Category: Announcements

News from Onward Neighborhood House

Block Club Chicago Highlights Onward House’s Vital Work Supporting Immigrants in Chicago

We’re proud to share that Onward Neighborhood House was recently featured in Block Club Chicago, highlighting the immense challenges facing migrants in Chicago and the critical role organizations like ours play in supporting children and families as they settle in Chicago. From housing instability and employment barriers to immigration backlogs, the struggles faced by newly … Continue reading Block Club Chicago Highlights Onward House’s Vital Work Supporting Immigrants in Chicago

Onward House Winter 2024 Newsletter

CARES Campaign Community Center: Uniting to Advance Health Equity & Access (starting on page 3) In October, Onward House had the opportunity to showcase the CARES Community Center to a room of healthcare and philanthropic leaders at the Michael Reese Health Trust Awards. The event celebrated Stephanie Willding, CEO of CommunityHealth, who used the opportunity to bring together a panel of key partners in the CARES … Continue reading Onward House Winter 2024 Newsletter

Onward House Fall 2024 Newsletter

Dear Onward House Supporters,   Welcome to the first edition of our quarterly newsletter – I’m excited to share with you the incredible progress we’ve made and give you a glimpse of the great things on the horizon for Onward Neighborhood House. Our year-round Early Childhood and School Age programs had a busy summer, with some … Continue reading Onward House Fall 2024 Newsletter

PBS News Hour Profiles Onward House for Feature on Migrants Arriving in Chicago

In the run-up to the 2024 Democratic National Convention being hosted in Chicago this week, PBS News Hour visited Onward House on August 13th as part of a report on the local influx of migrants from Latin America since summer of 2022. PBS journalist Ryan Connelly Holmes interviewed participant Estefania Riera about her migration experience, … Continue reading PBS News Hour Profiles Onward House for Feature on Migrants Arriving in Chicago

Seeking Her Missing Husband, Jessica Gets Support Through Onward’s Mental Health Program

All photos by Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune Onward House has been highlighted in the news recently, both by the Chicago Tribune and WBEZ (see previous Announcement). These articles feature Onward House’s work to provide support services to the 43,000 new arrivals and asylum seekers who have been arriving in Chicago for the past two years. … Continue reading Seeking Her Missing Husband, Jessica Gets Support Through Onward’s Mental Health Program

Onward House’s Adult Education Helps Migrants Make the Transition to Chicago

Photos by Manuel Martinez/WBEZ From WBEZ Chicago 5/30/2024: “[A] new migrant named Elizabeth…wants to learn English — so she can keep up with her kids. Her oldest is a first grader on the Northwest Side and her youngest will soon be enrolled in preschool. She wants to learn English because she worries her children will … Continue reading Onward House’s Adult Education Helps Migrants Make the Transition to Chicago

Onward House Receives Major Grant through U.S. Congresswoman Delia Ramirez

Onward House is thrilled to announce that the organization has been awarded a $3,000,000 grant to build our new Community Center, which will house a Food Pantry and Rooftop Farm, a healthcare clinic in partnership with CommunityHealth, a pediatric clinic, an Illinois Welcoming Center for Immigrants and Refugees, and Adult Education classes. This project, to … Continue reading Onward House Receives Major Grant through U.S. Congresswoman Delia Ramirez

Director of Development and Communications Appears on WTTW’s Latino Voices

Viewers tuning in WTTW’s Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices on the evening of March 14th heard Emilio Araujo, Onward House’s Director of Development and Communications, speak as part of a panel on topics related to migrant shelters in Chicago. They discussed the challenges that new immigrants are facing in Chicago, including the upcoming 60-day limit on … Continue reading Director of Development and Communications Appears on WTTW’s Latino Voices

Press Conference at Onward House with U.S. Congresswoman Delia Ramirez

United States Representative Delia Ramirez (IL-3) came to Onward House on January 4th, 2024 for a special press conference “urging Congressional Leadership to finally pass an FY24 Government Funding plan that responds to the needs of American families.” Representative Ramirez has been a major supporter of Onward House’s new building project, which will allow the people … Continue reading Press Conference at Onward House with U.S. Congresswoman Delia Ramirez

Onward House Featured on CBS News

The Chicago affiliate of CBS News produced a profile of Onward House in November of 2023. Click in the image below for a preview: To watch the full report, click here: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/nonprofit-community-organizations-migrants-assistance-onward-neighborhood-house/ And in early January of 2024, CBS Chicago interviewed Onward House’s Director of Development and Communications Emilio Araujo, for a report on difficulties … Continue reading Onward House Featured on CBS News

Onward House Invests in Special Education with New Leadership Position

Onward Neighborhood House is pleased to announce that it has hired Dr. Kimberly Thier for a newly created position as Director of Special Education and Quality Assurance, focusing on special education and related services to preschoolers and school age children with disabilities. This position will work with the rest of Onward House’s early childhood education staff to continually improve the overall quality of the early childhood education and youth services.

CommunityHealth at Onward House

Onward House in Belmont Cragin neighborhood of Chicago hosts CommunityHealth for new telehealth site in response to covid-19 pandemic.

Chicago Early Childhood Employers Ready to Implement New State Education Bill

Onward Neighborhood House joins a new employer-led early childhood education workforce partnership addressing teacher shortage, increasing educator diversity and compensation, and creating better career pathways.  The newly formed employer-led workforce collaborative, Chicago Early Childhood Workforce Partnership, has announced its support of the Illinois General Assembly’s recently passed education component of the Illinois Black Caucus’s omnibus … Continue reading Chicago Early Childhood Employers Ready to Implement New State Education Bill

Invest in our children at birth to build racial equity

Now is the time for radical change to ensure our children have a better world than the one they are witnessing today.
As we rebuild from this pandemic and global recession amid a reignited civil rights movement, we recognize that physical safety is only part of what’s needed to open early childhood programs safely. It will take a significant public and private investment to erase the zip code disadvantage baked into our early childhood education system, when the burden of COVID-19 continues to weigh most heavily on communities already suffering from educational inequity.

COVID-19 Anuncio de reapertura

Onward House se complace en anunciar que tendremos una reapertura limitada de programaciones juvenil en persona a partir del 7 de Julio de 2020. La salud y seguridad de nuestros niños, familias, personal, participantes y miembros de la comunidad es nuestra prioridad. Onward Neighborhood House implementara un enfoque gradual para reabrir de una manera segura. … Continue reading COVID-19 Anuncio de reapertura