World AIDS Day!

According to the state department of health, Illinois ranks seventh in the nation in the number of HIV/AIDS cases.  The Illinois Department of Health is hosting several events Thursday to mark World AIDS Day.  Click here to Download List of events.

Get Free Condoms

By taking a simple step, like wearing a condom you can protect yourself and others from HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) makes condoms available, accessible, and free by reaching underserved communities with the highest rates of STI/HIV/AIDS and other health disparities.
The Chicago Community Condom Project works with city clinics, community organizations and local businesses to make condoms widely available to the public to help stop HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
Click here for a list of locations offering free condoms

About the Chicago Community Condom Project

Since the 80’s CDPH has made condoms available to the public.
Today, CDPH is reaching 10 million condoms distributed each year through city clinics, community based organizations, community health centers, local businesses such as night-clubs, barber shops and churches.
The project is aligned with the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, the U.S Department of Human Services, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention, and the Healthy Chicago Plan.
The project is also part of the National Female Condom Coalition and partners with the Chicago Female Condom Campaign to increase access and availability to Female Condoms.
Join the campaign!
If your organization is interested in offering free condoms, you can become a distribution partner so long you meet the criteria.  Find out more about becoming a distribution site for free condoms.

Get Tested or Treatment for HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)
Get tested or treated at a clinic that diagnoses and treats HIV and STI’s.  You can also connect with information about condom use and other prevention methods.  All services are free and provided on a first-come, first-serve basis.

City Colleges of Chicago $50,000 Scholarship Program

Scholarship Overview

City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) is celebrating 100 years of education that works! To mark this milestone, CCC has created Centennial Scholarships to support current and prospective CCC students pursuing an Associate degree or professional certificate. A total of $50,000 will be awarded through two types of scholarships.

Two Scholarship Opportunities:

• Scholarships for New Students:
   These scholarships are available to students who are not currently enrolled in City Colleges of Chicago, including applicants who are recent high school graduates, mature students and adult education students seeking enrollment in certificate or credit programs. 
• Scholarship for Current Students:
   An additional scholarship opportunity is available to current City Colleges of Chicago students and can be used towards the completion of their current certificate or degree program.

Both types of scholarship will cover tuition towards the completion of a degree or certificate for a period not to exceed two-and-one-half years from the date of the award. All awards must be used in full by the end of the Spring 2014 term. If scholarship awards are not expended by the Spring 2014 term the student will forfeit any future right to the awarded scholarship amount.

For more information please click the link: http://www.ccc.edu/100YearScholarships/

Updated YPQA Calendar

Sign up for the YPQA workshops, they are free.

 Download Calendar 

From the Mayor's Office: Amendments to 2012 Budget Proposal

Mayor's Press Office    312.744.3334

• Download this Press Release

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that he has reached an agreement with City Council members on several items in the proposed 2012 budget and will submit formal amendments to his budget plan on Monday.
“We have held to our principles, followed through on the tough choices and that’s a win for Chicagoans and their future,” said Mayor Emanuel.
Mayor Emanuel was joined at the announcement by Ald. Carrie Austin (34th), Chairman of the Committee on Budget and Government Operations, Vice-Chairman Brendan Reilly (42nd) and Budget Director Alex Holt.
“This process is about working together to reach a balanced budget plan that will provide the people of Chicago with quality services, while keeping those services affordable to taxpayers,” said Alderman Austin. “These amendments will help accomplish that goal.”
The amendments to the mayor’s budget plan will include the following:

Libraries

• Restoring $3.3 million to the library budget to allow for a full six-day-a-week schedule when school is out, during the summer months and over holiday breaks, providing children with more library access when they are away from school.
• The reduced schedule on Monday and Friday mornings will resume during the school year with agreement from the unions.   The move will restore more than 100 of the planned library layoffs.

City Vehicle Sticker

• Maintaining the weight threshold for heavier passenger vehicles at 4,500 lbs.
• Increasing the tier for lighter vehicles by $10 (from $75 to $85) and the heavier tier by $15 (from $120 to $135). 
• The planned increases for truck stickers will remain as proposed. Stickers for motorcycles will remain at their current rates. Discounted sticker fees for seniors will also remain at current rates. Several groups, including veterans, the disabled, and government entities will continue to receive sticker fee waivers.
• The amendments to sticker fees will be revenue-neutral to the original proposal.
• Increasing fines (from $120 to $200) for sticker scofflaws and late fees (from $40 to $60). 

Fee waivers

• Extending a discount on fees for water services to all non-profit organizations with less than $250 million in assets.
• The three-year phased-in discount will be 60% in 2012, 40% in 2013 and 20% in 2014 and beyond.
• The amendments will result in approximately $12 million in lost revenue for the water and sewer funds over the next three years, which will be absorbed by the fee increases scheduled to begin next year. 

Streets and Sanitation

• Restoring $1 million worth of lot cleaning, weed cutting and graffiti removal services.

The changes in the budget proposal will be cost neutral in that the additional $4.3 million in corporate fund expenses will be offset by the additional revenue from increasing the fines and enforcement for vehicle sticker scofflaws.
Mayor Emanuel announced his budget plan last month that included $417 million worth of expense reductions to help close a $635 million gap between expected revenues and expenses next year.

Plumbers Local 130 Accepting Apprenticeship Applications

Apprentice Applications
2011 to 2012 Registrations
The Plumber's Joint Apprenticeship Committee, Local 130 U.A. will be
accepting applications for apprenticeship.

WHERE
1400 WEST WASHINGTON BOULEVARD
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60607-1821
(312) 421-1028
2114 S. I- 80 FRONTAGE ROAD
JOLIET, ILLINOIS 60436
( 815) 725-0278

DATE
Every Thursday, starting November 3, 2011 and ending January 26, 2012.
(Closed Thanksgiving Day)

TIME
Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Extended hours
will be available on the 2nd and 3rd Thursday, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

REGISTRATION
* $25.00 Fee (Cashier’s Checks or Money Orders, No Cash, No Personal
Checks, No Credit Cards) Make Payable to Plumbers’ J.A.C., Local 130.
* $10.00 Optional Test Taking Tip Book (Cash Only)

REQUIREMENTS
1. 18 Years of Age or Older 17 years of age for Senior High School
Students (must provide students I.D.)
2.  Two forms of I.D. including one photo I.D.
3.  Must provide a valid Driver’s License
4.  Photo Copy of Birth Certificate.
5.  Photo Copy of Diploma or G.E.D. A Water sealed letter from your High
School will be accepted. Water sealed transcripts with the graduation date
will be accepted.

REGISTERED

U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
Approved Apprentice Program

AFFIRMATIVEACTION STATEMENT

NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATIONPOLICYAS TO STUDENTS

The Trust Fund for Apprentice and Journeyman Education and Training,
Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local Union 130, U.A., school admits students
of any race, color, national and ethnic origin, or sex to all phases of
Apprenticeship. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
national and ethnic origin or sex in the administration of its educational
policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other
school administered programs.

JAMEST. SULLIVANChairman
CRAIGW. THOMAS Co-Chairman
RICHARDC. O'CONNOR Training Coordinator
Visit http://www.plumberslu130ua.com/site/section/3/214 for more information.

After School Program Fest 2011

 A free event for the community to showcase and increase the enrollment of youth in after school programs!

Saturday October 1, 2011 

John L. Yancey Boys & Girls Club 

6245 S. Wabash Ave Chicago IL, 60637,  

1pm to 4pm  

   CPS Students of all ages and their families are encouraged to attend.  

Free Buses will transport people to and from the event leaving from The Center of Change located at 63rd and California 

and

1210 W. 78th Pl.

– St. Sabina Rectory. 

To reserve a seat on a bus email your name, phone number, and the site you wish to get on the bus to yrcregion5communitycouncil@gmail.com or leave the info in a phone message at 773-476-3534 ext 245. Buses will leave 12:30pm and return no later than 6pm. Seating is limited so hurry!

Join us Rain or Shine!  If it rains we will move activities inside to the  gym.

A Force for Good

 

A Force for Good, which is an invitation to not-for-profits to apply for participation in a capacity building project that will leave the organization with a stronger infrastructure with enhanced skills for fund raising.

 

A Force For Good- Download Info Packet

 

Take a look! Please feel free to pass on!

Anne

 

 

Anne Parry, Director
Office of Violence Prevention
Chicago Department of Public Health
333 S. State Street, Room 200
Chicago, Illinois 60604
312.745.0440

Water Quality Results and Reports

The Chicago Department of Water Management is constantly monitoring and testing the quality of Chicago’s drinking water. The safety and quality of Chicago’s tap water is our top priority.

Drinking Water Watch

We have assembled on this page the most frequently ask for reports. For a more extensive list of test results and reports please go to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA).

Comprehensive Chemical Analysis

This report is compiled four times a year. The reports for the 3rd and 4th quarters of 2009 are not yet available.

City of Chicago Emerging Contaminant Study

Analysis of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Personal Care Products.

Techie Competition $50,000 in awards!

Four governmental agencies. Over 175 data sets. $50,000 in awards. Real time technical assistance. Connecting communities with software developers.

The Apps for Metro Chicago, IL competition is an unprecedented #opengov software challenge.

The Data | The Awards

We invite software developers, community groups, businesses and individuals to build apps that solve problems and improve services in Metro Chicago. Our goal in this three-phased competition is to increase government transparency by facilitating the building of software applications that are creative, useful, and designed for long-term impact.

Apps for Metro Chicago, Illinois is the first apps competition to be a collaborative effort among four governmental agencies. The City of Chicago, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Cook County, and the State of Illinois are together providing an exceptional amount of open data, an unprecedented amount of technical assistance and unique efforts to help software developers team up with community organizations to build useful apps.

Any and all software applications are eligible as long as they are for a platform widely available to the public like the web, smart phones, and SMS.

Support for this competition comes from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition, the Motorola Mobility Foundation and The Chicago Community Trust.

ASM Celebrates 20 years of Inspiration

Join After School Matters teens, alumni, parents, instructors, staff and supporters at Daley Plaza as the organization celebrates 20 extraordinary years of inspiring Chicago teens to find their futures, with innovative out-of-school-time programming. Come out for performances from After School Matters dance and musical groups as well as to interact with the teens and instructors.


DATE: June 29th
TIME: 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Daley Plaza, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL
ADMISSION: FREE

More Info!

A Call to Service Conference

Connect.

Commit.

Change.

A Call to Service Conference: Closing the Gap through Social-Emotional Support for Our Children, Families and Communities

This one-day conference is a Call to Service and an opportunity to reflect and rediscover your commitment to making a difference for our children, families and communities! This conference is for educators, child care providers, parents, advocates, direct service staff and early care and education leaders to meet and collaborate on a range of topics such as School Success, Social-Emotional Development of children, teachers and families, Self-Regulation, Emotional Health and Well-Being, Anger Management, and more!

Saturday, June 25, 2011

8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Olive-Harvey College

One of the City Colleges of Chicago

10001 S. Woodlawn Ave.

Chicago, Illinois 60628

The $35.00 registration fee includes lunch and a one-year membership to both Illinois Action for Children and the Black Child Development Institute - Chicago.

Space is limited - register by June 10th!

Reshaping Chicago Together

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RESHAPING CHICAGO TOGETHER • A CITYWIDE SUMMIT • TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2011

Transforming Our City into the Most Physically Active in the Country

You are invited to imagine a Chicago where physical activity is a natural part of daily life for every person in every neighborhood.

Join us on Tuesday, July 19, at the UIC Forum to begin to make this vision real in our communities:

· Learn about tools, programs, and policies that work.

· Meet experts and organizations that are committed to this vision.

· Explore ways to remove barriers to physical activity in our city, especially in communities with few resources or fear of crime.

· Propose next steps for a blueprint to transform our neighborhoods.

· Build and expand partnerships committed to this new, healthier Chicago.

Let’s make this vision a reality together.

Learn more and register for this free event at http://go.uic.edu/ReshapingChicago

Sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Clinical and Translational Science, funded by

the National Center for Research Resources (Award No. UL1RR029879), and supported in part by the

Sigmund Edelstone Fund of the Michael Reese Health Trust.

Computer Skills Starts May 9

The next session of our always-popular Computer Skills starts May 9, 2011. We have a few slots left. In order to register, prospective trainees must complete our intake process. To get your clients started, have them call Ebony McLaurin, Client Services Associate, at 773-929-5552 ext. 228. After completing a screening interview over the phone, prospective trainees will be asked to come in on Tuesday, April 26 from 10:30 to 2:00, with a follow-up session the following Thursday, April 28, from 10:30 to 2:00. NOTE: The same activites will take place on the same schedule the following week as well. Please also note that we ordinarily do not accept walk-in applicants. Applicants MUST complete a screening interview on the phone before attending an on-site information session. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This 7-week program teaches keyboarding, computer fundamentals, the Internet and World Wide Web, e-mail, Word, Excel and, time permitting, PowerPoint. The power-packed curriculum also includes modules on job readiness and financial education. Participants who take full advantage of our job-placement services usually get jobs.

RFP's for Youth Ready Chicago Program Hubs

The Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) is excited to announce the release of our Request for Proposals (RFP) for Youth Ready Chicago program hubs, a 2011 youth, wage- subsidized summer jobs program for youth 16 – 24.

Mayor Richard M. Daley has committed $1.4 million in parking meter infrastructure funds to support a subsidized summer jobs program by increasing the number of city-supported employment opportunities for Chicago youth.

Through this RFP, the program anticipates engaging approximately 600 Chicago youth between the ages of 16 and 24 in paid work experiences and career readiness skills. Programs can operate during a 6-10 week period between June 1 and December 31.

DFSS is seeking proposals from organizations with the qualifications and experience to rapidly implement the program during the summer of 2011. Respondents to the RFP should be capable of providing the following services: youth worker recruitment, program eligibility for youth participants, job/worksite development, job matching, youth training, adult supervision, data collection, payroll system administration (including the fiscal capacity to generate and distribute checks to all youth associated with the hub), worksite monitoring and overall program administration.

DFSS anticipates funding six to ten contracts for worksite hubs. Contract sizes are estimated to range between $210,000 - $400,000.

The RFP is available for download at our website at http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/fss.html. If you have any program-related questions about the RFP, please contact Mary Ellen Messner, 312-746-7447 or mmessner@cityofchicago.org. For all technical questions relating to the execution of the proposal, please contact Julia Talbot, 312-743-1679 or jtalbot@cityofchicago.org.

IMPORTANT DATES:

RFP Released	April 7, 2011
RFP Pre-Proposal Conference	April 21, 2011
RFP Due	May 2, 2011
Award Notifications Made	May 16, 2011
Start Program	Rolling start dates between June and July, 2011