Aug 12, 2016 MAYOR EMANUEL ANNOUNCES LARGEST JOBS PROGRAM One Summer Chicago Youth Gained New Skills and Improved Communities across the City; Youth Work Totaled Record 3.5 Million Hours in 2016
Aug 11, 2016 CHA Youth Create Their Own Businesses and Learn to be CEOs Three-year CHA & DePaul partnership connects 25 CHA youth to professional learning opportunities
Aug 5, 2016 CHA bids farewell to 150 youth heading to college at 6th annual Take Flight College Send-Off trunk party CNA’s $20,000 grant helped with dorm supplies, counseling
Jul 27, 2016 Young, Female and Telling Stories That Matter: Sixteen Young CHA Women Join Documentary Filmmaking Project at DePaul University Part of expanded partnership between DePaul and CHA building on Year of the Youth year-round opportunities
Jul 26, 2016 CHICAGO WOMAN CHARGED WITH FRAUD AGAINST CHA, SOCIAL SECURITY Accused of Using Two Social Security Numbers to Illegally Obtain Housing Subsidies, Benefits
Jul 15, 2016 COMCAST AND THE CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY COLLABORATE TO CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE FOR UP TO 91,000 HUD-ASSISTED CHICAGO HOUSEHOLDS IN MAJOR INTERNET ESSENTIALS PROGRAM EXPANSION Internet Essentials to Reach More Than 40 Percent of All HUD-Assisted Households Nationwide
Jul 13, 2016 CHA AWARDS $268,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO 230 CHA RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT COLLEGE AMBITIONS Since 2013, program has helped 534 people pay for college, paved the way for positive outcomes and future successes
Jul 11, 2016 Investigation by CHA and HUD Inspectors General ends with guilty plea and restitution to CHA by former contractor Defendants plead guilty to stealing $177,000 from Voucher Program, are sentenced to prison and probation
Jul 11, 2016 MAYOR EMANUEL, CITY OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS CELEBRATE OPENING OF NEW ARTS AND RECREATION CENTER IN ELLIS PARK Part of Mayor Emanuel’s Building on Burnham Plan bringing recreation to neighborhoods
Jun 30, 2016 CITYWIDE COLLABORATION TO PROVIDE SUMMER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH Mobile maker labs will bring computers and computer programming to digital deserts.