Founded in 1968, Cornerstone Community Development Corporation (CCDC) is a minority, community based not-for-profit organization, located in the Village of Ford Heights, IL. Cornerstone’s mission is to improve the quality of life for the underprivileged and to assist...
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos: United Workers’ Center (CTU) works predominantly with low-income and immigrant workers and their families. CTU assists with immigration, labor organizing, leadership development and civic engagement, worker cooperatives,...
The Center for Community Academic Success Partnerships (CCASP) was organized in 2007. CCASP’s mission is to support development of partnerships connecting academic and social supports to ensure student success. CCASP’s project area covers the south suburban...
The Barbara Westbook Smith (BWS) Family Life Center is the not-for-profit at Covenant United Church of Christ located in Thorntown Township. The Center was founded with the mission to serve the residents in south suburban Cook County, IL. It is a multi-purpose...
The Suburban Primary Health Care Council developed the Access to Care program in 1988 to deliver a system of primary care for the medically indigent in suburban Cook County. Access to Care, which enables slow income individuals (at or below 300% of poverty) to...
Partners for Our Communities (POC) educates, supports, and improves the lives of immigrants by providing resources and programs in health and wellness, immigration, education and employment, youth and family, and adult leadership. 25 years ago, POC began this work in...
The Illinois Association of Free & Charitable Clinics improves access to quality healthcare for low-income individuals who are uninsured or underinsured by strengthening free and charitable clinics, fostering partnerships, educating the public about free and...
For more than 21 years, the Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project (FLAP) – Proyecto de Ayuda Para Trabajadores del Campo y Jardineros – has provided free and bilingual community outreach and education, community legal education, and linkage to legal services to...
Thinking Beyond’s mission is supporting philanthropic and charitable projects with innovation. Thinking Beyond provides services to all racial and ethnic minorities, foreign-born individuals, people with limited English proficiency, undocumented immigrants, people...
Northwest Compass, Inc. (NWC) has been serving the northwest suburbs residents for more than 35+ years. Northwest Compass serves all residents of suburban Cook County, who are experiencing personal, economic and housing insecurity and homelessness. NWC works with...
