Acero Parent & Community Resource Book
Introduction
Acero Schools is pleased to launch our Community Resource Book to serve as a tool for parents, school staff and community members to identify important resources available to their communities to support their lives beyond the walls of the school building. As a hub for the families we serve, Acero is dedicated to collecting opportunities for enrichment and essential supports such as childcare and supervision, youth programming, immigrant rights, economic, food, housing, and healthcare to name a few of the many needs our families face.
Latest News & Updates
For the latest news and updates, please visit the Acero Schools News & Announcements at www.aceroschools.org/apps/news and follow Acero Schools on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Get Important Acero Schools Updates via Text
Acero Schools is now using the SchoolMessenger notification service to send important information to families through phone calls, emails, and text messages.
In order to receive text messages from Acero Schools, you must opt-in to the service by texting "Y" or "Yes" to the number 67587. For more information, see the flyers included below.
COVID -19 Resources
State of Illinois - COVID-19 Resources
Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH.illinois.gov) has a statewide, 24-hour COVID-19 hotline (1-800-889-3931) and a designated email address (DPH.SICK@Illinois.gov).
All Illinoisans with a mobile phone can opt-in to receive daily updates about COVID-19 from IDHP. Text the word COVID to 312-500-3836. Click here for more information about the type and frequency of messages you will receive.
The Chicago Department of Public Health has established a call center to address questions from the public. Phone lines are currently staffed from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. Please e-mail coronavirus@chicago.gov or call 312-746-4835.
The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) is hosting over 50 community flu clinics where Chicago residents can get their annual flu shot at no cost regardless of their immigration status. If you have insurance, please bring a copy of your insurance card. Walk-ins are always welcome, however wait times may vary. To better serve you, we strongly encourage you to make an appointment: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/flu/home/flu-schedule.html
Click here for a map and list of COVID-19 testing sites in Illinois.
Chicago residents and visitors can click here for information on the Emergency Travel Order and to see what states are experiencing a surge in new COVID-19 cases that will require quarantine for a 14-day period from the time of last contact within the identified state.
Illinois residents experiencing stress and mental health issues related to COVID-19 can text "TALK" or "HABLAR" to: 5-5-2-0-2-0. Within 24 hours, you will receive a call from a counselor employed by a local community mental health center to provide support.
To find child care in your area, please contact your local Child Care Resource and Referral Agency (CCR&R) by calling 1-877-202-4453 or visiting this website.
For the Most Up-to-Date COVID-19 Information & General Guidelines
The United States (U.S.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides up-to-date information about prevention, symptoms, testing, and the current situation. Follow CDC recommendations. The site is also available in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and HealthyChildren.org are providing critical updates on COVID-19 for families and clinicians.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is providing "rolling updates" of COVID-19 guidance and recommendations.
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) COVID-19 webpage is updated regularly with information in English and Spanish to keep Illinois residents informed.
Coronavirus.illinois.gov centralizes updates from state government, prevention and preparation tips, frequently asked questions, and resources from public health experts.
The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) COVID-19 webpage regularly updates the latest news, CDPH tweets, and answers to frequently asked questions.
COVID-19 Chicago Testing Sites
Please visit the City of Chicago’s COVID-19 Testing Site Webpage to identify the nearest COVID-19 testing site including both sites run by the City of Chicago and a map of additional testing locations across the city.
The community testing sites run by the City of Chicago are offered at no cost to all people regardless of citizenship status or ability to pay. Click here to see the Chicago community testing locations.
Click here for a map and list of COVID-19 testing sites in Illinois.
COVID-19 Testing Sites Near Acero Schools:
Brighton Park
Esperanza Brighton Park - 4700 S. California Ave. - 773-584-6200
Monday - Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturdays & Sundays: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Pilsen/Little Village
Esperanza California - 2001 S. California Ave. - 773-584-6200
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Please call for weekend hours.
Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy - 2850 W 24th Blvd.
Howard Brown Health at Project VIDA - 2659 S. Kedvale Ave. - 773-388-1600
Monday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Sunday: Closed
Rogers Park
Howard Brown Health Clark - 6500 N. Clark St. - 773-388-1600
Monday – Friday: 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: Closed
Humboldt Park
Norwegian American Hospital - 1044 North Francisco Ave. - 773-292-8363
Tuesday - Saturday: 3 - 5 p.m.
Near Avondale
Physicians Immediate Care - North Center - 3909 N. Western Avenue - 312-767-0400
Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Key Behavioral Health Resources
If anyone is in immediate danger, please call 911.
You should call the SASS CARES Line at 1-800-345-9049 when a child is having a mental health crisis or is at risk to themself or others. If a child has mental health problems, but is NOT a risk to self or others and is not experiencing a crisis, contact your local community mental health services provider on the IDHS website or call the IDHS Child and Adolescent Client Assistance Line at: 312-793-1361 (available Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., excluding holidays).
SASS (Screening, Assessment, and Support Services) for Children and Families is an Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) crisis mental health service program. The program serves children up to age 20 who are on Medicaid or uninsured who need emergency mental health services. To access SASS you may contact the CARES Line at 1-800-345-9049. For TTY you may call 1-773-523-4504. To learn more, visit the IDHS website. Undocumented individuals and families are eligible for the SASS service. For families with commercial health insurance, you may call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department if your child is experiencing a mental health crisis.
Key Providers of Behavioral Health Services
Metropolitan Family Services
3843 West 63rd Street
Chicago, IL 60629
(773) 884-3310 (Español)
Ada S. McKinley
2715 W. 63rd St.
Chicago, IL 60629
773-918-6100
773-434-5577 (Español)
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
4840 W. Byron St.
Chicago, IL 60641
773-282-7800
http://www.lssi.org/behavioral-health/portage-cragin.php
Community Counseling Centers (C4)
4740 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640
773-769-0205
Lurie Children’s Memorial Hospital
225 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
1-800-543-7362
https://www.luriechildrens.org
Mt. Sinai Under the Rainbow Program
1500 S California Ave
Nurses Residence 5th Floor
Chicago, IL 60608
773-257-4750
https://www.sinai.org/content/under-rainbow
Pilsen Wellness Center
2319 South Damen Ave
Chicago IL 60608
773 579-0832 (Español)
https://www.pilsenwellnesscenter.org/
Esperanza Health Centers
2001 S. California Ave
Chicago, IL 60608
(773) 584-6200 (Español y Ingles)
https://www.esperanzachicago.org/locations
AMITA Health Behavioral Medicine Institute
1431 N. Claremont
Chicago, IL 60622
312-633-5890
Illinois Masonic Behavioral Health Services
836 W. Wellington Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657
773-296-3220
http://www.advocatehealth.com/immc/ourservices
SGA Youth and Family Services
Brighton Park: 3152 W. 47th St. Chicago, IL 60632
773.321.9232 (English)
312.447.4323 (Español)
La Familia Unida
3047 W Cermak Rd
Chicago, IL 60623
(773) 522-7798
http://www.lafamiliaunida.org/
Intensive programs
Providers Below Accept Most Medicaid Managed Care Organizations
Riveredge Hospital
8311 W. Roosevelt Rd
Forest Park, IL 60130
708-771-7000
https://riveredgehospital.com/
Hartgrove Behavioral Health System
5730 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60644
773-413-1700
https://www.hartgrovehospital.com/
Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital
520 North Ridgeway Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60624
773-265-3700
https://garfieldparkhospital.com/
Providers Below Accept Only Commercial Insurance
Compass Health Center
2500 W. Bradley Place
Chicago, IL 60618
224-306-1879
https://compasshealthcenter.net/
Insight Behavioral Health Center
1 East Erie Street
4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
773-572-8383
Outpatient Counseling Psychiatric Services
Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare
1400 W. Greenleaf
Chicago, IL 60626
(773) 765-2543
Crisis Hotline: 800-322-8400
Mt. Sinai Under the Rainbow Program
1500 S California Ave
Nurses Residence 5th Floor
Chicago, IL 60608
773-257-4750
https://www.sinai.org/content/under-rainbow
Sprout Family Clinics
221 E. Cullerton St, Unit 101A
Chicago, IL 60616
708-528-7025
https://www.sproutfamilyclinics.com/
Kaleidoscope
1901 W. Carroll Ave. Suite 205
Chicago, IL 60612
773-278-7200
https://www.kaleidoscope4kids.org/
Erie Johnson School Based Health Center
1504 S. Albany Ave
Chicago, IL 60623
312-666-3494
https://www.eriefamilyhealth.org/
La Rabida Children’s Hospital
6501 South Promontory Drive
Chicago, IL 60649
773.363.6700 ext. 4602 por Español
Thresholds
4101 N. Ravenswood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60613
773-572-5500
Childcare Services
CPS Child Learning Hubs
Students are learning from home this fall, and we understand that some families need immediate assistance with child supervision during remote learning. CPS is offering Child Learning Hubs from 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday through Friday. These are sites hosted by either CPS or community-based organizations where a limited number of students are able to attend remote classes while being supervised by an adult in a safe environment. For more information, please visit the CPS Child Learning Hubs webpage.
If you are interested in enrolling your child in a Child Learning Hub, please complete this survey.
If you need help completing the survey, registration form, or finding your child’s student ID number, please contact learningcenter@cps.edu for assistance.
If you are not currently enrolled in a Child Learning Hub and looking for child care resources, please check additional resources listed on the My Chi. My Future webpage.
Child Learning Hub Locations
Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) Helpline
The state-wide CCR&R network has created a helpline to help provide referrals to parents who are essential workers and are in need of child care at this time. The definition for “essential workers” may be found here.
A dedicated helpline has been created so Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (CCR&Rs) can help connect essential worker families to emergency child care. Call toll-free 888.228.1146. The helpline will be available from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m., Monday through Friday to answer calls, but callers will be able to leave a message 24 hours a day.
To find emergency child care in your area, visit COVID-19 Emergency Provider Search.
During the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency, the children of prioritized essential workers are eligible to receive child care through the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). See the COVID-19 Prioritized Essential Workers Child Care Application to learn more and apply
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Infant, early childhood and school age children
https://www.ymcachicago.org/programs/child-care-education
Rauner YMCA
2700 S. Western Ave.
Chicago, IL 60608
773-847-3115
McCormick YMCA
1834 N. Lawndale Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647
773-235-2525
High Ridge YMCA
2424 W. Touhy Ave.
Chicago, IL 60645
773-262-8300
Gads Hill
1919 W. Cullerton St.
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 226-0963
https://www.gadshillcenter.org/center-based-early-childhood-education.html
Metropolitan Family Services
https://www.metrofamily.org/programs-and-services/education/early-learning-head-start/
North Children’s Center
3255 North Central
Chicago, IL
Ages 2-5 Years
773-371-3770
Midway Children’s Center
3215 West 63rd Street
Chicago, IL
Ages 2-5 Years
773-884-2350
El Hogar del Nino
1710 S. Loomis St.
Chicago, IL 60608
312-733-5584
https://elhogardelnino.org/index.php/en/family-and-child-care-homes
El Hogar childcare locations:
47th between Damen and Ashland
55th between St. Louis and Kedzie
Augusta & Pulaski between Kostner and Pulaski
56th between Kostner and Pulaski
49th between Kostner and Pulaski
Renter & Affordable Housing Support
City of Chicago
Call 311 for financial assistance paying rent or utilities
Immigration status does not impact program eligibility
Catholic Charities
Apply online for rent assistance: Rent Assistance Application
Call 312-744-5000 for financial assistance paying rent or utilities
Immigration status does not impact program eligibility
The Resurrection Project
1805 South Paulina Street
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 666-1323
https://resurrectionproject.org/what-we-do/#affordable-housing
Chicago Housing Assistance Portal
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/affordable-housing-programs/home.html
CDC COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-eviction-declaration.html
Chicago Eviction Resources
For Chicago tenants at risk of eviction because of COVID-19 you have the right to try to work out an agreement with your landlord. To use this right, you need to write, text or email your landlord that your income has gone down because of the pandemic (do not call or ask in person). Your landlord must negotiate with you. You can text "covid" or "notice" to 866-7RENTER (866-773-6837) to have a form notice texted to you or visit Rentervention.
If you have any type of subsidized housing, you have additional rights. You may have the right to ask to have your rent amount reduced (recertified) - you may even be able to ask that the reduction go back to when you lost your income if you had a good reason that you waited to ask.
Emergency Rental Assistance
Go to your local Department of Family and Support Services office
Free Renter Legal Assistance:
Call CARPLS: 312-738-9200 to talk to an attorney or get a referral
Visit Rentervention for legal assistance and information
Homelessness Resources
If a person experiencing homelessness is in need of emergency housing:
Go to the nearest hospital or police station for assistance with shelter.
Call 311. You will be directed the nearest pick-up point to be taken to a shelter or ask for Short-Term Help.
Visit the City of Chicago’s list of Warming/Cooling Centers for other helpful resources.
Visit All Chicago - Making Homelessness History for other resources and solutions that ensure and sustain the stability of home.
Visit the Cook County Continuum of Care website for information on emergency housing resources in suburban cook county.
Housing Support for Homeless - Programming:
Housing Opportunities for Women
1607 W Howard St.
Third Floor
Chicago, IL 60626
773-465-5770
Note: Serve both women and men by providing short-term and long-term housing
Casa Central
Program: La Posada Interim Housing for Families Experiencing Homelessness
1343 N California Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
773-645-2300
https://www.casacentral.org/our-programs/la-posada/
La Casa Norte
3533 W. North Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 276 4900
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
70 East Lake Street | Suite 720
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 641-4140
https://www.chicagohomeless.org/
Northside Housing & Supportive Services
4410 N. Ravenswood, Suite 101
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 244-6401
Food Assistance
Acero Schools
Please visit the following link for updates regarding the Acero Schools Meal Distribution program: https://www.aceroschools.org/apps/news/article/1185602
Chicago Public Schools
CPS Meal sites will continue to provide food for any family or individual in need from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. You can find your nearest CPS Meal Site on their CPS Grab-and-Go Meal Site Map
CPS and charter school students are eligible for meal delivery if families are not able to pick up meals from their home school. An order can be placed with the CPS Command Center via telephone at 773-553-5437 from Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., via email at familyservices@cps.edu, or by completing the following form: CPS Meal Delivery Form.
Each delivery provides three breakfast meals and three lunch meals per child. Deliveries will arrive within an average of four business days of the order being placed. A new delivery order can be made every three days.
Greater Chicago Food Depository
4100 W. Ann Lurie Place
Chicago, IL 60632
773-247-3663
The Greater Chicago Food Depository works with food pantries across the city to provide meals to needy families. Visit the following link to see the Map of Food Pantries across Chicagoland: https://www.chicagosfoodbank.org/find-food/
Additionally, you may find Greater Chicago Food Depository Pop-up Locations at the following link: https://www.chicagosfoodbank.org/find-food/covid-19-neighborhood-sites/#locations
Economic Assistance
Unemployment Benefits
Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) Website
You may also call IDES at 1-800-244-5631. (También puede llamar al 1-800-244-5631. El soporte está disponible en español.)
State Cash Assistance – Low-Income Families
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) provides cash assistance to needy families who meet certain income criteria. Visit the Illinois Department of Human Services website to learn more.
City of Chicago
Chicago residents in need should call 311 and ask for short term economic assistance
Unemployment Insurance
Individuals without access to paid sick leave or unable to work due to COVID-19 can apply for unemployment insurance under the administration's expansion. The governor's executive order waives the 7-day waiting period for residents to apply for unemployment benefits, meaning anyone who qualifies can file and become immediately eligible instead of experiencing a week-long lag during this challenging time. Gov. Pritzker is working with the federal delegation and congressional leadership to push the Trump administration to allow the state to increase the length of benefits beyond 26 weeks as this crisis continues to provide significant fiscal challenges for Illinois families. Visit the IDES COVID-19 and Unemployment Benefits page to learn more. To learn more about the Federal Stimulus package please click here.
Erie Neighborhood House COVID-19 Relief Fund
The Erie Neighborhood House Community Relief Fund is providing support for needy families, particularly those with undocumented individuals, who participate in the organization's programs. If you participate in an Erie House program and are in need, reach out to your program contact to inquire. Click here to learn more.
Immigration status does not impact program eligibility.
Immigration and Citizenship
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Immigration Legal Services
Erie Neighborhood House
1701 W Superior St
Chicago, IL 60622
(216) 260-6429
The Resurrection Project
1818 S Paulina St
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 666-3062
https://resurrectionproject.org/
Instituto del Progreso Latino
2520 S Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60608
(773) 890-0055
https://www.institutochicago.org/
Family Focus Nuestra Familia
4878 W. Armitage Ave.
Chicago, IL 60639
773-276-0940
http://www.family-focus.org/centers/nuestra-familia/
Centro Romero
6216 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60660
773-508-5300
https://centroromero.org/legal-services/
Organizations Currently Processing DACA Renewals
Please visit the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights DACA webpage (https://www.icirr.org/daca) for an FAQ and updates regarding the DACA program.
Erie Neighborhood House
1701 W Superior St
Chicago, IL 60622
(216) 260-6429
The Resurrection Project
1818 S Paulina St
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 666-3062
https://resurrectionproject.org/
Instituto del Progreso Latino
2520 S Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60608
(773) 890-0055
https://www.institutochicago.org/
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
216 W Jackson Blvd
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 357-4666
Chicago Sanctuary City Policies
Chicago COVID-19 Programs include Immigrants
Under Mayor Lightfoot’s April 7, 2020, Executive Order, all benefits, opportunities, and services which are provided or administered by the City of Chicago, including all COVID-19 relief programs, should be fairly available to all Chicago residents, regardless of their immigration status.
Know Your Rights
If you do not have work authorization in the United States, you still have rights. If you need assistance understanding your rights, you can contact ARISE Chicago at 773-769-6000.
If you have valid work authorization (this includes DACA recipients), you may qualify for unemployment benefits if you have lost your job or hours worked.
Benefits
If you have been a victim of a crime and you are currently pursuing a T-Visa, U-Visa, or Asylum you are eligible for State-funded health insurance, food assistance, and cash assistance. This will NOT cause you to be a public charge.
Children, regardless of legal status, can qualify for All Kids health insurance. Pregnant women and new moms qualify for WIC benefits, regardless of legal status.
Immigrant & Refugee Service Organizations
Chicago Public Schools Resources
Field Elementary School
7019 North Ashland Avenue, Room 217
Chicago, IL 60626
Main Number: (773) 534-0240
This center functions as a bridge between Chicago Public Schools and local resettlement agencies and communities. It coordinates resources, academic tutoring, translation and interpretation services, professional development opportunities, and orientation to refugee students and their parents. The center also develops and sustains a network of partnerships with competent, reliable, and culturally-astute providers and community organizations.
Chicago Catholic Charities - Refugee Resettlement Program
4823 N Kenmore, Chicago, IL 60640
312-655-7856
For more than 40 years, Catholic Charities has helped refugees from around the world to call Chicago home. Each year, we resettle around 200 refugees who have been forced to flee their homelands due to war, terror, and persecution. Through our comprehensive case management, job development, and K-12 services--and with the invaluable assistance of our volunteers and community partners--we accompany our refugee clients as they transition to their new life in the U.S. and move towards self-sufficiency.
World Relief Chicago
3507 W Lawrence Chicago, Illinois 60625
773-583-9191
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that provides sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems. We partner with local churches and community leaders to transform vulnerable communities from the inside out. World Relief Chicago is committed to the long-term integration of new neighbors into our communities. By extending friendship and genuine belonging, we create connections that transform their lives and ours.
RefugeeOne
4753 N Broadway, Suite 401, Chicago, IL 60640
773-989-5647
info@refugeeone.org
RefugeeOne is located in the Bridgeview Bank building in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. The office is conveniently accessible to the CTA Red Line (Lawrence Stop) and several bus routes. Paid parking is available directly across the street at 1130 West Lawrence.
Heartland Alliance - Refugee and Immigrant Community Services
4419 N. Ravenswood Avenue
rics@heartlandalliance.org
Refugee and Immigrant Community Services (RICS) promotes the educational achievement, economic security and career advancement of our students by providing: employer-based English language instruction, life-skills English language training, vocational training for Hospitality, Food-Service careers and more citizenship preparation
Pan African Association
6163 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60660
773-381-9723
info@panafricanassociation.org | apaugusti@sbcglobal.net
Our mission is a powerful one: to enable Chicago’s refugees and immigrants to come together as a cohesive, supportive group. In so doing, people work hand-in-hand to ensure self-reliance, and healthier, happier lives. We do so in a variety of ways: providing tools that enable self-sufficiency and improve family health; strengthening mental outlooks through mentorship, workshops, and support groups; building bridges between refugees of all nations and Chicagoans from all backgrounds; forming collaborations that build happier lives, and assisting Chicago’s refugee communities to maintain their rich cultural heritage of music, art, dance, culinary, and literary achievements.
Indo-American Center
6328 N. California Ave., Chicago, Illinois, 60659
773-973-4444
The Indo American Center (IAC) addresses the needs of South Asian immigrants as well as people from more than thirty nations the world over. IAC provides services that facilitate their adjustment, integration, and friendship with the wider society, nurture their sense of community, and foster appreciation for the diversity of culture and heritage.
Iraqi Mutual Aid Society
6420 N California Ave, Upper 1, Chicago, Illinois, 60645
773-409-4597
info@Iraqimutualaid.org
In 2009, the Iraqi Mutual Aid Society (IMAS) was founded in Chicago by newly-arrived Iraqi refugees, in response to the challenges they faced while adapting to their new lives in the United States. In addition to support services, IMAS was established to forge connections between Iraqi and American society, and to facilitate the preservation and exchange of Iraqi culture. Our goal is to foster well-being and self-sufficiency for resettled refugees, and to use our multilingual and multicultural expertise to tailor our services to the unique needs of our clients— whom we serve regardless of gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, or family size.
Our staff and volunteers speak Arabic, Assyrian, Kurdish, and Farsi. Almost all arrived to the United States as refugees themselves. These linguistic, cultural, and experiential connections with our Middle Eastern clients distinguish IMAS; there is no comparable organization serving this population in the Chicago area. Over the past nine years, IMAS has expanded to offer services to refugees, immigrants, asylees, and Special Immigrant Visa holders from all over the world, but we are proud to say that this founding spirit has only grown stronger— IMAS continues to be community-driven, refugee-powered, and closely attuned to the needs and voices of the population we serve.
Muslim Women Resource Center
6445 N. Western Ave. # 301, Chicago, Il 60645
773-764-1686
Muslim Women Resource Center helps individuals with low English proficiency and other challenges, while assisting with the attaining of U.S. Citizenship. The Citizenship program stresses that becoming U.S. citizens is only the first step in the process and includes becoming informed voters and active community members.
Rohingya Culture Center of Chicago
2740 W Devon Ave, Chicago, IL 60659
773-856-0758
info@rccchicago.org
The United Nations lists the Rohingya Muslims of northwestern Burma (Myanmar) among the most persecuted people in the world. Burma’s 1982 Citizenship Law denied the ethnic minority Muslim group legal status, rendering them stateless, and denying them the right education, work, and trav el. Since then, many of the Rohingya have been displaced by ethnic violence and have been forced to flee the persecution.The Rohingya Cultural Center was established in 2016, in Chicago’s West Ridge/West Rogers Park neighborhood, to serve the needs of the growing Rohigya refugee community. As many as 1000 Rohingya have been resettled in Chicago since 2010, with the overwhelming majority of them living in this.
The need for such a center, which could provide social services for the growing community, help with assimilation by providing much needed English language instruction, was first conceptualized by Nasir Zakaria, the center’s current director, and one of the first Rohingya refugees to arrive in Chicago. It opened on April 9, 2016. Since then, the number of programs and the number of constituents has only grown.
Northside Community Resources
1530 W. Morse Ave., Chicago, Il 60626
773-338-7722
Today, our housing, seniors and immigrant services programming reflects a diverse client base, with needs that are equally diverse. As our reach now extends beyond the borders of Rogers Park, we renamed the organization Northside Community Resources in March of 2012. Under this new banner, we are re-committed to serving the people of our city's great north-side communities. The most recent addition to our spate of programs is the Multicultural Resource Program, which provides our immigrant and refugee neighbors with benefits assistance; culturally sensitive advocacy, and direct referrals to educational resources.
Internet Access
Chicago Connected Program
In order to narrow the digital divide for CPS families, the Chicago Connected program provides up to four years of high-speed internet for eligible CPS families who are most in need.
To check your student's eligibility for the CPS Chicago Connected program, you may visit the program website to check eligibility using the Student ID and Date of Birth: https://www.cps.edu/strategic-initiatives/chicago-connected/
For assistance with signing up for the program, you may contact the CPS Parent Tech Support Portal (Hotline: 773-417-1060)
Internet Access Options .docxGetting Connected to the Internet
Chicago Public Schools created a resource for families needing support gaining access to internet at home
Adult Education Programs
ESL Classes - City Colleges-Brochure- Fall 2020.pdfTR-Adult-Ed-Career-Bridge-Flyer.pdfDaley College-Adult-Ed-Career-Bridge-Flyer.pdfMX-Adult-Ed-Career-Bridge-Flyer.pdfCity Colleges of Chicago
Adult Education programming opportunities
Adult Education Programs
ESL, Adult Basic Education, GED, etc.
Daley College
7500 South Pulaski Rd
Chicago, IL 60652
(773) 838-7500
https://www.ccc.edu/colleges/daley/Pages/default.aspx
Malcolm X College
1900 W. Jackson
Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 850-7000
https://www.ccc.edu/colleges/malcolm-x/Pages/default.aspx
Truman College
1145 West Wilson Ave
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 907-4000
https://www.ccc.edu/colleges/truman/Pages/default.aspx
Wright College - Humboldt Park
1645 North California Avenue
Chicago , IL 60647
(773) 481-8300
https://www.ccc.edu/colleges/wright/departments/Pages/Humboldt-Park-Vocational-Education-Center.aspx
Centro Romero
6216 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60660
773-508-5300
https://centroromero.org/adult-education/
Erie Neighborhood House
Little Village Location
4225 W 25th St
Chicago IL 60623
(773) 542-7617