Cook dinner County Partnership With Connections Hits $50K In Donations

Press launch from the Office environment of Prepare dinner County Board President Toni Preckwinkle:

Jan. 5, 2021

Currently, President Preckwinkle joined Connections for the Homeless Govt Director Betty Bogg, neighborhood elected officers and local community partners to announce $50,000 in non-public donations for a pilot plan that delivers supply of meals ordered from regional dining places and chefs to the households of a short while ago housed men and women and people. Introduced in November, the pilot was built possible as a result of seed funding of $30,000 furnished by Cook dinner County by CARES bucks and demonstrates Prepare dinner County’s continuing dedication to join with associates to help these in need to have throughout the pandemic.

“Our work with Connections for the Homeless is the perfect example of the excellent that can come when the private, public and non-financial gain sectors spouse to remedy problems,” stated President Preckwinkle. “This dollars will go a prolonged way in feeding our neighbors in want and builds on all of the other function we have carried out with Connections as we reply and get better from this crisis. It is a further illustration of Prepare dinner County’s determination to supporting communities build a powerful restoration.”

At first planned for about 13 months, the task will feed 60 susceptible neighbors two foods a day by way of the finish of February. Area business leaders and philanthropists are rallying behind the effort and hard work which will infuse a whole of $80,000 into neighborhood places to eat. Important donors to the energy consist of:

• Byline Lender
• NorthShore College Well being Treatment
• Rotary Worldwide
• Lewis Sebring Household Foundation
• Elizabeth Tisdahl, previous Mayor, Evanston
• Joe Flanagan, Chairman, Cook County Wellness Foundation

In addition to the pilot, Cook County has partnered with Connections for the Homeless to deliver other critical providers to Prepare dinner County people amid the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Cook dinner County has provided funding to lead to the continuum of products and services Connections delivers ranging from eviction prevention, to shelter, and housing programs. Connections has served about 2,500 inhabitants given that the commence of the pandemic and a lot of that assistance has been funded by Cook dinner County. The company studies that their over-all COVID-Reaction efforts led to an financial investment of additional than $5,000,000 into the area financial system via resort and shelter operations, staff members wages, rent to location landlords, and restaurant partnerships.

“Partnering with Cook dinner County and crucial local community stakeholders demonstrates what is doable when every group stakeholder steps up to the plate. This collaboration allows us to consider daring and detailed steps towards reaching our vision of ending homelessness in Northern Prepare dinner County,” stated Connections’ Executive Director Betty Bogg.

To date, the general partnership has infused a lot more than $3,300,000 of CARES funding from the County by way of Connections and into local landlords, restaurants, and the hospitality sector all over Evanston and the North Shore. This consists of $1,800,000 in shelter aid, $800,000 in eviction prevention funding, and $700,000, in rental guidance funding for homes going from homelessness and into housing of their possess.

“I arrived to Connections at a tough stage in my lifestyle and they handled me like loved ones,” claimed Carlos Duany, a recently-housed application participant. “Thank you to Prepare dinner County and Connections’ for their get the job done in this time. It reminded me that people today in the group really do care and want to present guidance.”

Considering that the pandemic commenced, Cook dinner County has invested about $82,000,000 pounds county-huge via the Prepare dinner County Recovery Initiative, a network of restoration initiatives with companions. To study more about Prepare dinner County’s restoration packages, go to www.cookcountyil.gov/recovery. To find out more about Connections’ COVID-Response initiatives, take a look at link2residence.org/coronavirusresponse.

This push release was made by the Business of Cook dinner County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. The sights expressed right here are the author’s individual.