DFSS Awarded $51.78 Million For Head Start and Early Head Start Programming

$145 Million Grant Five Years, Shared Among Six Grantees

BACP will introduce an acting commissioner and DCASE will conduct a national search before Commissioner Kelly retires in the fall

$10 million in grant funding will support entrepreneurship, economic development projects in 14 West, Southwest and South Side community areas.

This series is the latest offering of My CHI.My Future, the City’s effort to connect Chicago’s youth with safe and engaging spaces throughout 15 communities across the south and west sides.

Gately Fieldhouse will be the final site of the Mayor’s ChiFastest Race to Gately on July 10.

Fireworks will be visible from multiple locations along the lakefront.

The Mayor’s Office establishes five Community Engagement Councils in order to better serve Chicago’s diverse immigrant communities

Increase in minimum wage delivers additional financial stability to over 400,000 Chicago workers, including domestic workers

Joint venture will build 250 new single-family homes to spur affordable homeownership in key INVEST South/West community

“Esto Salva Vidas” (This Saves Lives); “Stay home, save lives”; and “Boards of Change” are just a few campaigns that were recognized this year at award shows

Bold plan delivers the financial relief and regulatory reform Chicago’s businesses and workers need to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic

The ordinance requires hotels to offer employees their previous positions before hiring replacement workers.

The food equity policy agenda is a multi-year action plan to transform the food system and advance health and racial equity in Chicago.

With nearly 64,000 students served across 42,000 households, ‘Chicago Connected,’ the most extensive broadband accessibility program in the United States, has made significant progress in closing the city’s digital divide during its first year

Pilot program will support projects that advance racial equity, community wealth building, public health, and climate resilience goals through healthy, affordable pedestrian-oriented development near transit hubs.

Declaration acknowledges legacy of systemic racism and proposes solutions, including new Healthy Chicago Equity Zones

The C40 Reinventing Cities competition winner will support $2 million makeover of adjacent Pritzker Park

Nearly fifteen months since the city closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chicago becomes the largest major city to reopen in the US

Report covers post-COVID downtown recovery and strategies for revitalization including events to draw visitors back downtown on Michigan Avenue, LaSalle Street, and State Street this summer and fall

For one night only, select Chicago museums will be open late to celebrate the City’s move to Phase 5

The City sponsors its first ever pre-summer training for Youth Developers

=New Plaza represents City’s first major infrastructure investment under the Neighborhood Activation Initiative

The Working Group will recommend equitable solutions to address the 70% of emissions that come from buildings in the city

CTA begins reconstruction of 100-year-old stations, track structure between Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn, and Bryn Mawr stations to build fully accessible stations as part of the Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One Project

Calls on residents, community experts to give the city their biggest and best infrastructure ideas.

Virtual event will highlight industry leaders who have gone above and beyond in advocating for Chicagoans through these unprecedented times

The new Club is latest addition to new First Responder Training Complex

This new data visualization tool and data access provides Chicago residents and community organizations with unprecedented access to close to real-time violence data

2021 beach season kicks off May 28 and runs through Labor Day, rapid testing in all Chicago beaches and advisories available online

Bold plan will deliver the financial relief and regulatory reform Chicago’s businesses and workers need to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic

Mayor introduces new form of civilian led oversight of Chicago’s Police

The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) will provide up to 15 months of rental assistance for renters and landlords impacted by COVID-19 shutdowns.

The $10M community investment will award up to $1.5M in each of the City’s 7 planning regions for public infrastructure projects such as playground improvements in parks and schools, co-working space or meeting room upgrades in libraries, and community gardens on vacant lots.

Proposed ordinance will create a public repository of closed investigations into allegations of police misconduct

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Chicago Alfresco builds on Expanded Outdoor Dining with an added opportunity for community organizations to design creative outdoor areas that support neighborhood businesses, arts and culture

Rediscover Summer will provide Chicago youth with thousands of programming and employment opportunities throughout the summer from the City and its partners

The fast-growing 3PL company will open a significant Commercial Operations Center this summer.