CURRENT URGENT NEED: Our Food Pantry needs continue to grow: Please consider volunteering, donating food, or hosting a food drive. Our needs can be found here. Onward House staff have been working hard to ensure that we support our community: Direct Relief While Onward House is financially stable at this moment, we know that the … Continue reading SUPPORT OUR COVID-19 WORK
COVID-19 UPDATE & RESOURCES
Educación para niños: SALUD: Despensas de comida (Por favor de traer indentificacion) Este programa esta abierto para empleados de barras, restaurantes, hoteles. Etc. Empleados que recientemente han sido despedidos por los cierres causado por el COVID-19. Piden a las personas que traigan una identificación y talonario de cheque. Servicios de Internet: Comcast Internet essentials … Continue reading COVID-19 UPDATE & RESOURCES
COVID-19 Update II
Since 1893, Onward Neighborhood House has been a trusted and critical resource for families in Chicago, most recently in Belmont Cragin and surrounding neighborhoods. It is our mission to improve lives and uplift communities through educational, economic and support services. While COVID-19 has thrown all of our lives into turmoil, our commitment to supporting our … Continue reading COVID-19 Update II
Onward House Launches Retail Accelerator
Onward Neighborhood House will host a grand opening of its first-ever retail accelerator store, “The Bounce,” in Logan Square, available to recent graduates of its Business Incubator. The two woman- and minority-owned businesses to immediately occupy the space are Casa Brow, providing semi-permanent makeup and microblading, from Hermosa resident, Vanessa Puente; and Namaslay Yoga, from … Continue reading Onward House Launches Retail Accelerator
Onward House Board Welcomes Phillip Ruben Nava
Onward Neighborhood House is pleased to welcome Phillip Ruben Nava to the Onward House Board of Directors. Mr. Nava currently serves as Senior Counsel at Tristan & Cervantes. Mr. Nava concentrates his practice in the areas of general business litigation, automobile defense, product liability defense, general liability defense, personal injury, and workers compensation matters.
Our Recent Accomplishments 2017 – 2018
Our Accomplishments Last Fiscal Year: 1. Refreshed our Mission & Vision to Celebrate 125 years of Service.
Onward Wins 2018 Acting Up Award!
Onward Neighborhood House Selected as 2018 “Acting Up” Award Recipient
We are pleased to announce that Onward Neighborhood House has been selected as a recipient of The Chicago Community Trust Acting Up awards.
Onward Partners with Rincon for Safety
At Onward House safety is one of our main focuses, both in the classroom and out. That’s why we partnered with another local organization, Rincon Family Services, to provide safety training to parents participating in our programs, who were in need of proper car safety equipment.
Chicago’s Onward Neighborhood House Launches Business Incubator
Contact: Nikki Way, Director of Development & Communications Onward Neighborhood House, a nonprofit organization in Chicago’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood, is launching a new entrepreneurship program to provide local youth and adults with the tools they need to start a business.
Accountability & Accreditation at Onward House
Onward House is proud to announce that we have secured three important accreditations from leading non-profit accountability organizations! Since February, Onward has earned the Gold Circle of Quality from ExceleRate Illinois, the gold-level seal of transparency from Guidestar, and a reaccreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
