Economic Relief Resources Click each tab below to explore and learn more about programs that can provide some financial relief to eligible households. Not finding what you're looking for? You can also visit 211metrochicago.org or dial 2-1-1 to connect with a variety of resources. 2-1-1 is an information and referral resource, helping connect people to food, housing, utility payment assistance, health care, transportation, childcare, employment, mental health, disaster information and assistance, and more Food & Nutrition Health Care Utilities Food & Nutrition A Just Harvest Located at 7649 N. Paulina Street in the 49th Ward, A Just Harvest offers a community meal to go daily between 12-2 pm. They also host a food pantry every Wednesday between 3-5 pm. For more information, visit their website . Care For Real Care for Real distributes free, fresh, nutritious food to neighbors in Rogers Park every Thursday from 3-6 pm at the United Church of Rogers Park located at 1545 W. Morse. For more information, visit Care For Real's website . Ignatian Mission Center Located at 1735 W. Greenleaf, the Ignatian Mission Center's food pantry is open Tuesdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and midday Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Anyone who lives in the area bounded by Granville Avenue on the south, Howard Street on the north, Lake Michigan on the east and Western Avenue on the west can receive food from the pantry once a month, as long as they meet income levels. For more information, click her e. Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) SNAP/LINK Cards help individuals and families purchase groceries. By providing money for groceries, SNAP frees up household income for other necessities, like medicine or utilities. In Illinois, the SNAP/LINK Card Program is overseen by the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS). There are eligibility requirements for income, employment, and citizenship. You can apply in person, over the phone, or online. For more information, visit wegotyouillinois.org/snap . Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - better known as the WIC program - serves to safeguard the health of low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating including breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health care. You can learn more and access the pre-screening tool found here to determine your eligibility. The Child and Adult Care Food Program(CACFP) CACFP partially reimburses participating agencies providing healthy meals and snacks at Adult Day Service Centers under the Community Care Program. For more information about the CACFP program, visit the website here or contact: Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) One Natural Resources Way, #100 Springfield, IL 62702-1271 Phone: (217) 782-2407 or 1-800-252-8966 Older Americans Act (OAA) Nutrition Program These services include both home-delivered meals (such as Meals on Wheels) and healthy meals served in group settings, such as senior centers and faith-based locations. In addition, the programs provide a range of services including nutrition screening, assessment, education, and counseling. Nutrition services also provide an important link to other supportive in-home and community-based supports such as homemaker and home-health aide services, transportation, physical activity and chronic disease self-management programs, home repair and modification, and falls prevention programs. More information on this program can be found here . Your local nutrition site can be found using the website and you can also call 1-800-677-1116. Health Care Get Covered Illinois In 2026, Illinois moved from HealthCare.gov to a state-based marketplace. This marketplace allows Illinois residents to compare health plans, enroll in a plan, and get financial help to lower the monthly costs of coverage. To learn more, visit getcovered.illinois.gov . Medicaid Medicaid is a jointly funded state and Federal government program that pays for medical assistance services. Medicaid pays for medical assistance for eligible children, parents, and caretakers of children, pregnant women, persons who are disabled, blind, or 65 years of age or older, those who were formerly in foster care services, and adults aged 19-64 who are not receiving Medicare coverage and who are not the parent or caretaker relative of a minor child. You can discover if you are eligible here . For information on Illinois Medicaid, visit the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services website here . Medicare Medicare is a federal health insurance program for people aged 65 or older, people under the age of 65 with certain disabilities, people of any age with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). More information about Medicare in Illinois can be found here . In order to apply for Medicare benefits, plan participants are instructed to contact their local SSA office or call 1-800-772-1213. Plan participants may also sign up for Medicare Part A via the SSA website at www.socialsecurity.gov . To ensure that benefits are coordinated appropriately and to prevent financial liabilities with healthcare claims, plan participants must notify the State of Illinois CMS Medicare COB Unit when they become eligible for Medicare. The Medicare COB Unit can be reached by calling 1-800-442-1300 or (217) 782-7007. CDPH Mental Health Centers The Chicago Department of Public Health Mental Health Centers offer care that provides support for emotional, traumatic, or behavioral difficulties. All Mental Health Centers provide outpatient mental health services for adults, children and adolescents including intake/screening, individual therapy, group therapy, case management, and medication management (same-day medication appointments).Support is based on needs identified by the consumer, including goals, objectives, and specific mental health services. These services are provided free of charge to all Chicagoans who are unable to pay. For more information and locations, click here . National Alliance on Mental Health The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI runs educational programs and a toll-free NAMI help line . You can find your local NAMI office in Illinois by using the website. You can also visit the NAMI Illinois website directly for more information. You can call the NAMI National Help Line at 800-950-6264, Monday through Friday, 9 am-9 pm CST. Or in a crisis, text “NAMI” to 741741 for 24/7, confidential, free crisis counseling. The Illinois NAMI office can be contacted via: 1603 Orrington Avenue, Suite 600 Evanston, IL 60201 Office: 217-522-1403 nami@namiillinois.org Utilities Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps eligible low-income households pay for home energy services (primarily heating during winter months). Illinois residents with a household income that does not exceed an amount determined annually by the Department of Commerce are eligible. Annual eligibility levels are determined based on available funding and may not exceed 60% of the state median income. See How to Apply for more information. For a complete list of LIHEAP application agencies based on county, see Where to Apply . For additional program information check out the Frequently Asked Questions . Or call Help Illinois Families call center at 1-833-711-0374. ComEd Payment Assistance ComEd offers a variety of programs, from their Low Income Discount (LID) program to payment programs, visit ComEd's website to learn more and see which programs you are eligible for. Peoples Gas Peoples Gas offers energy assessments and rebates for residential and business uses. Learn more about Peoples Gas's utility assistance programs by clicking here . Utility Billing Relief Program Utility Billing Relief (UBR) provides low-income City of Chicago residents with a reduced rate on their water, sewer, and water-sewer tax as well as debt relief for those who demonstrate they can manage the reduced rate bills for one year. Learn more and apply on the City of Chicago's website . CEDA CEDA’s LIHEAP programs offer heating and electricity assistance through the DVP program to income-eligible households. DVP issues a one-time benefit applied directly to your utility accounts. Assistance is available to help households with their heating (natural gas, oil, or propane) and/or electric bills. Cash payments are also available to eligible renters who do not have heating bills because their energy costs are included in the rent. The LIHEAP program begins on October 1 and runs until August 15, or until funds are exhausted. To help the most vulnerable populations within communities, there will be one priority month. To learn more, click here . Chicago Connected Chicago Connected was a groundbreaking program that provided no-cost, high-speed internet service to CPS students and their families. This first-of-its-kind program was one of the largest efforts by any city to provide internet access for students. Through partnerships with businesses, community groups, governments, and philanthropic organizations, Chicago Connected responded to an opportunity to eliminate a barrier to digital learning that disproportionately hurt the city’s low‐income families and students of color. To learn more, click here . Lifeline Lifeline is a federal program that helps people with low incomes get discounted telephone or internet service. Learn about eligibility, applying, and getting help with your service by clicking here .

Pratt Avenue Resurfacing Winter '24 - Spring '25 Timeline Neighbors, we have exciting news to share. This week, our office received notification from CDOT & contractors that Pratt Avenue from N. Western Ave. to N. Sheridan Rd. will be resurfaced beginning this year (during the winter of 2024), with a majority of the work scheduled for next year, spring 2025. Crews are tentatively scheduled to break ground beginning the week of November 25th, weather permitting. The work scheduled for this winter includes pavement patching, ADA sidewalk improvements, curb and gutter removal and replacement as needed for ADA and drainage compliance. To be clear, Pratt Avenue will not be ground and resurfaced this year. Only the above improvements will be made in winter 2025. The rest of the work including milling and paving the existing asphalt pavement, concrete bus pads, bike medians, and striping will be completed next spring. During construction, temporary “No Parking” signs will be periodically installed as required for each activity. These temporary signs will restrict parking during working hours for the completion of the work. The first phase of work (concrete work, ADA installation, and pothole filling) on Pratt Avenue is scheduled to be completed by December 31, 2024. We are looking forward to this stretch of Pratt receiving some much-needed attention. Last week, Alderwoman Hadden met with CDOT representatives for a walk-through of Pratt Avenue to bring to crews' attention specific potholes and areas in need of fixing. Our office has been assured by CDOT that they will prioritize these locations per Alderwoman Hadden's instruction. If you have any questions about the scope or duration of this project, please reach out to the office via email at office@49thward.org or call 773-33-5796.

Student Internship Opportunities Our Summer 2026 application cycle is now CLOSED due to a high volume of responses and interest. Please reach out if you are interested in semesterly opportunities. -- The 49th Ward Service Office offers two different internship opportunities for students: One paid, full-time summer position Multiple UNPAID, part-time positions in the fall & spring All fifty aldermanic offices receive funding in their budget to support one full-time, paid summer intern as part of a City-wide program. Our office offers multiple unpaid, semester-long internships for those seeking fall and spring opportunities. All internships can count towards class credit. To apply, please email our Director of Constituent Services, Ms. Clarissa Steinbrecher (she/her/hers) at clarissa@49thward.org . In your email, please include your resume and a short statement of interest in the position (250-300 words). We accept either a cover letter or a statement in the body text of the email. Interested applicants should view the internship job description below for more information. For questions or more information, please email Clarissa Steinbrecher at clarissa@49thward.org View the internship job description here

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Programa de identificación CityKey de Chicago La oficina del Secretario de la Ciudad de Chicago lanzó el programa City Key ID en abril de 2018. La nueva identificación de la ciudad también actuará como una tarjeta Ventra y una tarjeta de biblioteca. Los titulares de tarjetas también pueden recibir una variedad de beneficios en varias empresas y organizaciones en toda la ciudad. Los residentes pueden comenzar a programar citas con la oficina del Secretario de la Ciudad para solicitar una CityKey. ¿Preguntas? El Secretario de la Ciudad compiló una lista de respuestas a preguntas frecuentes disponibles para ver en su sitio web .

PB49: ciclo 11 LEARN ABOUT THIS CYCLE'S FUNDED PROJECTS: The PB49 committees have been hard at work these past several months vetting ideas submitted and developing proposals. After working diligently contacting different city agencies and departments, the committed identified only two viable projects this year: improved lighting on Glenwood from Albion to Pratt and new planter boxes for the garden beds at Loyola Park. Given the low number of projects this cycle, our office will fund both items and allocate the remainder of the budget to street, alley, and sidewalk repairs. Those repairs will be determined from community input, the comprehensive infrastructure survey completed by the Streets & Infrastructure Committee, and recommendations from the Chicago Department of Transportation. With the disruption to the past few cycles due to the global pandemic, our office will be evaluating how we can reduce barriers and increase participation in this community-driven process moving forward. We will also be taking a look at project submissions from previous cycles to see if they should be reconsidered for inclusion in the upcoming cycle. Please stay tuned for more information on how to submit an idea during the next cycle of PB. If you have any questions and/or are interested in joining us for the next cycle, please email PB Coordinator Jeff Gonzalez at jeff@49thward.org . View the Project Expo View the Projects FASE DE RECOGIDA DE IDEA: ¡PB49 ya está en marcha! El ciclo de este año se verá diferente al de años anteriores debido a la crisis actual de COVID-19, ¡pero aún queremos saber de usted! Este año comenzamos con una pregunta abierta: si pudieras cambiar algo de nuestra comunidad que te haría la vida mejor, ¿cuál sería? Entre ahora y el 19 de septiembre de 2020, la gente tendrá la oportunidad de responder esa pregunta e informar nuestro proceso participativo del Distrito 49. ¿Cómo puedes responder a esa pregunta? Complete este formulario de Google en línea ; Envía "PB49" al 33339; Los folletos se publican en los pasillos principales de la sala con un código QR que la gente puede escanear para abrir el formulario de Google en sus teléfonos inteligentes; Participar en la Asamblea de Barrio virtual el sábado 12 de septiembre a las 10 a.m. o el jueves 17 de septiembre a las 6 p.m. Únase a través de Zoom en https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82727606782 Únase por teléfono al 312-626-6799 (ID de reunión: 827 2760 6782) ¡Esté atento a más información sobre cómo y cuándo votar a principios de octubre! ¿Quieres convertirte en representante de la comunidad? ¡Nos encantaría tenerte! ¡Solo asegúrese de marcar la casilla "sí" en la segunda página del formulario de Google !

Desarrollo de negocios Nuestra oficina está dedicada a promover nuevos negocios y desarrollo en 49th Ward. Haga clic en uno de los proyectos enumerados a continuación para obtener información específica relacionada con ese negocio o desarrollo. Si tiene alguna pregunta, siempre puede comunicarse con nuestro personal enviando un correo electrónico a office@49thWard.org o llamando al (773) 338-5796. Current Development Proposals Talleres de negocios Permisos de construcción Talleres de negocios Loading/Standing Zones Uso de la vía pública y cafés en las aceras Alianza Empresarial de Rogers Park Cambios de zonificación

Noticias La mejor manera de mantenerse informado de lo que está sucediendo en el Distrito 49 es suscribiéndose a nuestro boletín. Este se publica semanalmente e incluye información sobre eventos en Far North Side, cambios en las ordenanzas, información importante sobre servicios de la ciudad, actualizaciones sobre los desarrollos en el 49th Ward y más. Para actualizaciones de noticias pasadas, visite el Archivo de Boletines del Distrito 49 . Newsletter Archive

Los dueños de propiedades en el condado de Cook pueden tener la oportunidad de aprovechar una variedad de exenciones de impuestos a la propiedad, lo que resulta en ahorros en su factura de impuestos a la propiedad. Los ahorros de estas exenciones aparecen como deducciones en las facturas de impuestos a la propiedad de la segunda cuota enviadas por correo en el verano. Los residentes que soliciten la exención para propietarios de viviendas, la exención para personas mayores, la exención por congelación para personas mayores y la exención para mejoras en el hogar deben presentar una solicitud anualmente para recibir la deducción en sus facturas de impuestos a la propiedad. Exenciones de impuestos a la propiedad SOLICITUDES DE EXENCIÓN DE IMPUESTOS SOBRE LA PROPIEDAD EXENCIÓN DEL PROPIETARIO EXENCIÓN DE CIUDADANO MAYOR EXENCIÓN DE CONGELACIÓN PARA MAYORES VETERANOS DISCAPACITADOS EXENCIÓN DEL PROPIETARIO EXENCIÓN PARA MEJORAR EL HOGAR

Alianza Empresarial de Rogers Park Rogers Park Business Alliance ( RPBA ) es una organización sin fines de lucro 501c3 establecida en 1993. RPBA trabaja en las áreas de desarrollo comercial, comunitario y económico. Contamos con personal profesional y estamos gobernados por una junta directiva voluntaria compuesta por propietarios de negocios locales, residentes y otras partes interesadas. RPBA ofrece una amplia variedad de programas: RPBA Program Offerings Su programa de formación empresarial, GROW proporciona a los emprendedores visionarios los recursos y las herramientas Sustainable Rogers Park proporciona información, herramientas y conexiones comerciales locales para implementar prácticas comerciales sostenibles. Su Glenwood Sunday Market es un galardonado mercado de agricultores, ubicado en Glenwood Avenue entre Lunt Avenue y Morse Avenue. Live Love Shop Rogers Park es su campaña anual de compras locales. RPBA administra tres áreas de servicios especiales que ofrecen la revitalización del corredor comercial de Howard Street SSA # 19 , Clark / Morse / Glenwood SSA # 24 , Devon Avenue SSA # 43 y Sheridan Road SSA # 54 .

LGBTQIA+ Resources Now more than ever it is important that we support our neighbors in the LGBTQIA+ community. Click the buttons below to visit the websites of various organizations that provide support and resources for the queer community throughout the City of Chicago! Lambda Legal Equality Illinois Howard Brown Health The Lighthouse Foundation

Metra Station Renovation Project January 2025 Renovation Updates Our office received news from the Office of Senator Dick Durbin that an additional $115 million in federal funding was secured for infrastructure projects across the state, including $23.6M for the Rogers Park Metra Station renovation. During our last meeting in 2024, Metra announced that work could begin on the renovations as early as 2025 on the new station. During our latest meeting, however, they announced that the project has experienced delays due to funding snags at the federal level. In light of this award, our office has reached out to Metra representatives to ask for an updated timeline and if the $23.6M award can bridge the remaining gap in construction costs. At this point in time, the project's schedule has not changed and it is not yet known if this award will cover construction costs. However, we will continue to work closely with our Metra partners on the timeline of construction and advocate for as soon of a completion time as possible. Metra serves as an economic engine for the entire Chicagoland region, and this renovation will serve as a catalyst for economic development in Rogers Park. To view Metra's presentation, click here . December 2024 Renovation Updates November 2024 Community Meeting August 2022 Community Meeting