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CMHC Resources

The Community Maternal Health Care (CMHC) program aims to improve maternal health outcomes for Black women in Chicago's Southside neighborhoods.

Food Security

Housing

  • Spanish Coalition for Housing
    • 773.933.7575
  •  Casa Kirk Affordable Apartments
    • 773.734.2884
  • Chicago Department of Family & Support Services (CDFSS)
    • The Emergency Rental Assistance Program provides financial assistance to Chicago residents to eligible individuals and families who are at risk of eviction in order to stabilize individuals and families in their existing rental unit.
    • For more information, contact the Homeless Prevention Call Center at 311 or 312.744.5000 and ask for “Short Term Help”.

Utlities

  • ComEd
    • If you are a ComEd residential customer and you owe for past due service, you may be able to make a “deferred payment arrangements” (DPA) which will allow you to make a down payment towards the amount you owe and then make monthly payments at the same time as your regular bill payments in order to pay off the past due balance. You may also qualify for a Medical Certificate. Call 800.203.0684
  • Peoples Gas
    • You may qualify for an extended due date if you receive government benefits or assistance. An extended due date gives you an extra 10 days to pay your bill. To learn more, contact Customer Service. You may also qualify for a Medical Certificate. Call 866.556.6006
  • The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
    • Provides financial assistance to help customers on limited incomes pay their energy bills.
  • To apply call CEDA, the Community and Economic Development Association, at: 800.571.2332

Child Care Related Resources

  •  Learning and Wellness Center (LWC)
    • Metropolitan Family Services offers center-based programming at its Learning and Wellness Center (LWC). Voted Best Day Care 2017, by Chicago Reader, the LWC provides full day care and learning.
    • For children ages 6 weeks to 5 years
    • Phone Number: 773.535.0101
  • Illinois Department of Human Services’ (IDHS) Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) provides low-income, working families with access to affordable, quality childcare that allows them to continue working and contributes to the healthy, emotional and social development of the child. CCAP can help families pay for care in center-based or home settings. Families are required to cost-share on a sliding fee scale based on family size and income.
    • Phone number: 800.843.6154
    • Website: www.dhs.state.il.us
  • Free diapers
  • Boys & Girls Club of Chicago offers after-school programming for children ages 6-18 across Chicago. The goal is to provide young people a safe place in which they can learn and grow; and it offers a wide range of programs
      • For more information call: 312.235.8000

Transportation

  • Your Medicaid insurance may provide FREE transportation to medical, dental, and mental health appointments. Call the member services on the back of your medical card to check with your healthcare benefits navigator.

Education

  • City Colleges of Chicago: City Colleges of Chicago offers courses that prepare students for the GED® exam
    • Call: 773.COLLEGE
  • Illinois Adult Learning Hotline
    • Locate adult education classes near your home or near your work in English as a Second Language (ESL), adult literacy, GED preparation for English and Spanish GED, as well as citizenship.
      • For more information, contact the hotline at: 800.321.9511.
  • St. Sabina Employment Resource Center
    • Offers free Adult GED classes
      • To register contact Ms. Swain at: 773.783.3760 or email gedclass@ercsabina.org

Jobs

  • Financial Opportunity Center (FOC); formerly Center for Working Families
    • The Metropolitan Family Services FOC is a career and personal financial service center at Kennedy-King College that assists clients in changing financial behavior. It encourages long-term commitment to increasing income, decreasing expenses and acquiring assets.
    • 773.487.3723
  • First Student, Inc. Careers Workatfirst.com
    • Part-Time Bus Drivers in Chicago
    • 4155 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60651
    • 630.664.8314 (ask for Marilyn)
    • https://www.workatfirst.com
  • ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY PEACE Safe Passage Program
    • Offer jobs for safe passage watchers for school-aged children
      • Call: 773.846.8830
  • Transitional Jobs Program
  • Lyft Up Job Access

Legal

  • Legal Aid Chicago
    • Provides FREE legal services in non-criminal matters to people living in poverty in Cook County: 312.341.1070
  • Family Resource Center on Disabilities (FRCD)
    • FRCD of the Chicago Metropolitan Area is a Parent Training and Information Center, that is here to help Parents/Caregivers prepare their children to lead productive and independent adult lives. The majority of FRCD staff are parents of children with disabilities who understand what you are experiencing.
    • To get started with FRCD call: 312.939.3513 or email: info@frcd.org
  • Equip for Equality Chicago
    • Equip for Equality’s mission is to advance the human and civil rights of children and adults with disabilities in Illinois.
    • People can get Legal help from Equip for Equality in one of the following ways:
    • Email: ContactUs@equipforequality.org

Optometrist

Baby Formulas

  • The ARK
    • 6450 North California Avenue 
      Chicago, IL 60645
    • Phone: 773.973.1000  
      • Call for distribution schedule
  • The Courage Program
    • 9711 South Kolin Avenue 
      Oak Lawn, IL 60453
    • Phone: 708.636.8001 
      • Call for distribution schedule
  • Oak Park Beyond Hunger office,
    • 708.386.1324
    • Distribution is Wednesdays starting at 3:30pm. 
  • The Lincoln Square Solidarity Network
    • 224.458.4666
      • Call for distribution schedule

Diapers

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