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.

Register for testing here

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)

https://www.metrofamily.org/

Ada S. McKinley

2715 W. 63^rd St.

Chicago, IL 60629

773-918-6100

773-434-5577 (Español)

https://www.adasmckinley.org/

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

http://C4chicago.org

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 5^th 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

https://www.amitahealth.org/

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)

https://www.sga-youth.org/

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

https://www.insightbhc.com/

Outpatient Counseling Psychiatric Services

Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare

1400 W. Greenleaf

Chicago, IL 60626

(773) 765-2543

Crisis Hotline: 800-322-8400

http://www.trilogyinc.org/

Mt. Sinai Under the Rainbow Program

1500 S California Ave

Nurses Residence 5^th 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

https://larabida.org/

Thresholds

4101 N. Ravenswood Ave.

Chicago, IL 60613

773-572-5500

https://www.thresholds.org/

Childcare Services

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

• Visit Chicago Housing Assistance

• Visit Illinois Housing Development Authority

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

https://www.how-inc.org/

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

http://www.lacasanorte.org/

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

https://www.northsidehousing.org/about

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

Immigration Legal Services

Erie Neighborhood House

1701 W Superior St

Chicago, IL 60622

(216) 260-6429

https://eriehouse.org/

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

https://eriehouse.org/

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

https://www.jcfs.org/hias

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

Website

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

Website

Facebook

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

Website

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

Website

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

Website

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

Website

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

Website

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.

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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

Website

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

Facebook

Website

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

Website

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

Adult Education Programs

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

https://eriehouse.org/programs/esl-abe/