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This content category includes all articles and subcategories related to Chicago organizations that are non-governmental and provide human welfare services. These include organizations that are chartered or have headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, and whose purpose includes delivery of needed social, medical, financial, or other similar services ...
In addition to government expenditures, private welfare spending, i.e. social insurance programs provided to workers by employers, [10] in the United States is estimated to be about 10% of the U.S. GDP or another $1.6 trillion, according to 2013 OECD estimates. [11]
Chicago Area Project (CAP) is an American juvenile delinquency prevention association based in Chicago, Illinois. The project was founded by University of Chicago criminologist Clifford Shaw in 1934 and considered [ by whom? ] to be America's first community-based delinquency prevention program.
Heartland Alliance is an anti-poverty organization based in Chicago, with a historical focus on serving American immigrant communities.Heartland Alliance devotes the bulk of its funding to initiatives that address poverty through health and housing, with further programs centered on jobs, justice, and international work. [1]
The United Way of Metropolitan Chicago is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and a branch of the United Way of America.The United Way of Metropolitan Chicago serves the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs, allocating funding to other charitable organizations, especially those that provide needed healthcare, education, and income services.
Human welfare organizations based in Chicago (15 P) Pages in category "Non-profit organizations based in Chicago" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 210 total.
Hull House, the first settlement house in Chicago. This is a list of settlement houses in Chicago.. Settlement houses, which reached their peak popularity in the early 20th century, were marked by a residential approach to social work: the social workers ("residents") would live in the settlement house, and thus be a part of the same communities as the people they served.
PAA's Learning Center has helped thousands of Polish immigrants and others in Chicago learn English, prepare for U.S. Citizenship exams, and gain new skills to enable them to enter careers in healthcare and other professional settings and become active, contributing members of Chicago's communities.