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Erie House School-Age Kids Shift Gears for the Summer
School might be out for summer, but learning is still in session for approximately 200 children enrolled in the School-Age Program at Erie Neighborhood House. Walk into Templeton Hall, the…
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Erie House Receives Two Grants Totaling $12,000 from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation
This week, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded Erie Neighborhood House $12,000 through two separate grants to support adult literacy year-round and a summer literacy program for children. The local…
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Woodward Charitable Trust Renews $10,000 Grant for TEAM Program
Woodward Inc. and the Woodward Charitable Trust renewed a $10,000 grant to support the TEAM initiative at Erie Neighborhood House. TEAM stands for Tutoring to Educate for Aims and Motivation.…
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Erie House Earns ExceleRate Illinois Gold Circle of Quality
The Early Childhood Education program at Erie Neighborhood House received the Gold Circle of Quality designation—the highest level possible—from ExceleRate Illinois, the state’s new quality recognition and improvement system for…
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MAXIMUS Foundation Grant Supports Kids and Teens at Erie House
The MAXIMUS Foundation recently renewed a $2,000 grant to support the Expanded Learning Programs for Children and Youth (ELP) at Erie Neighborhood House. “Making a deep and meaningful impact on…
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Kirstin Chernawsky Named 2019 Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow
Erie Neighborhood House executive director Kirstin Chernawsky has been named a 2019 Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow. Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC) is a premiere civic leadership development program that convenes, connects…
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ABE Helps Students Build on Foundation and Construct a Brighter Future
Erika, a student in the ABE program at Erie Neighborhood House in Little Village, stands at a white board with dry erase marker in hand. When she reaches the blank…
Read MoreStatement on Erie House Vote to Unionize
In an election hosted by the National Labor Relations Board on May 1 and 2, a majority of eligible employees at Erie Neighborhood House voted to unionize. As a result,…
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Erie House Receives $150,000 IMC Charitable Foundation Grant
A $150,000 grant from the IMC Charitable Foundation will help strengthen the Early Childhood Education program at Erie Neighborhood House. IMC, an international technology-driven trading firm, provides grants to organizations…
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Q&A with Oz Ortega
Oswaldo “Oz” Ortega is a native New Yorker who works for Chicago-based architecture firm Gensler and serves as president of the Illinois chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects…
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