SDG 1: Ending Poverty In Illinois

Ending poverty in Illinois starts together! Experts listed in this post can make our communities more resilient and prosperous for all. This post is a part of the SDG World Tour series.

Brands, Businesses, Non-Profits, Organizations, and Community Groups Dedicated To SDG 1: Ending Poverty In Illinois

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Chicago- Based Poverty Alleviation Resources:

Access Living

Access Living is a leading force in the disability community. Access Living challenges stereotypes, protects civil rights, and champions social reforms in Chicago, to make sure people with disabilities can live the lives they choose.

A Better Chicago

A Better Chicago is a venture philanthropy non-profit organization that invests in the most promising nonprofits helping children escape poverty. A Better Chicago also focuses on accelerating the delivery of world-class education to young adults on Chicago’s South and West Sides by providing Chicago’s youth with the education, skills, and opportunities to succeed and break the cycle of poverty.

Suburban- Based Poverty Alleviation Resources:

Bensenville Community Foundation

Bensenville Community Foundation (BCF) is a nonprofit organization that supports the Bensenville, Illinois community. The BCF’s mission is to improve the quality of life for Bensenville residents through grants, partnerships, and other initiatives.

Bridge Foundation – Glen Ellyn

Bridge Communities is a dynamic, grassroots, non-profit organization committed to transforming the lives of families facing homelessness. Its program of housing, mentoring, and empowering families focuses on moving them towards a goal of self-sufficiency and serves 100+ families every year.

Cara Collective

Fueling a courageous national movement to eradicate relational and financial poverty. Cara Collective engages job seekers, employers, and other organizations across the country to break the cycle of poverty through the power and purpose of employment.

Chicago Cares

Chicago Cares empowers people to roll up their sleeves to solve the city’s most pressing challenges. Through the power of the volunteer experience, it brings people together from all Chicago neighborhoods.

Chicago Coalition To End Homelessness

Chicago Cares empowers people to roll up their sleeves to solve the city’s most pressing challenges. Through the power of the volunteer experience, it brings people together from all Chicago neighborhoods.

Springfield- Based Poverty Alleviation Resources:

Contact Ministries

Contact Ministries (CM) is a non-profit, faith-based, human and social service organization with a deliberate mission to provide free, on-site program services and community resources to poverty-level families and individuals with the sole intent to increase their economic self-sufficiency and reduce their dependency on public assistance.

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