Posts by Erie House
Proyecto Cuídate Provides Remote Trauma-Informed Counseling and Supportive Groups for our Community through COVID-19
In our Proyecto Cuídate community wellness and safety programs, we help individuals and families heal following trauma. Through counseling, case management, support services, and restorative practices, we build stronger, healthier families…
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Citizenship & Immigration Legal Services Continue to Provide Virtual Consultations and Support
Through our closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Erie House legal services team has been continuing to offer consultations to clients over the phone and navigating technology with careful…
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Erie House Health & Leadership (HLP) Continues Nutrition and Community Wellness Programs with Virtual Workshops and Outreach
Healthy people build strong, thriving communities. Through Erie House’s Health & Leadership Programs (HLP), we reinforce healthy living for our people of all ages through lessons about nutrition and food choices, fitness activities,…
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Erie House Expanded Learning Programs (ELP) Connect Families to Educational Activities and Critical Resources
In Erie House Expanded Learning Programs (ELP), students aged 5 through 18 have access to after-school and out-of-school activities and clubs designed to support academic, socio-emotional, and physical growth. Students…
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How We’re Continuing Our Work Through COVID-19
To help do our part to manage the spread of COVID-19, Erie House made the difficult decision to close for in-person programming and services on March 17. In making all…
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Erie House Will Honor Faegre Drinker, Healthy Communities Foundation, Presbytery of Chicago, and John Hall of Goose Island at 150th Anniversary Dinner
Erie Neighborhood House opened its doors to the people of Chicago 150 years ago, making us the oldest operating settlement house in the city. At our annual awards dinner on March 5,…
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Goose Island Donates Bourbon County Double Barrel Lottery Proceeds to Erie Neighborhood House
Every year, no matter the weather, Chicagoans venture out on Black Friday to be the first to get their hands on Goose Island’s special edition Bourbon County Stouts. It’s the beer event…
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Erie Neighborhood House Receives Illinois HEALS Grant
Erie Neighborhood House has received $500,000, which will be put toward case management, therapy and pro bono legal services for more than 200 young people and their families on the Southwest Side and adjacent areas of Chicago.
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Holidays with Heart Ready to Spread Cheer to Local Families
Erie Neighborhood House is making final preparations for its annual Holidays with Heart event for families enrolled in its programs. WHAT: Holidays with Heart provides gifts to more than 500…
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Q&A with Monique Mervin
Monique Mervin serves as the chief of strategic initiatives for Office of the City Clerk. A native Chicagoan, she is excited to have another way to give back to the…
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