
Report To Commissioner Brandon Johnson
GET CLEARED, ILLINOIS The following describes one of the most immediate as well as one of the long-term structural goals. *** Short Term Immediate Goal:

GET CLEARED ILLINOIS CONVENES RACIAL EQUITY AND JUSTICE REFORM WORK GROUP
Get Cleared, Illinois, the campaign of the Monroe Foundation launched in 2017 to”Break the Generational Cycle of Incarceration and Recidivism”, is taking the “charge” issued to campaign leaders to form a “Work Group” and issue racial equity and justice reform recommendations to Commissioner Brandon Johnson

Chicago Racial Justice Pooled Fund 2020
(Download a full explanation of the fund here) BACKGROUND This political moment is a direct result of the generational disinvestment in Black, indigenous, and brown

NHS – Mortgage and Rental Assistance Program
Neighborhood Housing Services is partnering with the City of Chicago to provide grants and housing assistance to those adversely impacted by the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Housing Grant Announcement
Click the Link https://form.jotform.com/90996287425169 HOME OWNERS and RENTERS in the CHICAGO AREA !!! IN THE COMING WEEK, the Application process will begin to apply

NEW FREE STATE CORONAVIRUS TESTING SITE
The COVID-19 testing site in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood has moved to a new location at Foreman Mills, located at 79th Street and the Dan Ryan Expressway,

ABC7 Chicago Interviews Apostle Dr. John Abercrombie of ZOE Life Ministries
Over 150 families on Chicago’s Westside Austin community, who have a family member that has been recently released from Cook County Jail or are impacted economically by the pandemic, lined up early at ZOE Life Ministries International, 1 S. Laramie on Saturday, June 27, 2020. Participants obtained “FREE” COVID-19 testing from the Howard Brown Clinic, applied for rental or utility assistance, and
obtained a free credit report, analysis and onsite counseling on talking with creditors and landlords when rent is delayed, from the Oak Park Regional Housing Center’s West Cook program.

GET CLEARED, ILLINOIS COLLABORATES WITH AUSTIN 15TH DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FATHERS WHO CARE WESTSIDE COMMUNITY
On “Monday, May 4th, 2020”, community advocates with “Get Cleared, Illinois”, a re-entry project of the Monroe Foundation, joined with Reverend Walter Jones, executive director of Fathers Who Care -Westside Community Stakeholders along with officers 15th District CPD Officers Cynthia Miura, Marie Freson and Malcolm Brooks.

New Free Coronavirus Testing Site
New Free Coronavirus Testing Site serving the Auburn Gresham/Chatham Area – Studio Movie Grill (210 W. 87th Street) 8am to 4pm 7 days a week

COVID-19 PREVENTION SUPPORT & RESOURCE HUB
AN ONLINE RESOURCE HUB FOR THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED AND THEIR FAMILIES! “FREE” COVID-19SPREAD PREVENTION SUPPLIES (MASK, SANITIZERS, FOOD GIFT CARDS) WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

CAMELOT ILLINOIS AWARDS GRANTS TO GENESYS WORKS CHICAGO AND THE BLACK STAR PROJECT
The Black Star Project is honored to be one of two non-profit organizations to receive funding support from the Camelot Illinois Grant Program to benefit

GET CLEARED, ILLINOIS DISTRIBUTES CENSUS INFORMATION AND COVID-19 MASKS TO ENGLEWOOD “L” RIDERS AT 63RD & DAN RYAN
The Project, an Access 2 Justice outreach led by the Monroe Foundation, urges the formerly incarcerated to make sure their households participate in the 2020 Cook County Census, reminding them that they “Count Too!”.