In a time of major CHA restructuring, the agency will no longer provide direct social services to residents. Instead, there are plans to refer residents to neighborhood agencies for services that have traditionally been offered at CHA sites in order to determine resident need and availability to existing services beyond CHA. This study sought to examine access those services.
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This project was a participatory research evaluation with tenants at Cabrini Green to provide voice in the redevelopment of Cabrini under the Chicago Housing Authority Transformation Project (Hope VI) move to mixed income housing. Through the use of a survey of current residents, the project built a demographic profile of Cabrini households. This provided a baseline for the planning process.
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CURL is a primary U.S. partner working with a group of more than 15 university-based and independent "science shops" in ten European countries promoting communications and connections among collaborative researcher: community activist partnerships. Science shops are organizations created as mediators between citizen groups (trade unions, pressure groups, non-profit organizations, social groups, environmentalists, consumers, residents association, etc.) and researchers.
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CURL served as an incubator for the Service Learning program at Loyola until the creation of a university-wide program.
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The partnership created new options for child care in Rogers Park (and Edgewater). Such options addressed the needs of the diverse populations (i.e. diverse economic backgrounds and schedules of hours). Partners complimented the work of the Early Childhood Network (ECN) convened by State Representative Carol Ronen.A 3-year project was funded by HUD’s COPC grant.
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CURL supported 6 community-based organizations to create a collaboration to develop and implement policies to maintain and create affordable housing in Rogers Park. This was one of the projects in a 3-yearinitiative funded by HUD’s COPC grant.
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