, case management, treatment, access to job training, healthcare, job placement to the homeless Latino population with addiction problems. The long-term goal is to address underlying cause of chronic or potential homelessness and/or incarceration and to provide protocol for sustainable self-sufficiency.

Access Community Health Network - Pin-A-Sister Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

600 West Fulton, Suite 200,
Chicago, IL 60661

$1,000,000

The campaign addresses the deadly racial and ethnic disparity in breast cancer mortality.   It mobilizes African-American and Hispanic women to seek breast and cervical cancer early detection services and provides clinical prevention services in our health centers and increases awareness.

Adler School of Professional Psychology - Building Trust Program

65 E. Wacker Pl, Suite 2100,
Chicago, IL

$113,108

There is a history of tension between Chicago Police officers and immigrant communities, particularly in the wake of 9/11, which undermines the homeland security efforts of local law enforcement, creates less-safe neighborhoods for residents, and hinders day-to-day police effectiveness. Building Trust will promote better relationships, mutual understanding, improved communication, and improved flow of information between police districts in immigrant neighborhoods and residents.

Alivio Medical Center

966 W 21st St., Chicago, IL 60608

$528,000

Alivio Medical Center is a FQHC and was created twenty-one years ago to provide medical care and services for the uninsured as dictated by Congress and the Department of Health Resources and Services Administration.  This project will be a valuable and cost effective use of taxpayer funds because Alivio Medical Center will gain the capacity to provide comprehensive medical services for its patients by increasing the level of care, increasing our capacity to serve the growing number of new patients effectively and efficiently with more medical space and an in-house pharmacy.

Boys Town Chicago - Treatment Family Home program

4538 S Hermitage
Chicago, IL 60609

$10,000,000

Boys Town Chicago plans to build 5 Family Homes on a campus close to the current programs in the Back of the Yards community and nearby to a new planned public high school. Many of the youth served at the short-term residential site have benefited from the Treatment Family Home program located at in Nebraska. By bringing the successful Treatment Family Home program to Chicago, a broader population of at-risk youth and families will be served within their own community.

Brighton Park Neighborhood Council - Counseling and Violence Prevention Services

4477 S Archer Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60632

$400,000

Funding would support an expansion of five additional full time counselors at local schools to treat mental health issues, often the result of violence at home and in the community.  This therapy will deter drug and substance abuse, suceptability to gangs and criminal behavior.

Brighton Park Neighborhood Council - Housing Center

4477 S Archer Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60632

$350,000

The development of Brighton Park Housing Center will be the cornerstone of BPNC’s community center, currently being developed. In the short-term, services will be concentrated on providing foreclosure counseling to families facing the loss of their homes.  BPNC will provide critical services and resources to the neediest of community members through the Housing Center by becoming a one-stop shop for residents to access other services and assistance for their homes, including rental assistance programs, energy assistance, weatherization.

Center for Civic Education - Education For Democracy Act Programs

5145 Douglas Fir Rd.,
Calabasas, CA 91302

$35,000,000

The funding would be used for national programs authorized under the Education for Democracy Act that teach students the fundamental values and principles of American constitutional democracy.

Chicago Botanical Garden - Urban Horticulture and Marketing Initiative

1000 Lake Cook Road,
Glencoe, IL 60022

$620,000

The Chicago Botanic Garden's Urban Horticulture and Marketing Initiative, Windy City Harvest, is a nine-month certificate job training program for hard-to-employ young adults (ages 18 to 30) operating on Chicago's West side and now it its third year.  During 2009, Windy City expanded to involve a collaboration with the Cook County Sheriff's Department working with non-violent offenders, as well as s collaboration with the USDA Region Five office on their People's Garden initiative.  There is strong community and governmental interest in further expanding these efforts.

Chicago Police Department - Juvenile Intervention and Support Center

3510 S. Michigan Ave,
Chicago, IL 60653

$750,000

Focusing on reducing recidivism of juvenile offenders and reducing youth violence in communities that suffer from relatively high rates of youth violence and youth gang involvement.

Chicago Public Schools- Capital Improvement Program

125 S Clark St., 17th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603

$319,200

Chicago Public Schools requests funding to install a solar energy array to heat domestic hot water at three schools in the 4th District.  CPS is optimistic about renewable energy, however, it is typically the first item to be cut when estimates go over budget.  This funding will allow CPS to go beyond its scope and provide the school with solar thermal hot water.

Chicago School of Professional Psychology - Bilingual Mental Health Services

325 North Wells Street
Chicago, IL 60654

$414,000

To provide for the needs of low-income children with moderate to severe emotional or behavioral difficulties who are unable to remain in childcare programs, Erie House and TCS developed the Sunshine Initiative, which works to empower low-income, primarily Latino children and families with the tools to improve their mental health needs and participate in the community in a meaningful way.

Childrens Home + Aid

125 S. Wacker Dr., 14th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606

$317,775

The program offers mental health services and after school enrichment programs directly serving K-8th grade students and their families.

Children's Home + Aid - After-School Initiative

125 S Wacker Dr., 14th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606

$317,775

The after-school initiative targets at-risk children and youth, providing academic and enrichment programming which results in better grades, peer relations, emotional adjustment and conflict resolution skills.

Children's Memorial Hospital - Children's Cardiac Unit

2300 Children's Plaza,
Chicago, IL 60614

$2,000,000

The Children's Cardiac Unit (CCU) is an entire floor devoted to providing comprehensive care to children with heart ailments. It is a truly unique regional asset that will provide high intensity services to children from throughout the nation that cannot be obtained at other locations. The CCU will provide the expertise, technology and comprehensive resources necessary in treating the most seriously ill children with cardiac ailments.  The 36-bed CCU will greatly improve patient safety through a reduction in averted medical errors; will reduce intra-hospital transfers and hand-offs; will allow staff to care for the patient from the admitting stage to discharge; and will increase employee, patient and family satisfaction.

Columbia College Chicago - Construct Simulation Training Program

600 S. Michigan Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60605

$4,000,000

The funding will be used to develop a portable hardware and software system for the Army that supports the study of small team behavior.  Building on top of the “Construct” software system previously developed at the College for Army Research Laboratory, they will seek to create a cutting edge technology based “meeting tool” for the Army.

Community Support Services -Family Support 360 Center

9021 Ogden Ave., Brookfield, IL 60513

$500,000

Funding would benefit the Family Support 360 project, a one-stop shop community center that serves Latino families who have a child with a developmental disability.

Cook County Board of Commissioners - Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center

118 N Clark St., Chicago, IL 60602

$3,500,000

To meet the demand for services, renovations to reconfigure and better utilize space are necessary for the treatment of HIV-infected patients.  Implementing high-efficiency building controls and heating and cooling systems will lead to a significant and sustainable reduction in the Center’s operating costs.

Cook County Sheriff's Office - Community Re-Entry Initiative

50 W. Washington, Rm 704,
Chicago, IL 60602

$508,750

Funding is needed to provide services to  detainees after they leave jail and reenter the community.  Continued treatment is the key to successful reentry.  Post-release services will include access to transitional employment, educational, vocational and job training,  outpatient substance abuse or mental health treatment, and transitional housing.

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School - Community Playing Field

1852 W 22nd Place,
Chicago, IL

$1,000,000

The field will be used by students at Cristo Rey, Whittier Elementary School, as well as the residents of the Pilsen and Little Village neighborhoods of Chicago. The need for this green space is highlighted by the fact that there is very little green space within ten square blocks of Cristo Rey and Whittier.

Divine Purpose - Afterschool Program

6326 W. Grand Ave.,
Chicago, IL, 60639

$75,000

The Afterschool Program provides safe place for children to go after school and on weekends where they can study, learn about drug and violence prevention, nutrition, work ethics and community awareness.  Youth across the Chicago area who are faced daily with drugs, violence, and teenage pregnancies will be provided with a positive impact and a safe haven away from these every day struggles.

Girl Scouts of the USA --

420 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018

$400,000

The funding would be used for VIVA Illinois: An Adult Volunteer/Hispanic Outreach Program.  This program states that it is beneficial because local Girl Scout councils understand the unique characteristics of the girls and communities they serve.

Hispanic American Construction Industry Association -

901 W Jackson Blvd. Suite 205, Chicago, IL

$200,000

The funding would provide business training and technical assistance to the small business community to improve skills, techniques and methodologies that will expand their capacity and ability to perform in their respective specialty areas.

Illinois State University - Public School/University Alliance to Stimulate Student Interest in Career and Technical Education

Campus Box 4040, Hovey 310, Normal, IL 61790-4040

$1,500,000

This initiative encourages inner-city Chicago Public School students to pursue educational opportunities in five key Career and Technical Education areas. The program will make them aware of a range of educational possibilities ranging from secondary level academies, to community college opportunities, to four year technology and engineering programs.

Loyola University Chicago - Collegiate Academic Coaching

6525 N. Sheridan Rd.,
Chicago, IL 60626

$368,000

The funding would allow Loyola University Chicago's School of Education to train 100 of its students to become academic coaches at area high schools.

Metra - Positive Train Control Research and Development

547 E Jackson Blvd.,
Chicago, IL 60661

$3,000,000

In order to meet the PTC implementation requirements and thereby greatly improve the safety and operations for the Metra system, Metra is implementing a multi-year program that will ultimately provide system-wide PTC that will provide safety benefits to over 83 million Illinois riders a year.

Metra - Union Station Improvement

547 E Jackson Blvd.,
Chicago, IL 60661

$10,000,000

Chicago’s Union Station is in need of improvements to maintain current levels of service to Amtrak and Metra operations.  Funding will be used to build capacity to accommodate existing commuter rail services as well as providing the necessary upgrades to enable proposed High Speed Rail connections from Chicago to St. Louis and other proposed routes.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

100 East Erie Street,
Chicago, IL 60611

$40,000,000

The McCook and Thornton Reservoir projects are a key component of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Chicago Underflow Plan (CUP), the flood control element of the District’s Tunnel and Reservoir Plan.  Completing the McCook and Thornton Reservoirs and bringing them fully on-line is crucial to local communities as it provides: flood protection to over 3.5 million people in northeastern Illinois, urban environmental restoration and water quality benefits that include the return of native fish species to area waterways, and the protection of Lake Michigan the source of our drinking water. Without timely completion of the project, communities will face decreased drinking water allocations, significant decreases in water quality and thousands of homes will be vulnerable to flooding.

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges - Judicial Training Research and Technical Assistance Project

1041 North Virginia Street, Third Floor,
Reno, NV 89503

$3,000,000

Funding will support key national programs critical to the juvenile justice field which strive to improve system effectiveness and judicial decision making for children and their families in cases involving juvenile delinquency, child abuse and neglect.

National Council of La Raza - Raza Development Fund

1126 16th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036

$5,000,000

Funding will capitalize a revolving loan fund to be used for nationwide community development activities.  Since it was established in 1999, RDF has leveraged more than $680 million in private investment. This success is based in large part upon the availability of federal appropriations which allow NCLR to provide patient, flexible capital to invest in low-income communities. The capital has been used for affordable housing, community health clinics and other essential community facilities, charter schools and related projects in low-income Hispanic communities.

National Latino Education Institute - Allied Health Education Vocational Training Initiative

2011 W Pershing Rd.,
Chicago, IL 60609

$751,000

Funding will support the Allied Health Education certificate programs, including the Bilingual Medical Assistant, Phlebotomy, Medical Office Specialist, and Pharmacy Technician programs for Chicago’s low-income community residents.  Programs are designed to teach bilingual/bicultural individuals with limited educational background the job skills necessary to succeed in the growing healthcare sector.

Norwegian American Hospital - Community Based Family Medicine Residency Training Program

1044 N. Francisco Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60622

$2,546,800

This project will increase access to care to over 7,200 primarily minority patients in the Humboldt Park community through 21,000 patient visits. By training competent bilingual family medicine residents, this project will help develop culturally proficient skills and bring quality care to medically underserved minority populations. The overall objective is to train future community health leaders, advocates and researchers in an effort to reduce health disparities in a community plagued with high incidence of diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and poor pediatric and prenatal outcomes.

Pace Suburban Bus - Paratransit Vehicles

550 W. Algonquin Rd.,
Arlington Heights, IL 60005

$42,500,000

This project would provide 500 vehicles for Pace's Chicago ADA paratransit services at $85,000 each.  Pace provides more than 2 million trips per year, just in Chicago, on ADA paratransit service.  Because the Chicago service is contracted out, Pace's current operational costs include the contractor's cost of these vehicles.  Pace can greatly reduce its ongoing cost if able to make a one-time purchase of its own paratransit vehicles.  The American Public Transportation Association estimates that 32 jobs will be created by this project.

Poder Learning Center - ESL and IT Workforce Training Program

1637 S. Allport St., Chicago, IL 60608

$500,000

Poder Learning Center would use the funding to support and expand their ESL and IT workforce training program in response to the educational needs of the adult immigrant community in the Pilsen, Little Village, and surrounding area.

Prevent Blindness - National Universal Vision Screening for Young Children Coordinating Center

211 W Wacker, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60606

$1,200,000

This initiative is aimed at developing the public health infrastructure necessary to promote eye health and ensure access to a continuum of eye care for young children; one result of this public-private partnership has been the creation of the coordinating center, which will provide national leadership in the development of statewide vision screenings and eye health programs for the population of young children prior to entering school.

Puerto Rican Cultural Center - VIDA/SIDA

2703 W. Division St.,
Chicago, IL 60622

$350,000

The Puerto Rican Cultural Center's Vida/SIDA AIDS/HIV Program will use funding to provide for an education and outreach program for a community that has been identified as having the highest infection rate in Chicago and to expand services to the LGBT homeless youth.

Reach Out and Read

56 Roland Street, Suite 100,
Boston, MA 02129

$10,000,000

Reach Out and Read has been proven to be among the most effective strategies to promote early language and literacy development and school readiness: pediatricians and other healthcare providers guide and encourage parents to read aloud to their children from their earliest years of their life, and send them home from each regular checkup with a new book and a prescription to read together.  Reach Out and Read is a national evidence-based school readiness initiative that promotes literacy and language development in infants and preschoolers, targeting children and families living in poverty and under-performing school districts.  Fourteen peer-reviewed, published research studies spanning the last two decades clearly demonstrate the impact of the Reach Out and Read model and the importance of promoting early language and literacy skills in preparing children to excel in school.  Today, Reach Out and Read serves 3.8 million children annually, but millions more children nationwide do not receive the necessary support and assistance they need to develop these critical skills and enter kindergarten ready to learn.  Funding provided by Congress through the U.S. Department of Education has been matched by tens of millions of dollars from the private sector and state governments.

Reading Is Fundamental

1825 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009

$25,000,000

Funding will be used for purposes authorized in Section 5451 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Reading Is Fundamental enhances child literacy by providing millions of underserved children with free books for personal ownership and reading encouragement from the more than 18,000 locations throughout all fifty states, Washington, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

345 E. Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611

$700,000

The funding would be used to research cell-based and regenerative strategies to aid recovery from spinal cord injuries (SCI). In wounded warriors with some residual recovery of leg function following SCI (or a motor incomplete SCI), the development of relatively simple but specific interventions may accelerate recovery.

Roosevelt University, College of Pharmacy

430 S. Michigan Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60605

$1,000,000

Funds will be used to renovate classrooms and laboratories to enable Roosevelt University to train new pharmacists. This project will help address a critical shortage of pharmacists in underserved communities and populations throughout the state of Illinois.

Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, Resurrection Health Care - Health Screening on Wheels

2233 N. Division Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60622

$600,000

Funding to establish regular community mobile health screening programs.  Will serve a diverse population of primarily minority, low-income families who are uninsured or underinsured and are unable to afford routine health screenings.

Seguin Services -  Job Creation and Peer Mentorship Initiative

3100 S. Central Ave.,
Cicero, IL 60804

$300,000

The initiative seeks to increase the jobs for individuals with severe disabilities by recruiting  businesses and implementing 'peer mentorship'. By providing initial support to both the employee and employer, it will facilitate greater involvement of employers in the supervision and support of these employees with special needs.

SGA Youth & Family Services - College Success Initiative

11 East Adams, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60603

$375,000

The initiative targets disadvantaged high school-aged youth and those at-risk and prepares them for college acceptance, entrance and completion.    The project will offer intensive and comprehensive services to 120 youth whose risk of delinquent involvement or continued involvement present significant obstacles for their future academic and career success.

St. Procopius - Community Technology Center

1625 S. Allport St., Chicago, IL 60608

$200,000

The funding would be used to provide students with computers, software and technical assistance to support teacher instruction and student learning in core subject areas that are secular in nature.

St. Xavier University - Minority Small Business Initiative

3700 West 103rd Street,
Chicago, IL  60655

$500,000

The Minority Small Business Initiative will develop a comprehensive set of services targeted to addressing factors that will significantly increase the success of local minority owned small businesses.

Teach For America

315 West 36th St. New York, NY 10018

$50,000,000

Teach for America, a national nonprofit with a demonstrated record of success, will use these funds to recruit, select, train, and provide professional development to top recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in our nation's highest poverty communities in 38 regions across the country.

The Resurrection Project - La Casa

1818 S. Paulina St., Chicago, IL 60608

$2,672,052

The funding would assist in the construction of a student residence hall to house minority students attending local colleges.

United Stand Counseling -

3731 W. 62nd St., Chicago, IL 60629

$150,000

This project provides mental health services to children and adolescents who are high risk in terms of being successful in or remaining in their schools due to learning challenges or social and emotional issues.

US Soccer Foundation - Soccer for Success Initiative

1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 500,
Washington, DC 20036

$1,000,000

Funding would address the childhood obesity crisis by supporting innovative soccer programs designed to promote healthy lifestyles in children.  The program would serve children in underserved communities with programs that combine soccer with diet and nutrition.

USA Swimming Foundation - Make-A-Splash

1 Olympic Plaza, Colorado Springs, CO 80909

$450,000

The program will provide after school swim lessons for at-risk students to learn to swim and to use the sport of swimming to expand fitness and recreational opportunities. Youth development programs provide an alternative to spending this time unsupervised and statistics show that recreation programs have helped in a variety of ways.