Community groups and organizations are stepping up to help Chicagoans impacted by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit freeze put food on the table after SNAP benefits lapsed Saturday ...

On the night of November 19, residents from South Holland, Dixmoor, Dolton, and other nearby south-suburban communities gathered outside Thornwood High School. In a line extending onto the sidewalk, ...

“Let us work, don’t just let us sit at home and die,” says Sandra Robinson, a furloughed worker with the Senior Community Service Employment program. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Senior Community ...

Sixteen schools across Chicago will be receiving extra funding for family support and education resources as part of the city's Sustainable Community Schools model. A sustainable community school is a ...

The Bronzeville Community Development Partnership’s new headquarters, center, at 2416 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago. (Photo by Lloyd DeGrane / Canary Media) This is your first of three free stories this ...

Aurora is looking to beef up its down payment assistance program after officials say it was nearly shut down because of the limited number of applications it was receiving. The revamped program would ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tuesday marks a year since the beginning of a program designed to cut down on violence in Chicago. The program is called Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago, ...

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. SKOKIE, Illinois — Just off ...

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More sustainable community schools will be making their way to Chicago. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has a direct allegiance to the public school district. At a news conference on Aug. 4, he shared ...

Education is the great equalizer, and we believe everyone should have access to a good one. So we took notice when Mayor Brandon Johnson announced late last week that the city would be nearly doubling ...