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DuPage Community Transformation Partnership

2023 Immediate Intervention Grantees

Immediate Intervention grants are intended to provide financial resources to enable organizations to respond to the immediate needs of their clients and/or to quickly increase the capacity of the organization to deliver efficient services and resources.

Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder: $639,416
  • Partially funded by the JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund
    To support Alive Center Teen-Led, Teen-Driven evidence-informed prevention programs positively impacting the negative effects of the pandemic on youth mental health.

  • To support the salaries of two mental health case managers and a van driver to provide specialized case management and mental health supports for high-needs individuals and families who are receiving 24-hour emergency shelter at DuPagePads' Interim Housing Center (IHC).

  • To help children/families with developmental disabilities through comprehensive behavioral, mental, and social health services, leading to improved mental and developmental health.

  • Funded by the JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund
    To support the mental health and resilience of more under-resourced K-12 students by expanding GECRC’s after school and summer programs and social emotional learning initiatives to a new elementary site.

  • To hire a Substance Abuse Counselor and purchase office materials for the Wheaton clinic to expand substance use disorder treatment and counseling to homeless community in DuPage County.

  • To provide mental health counseling and support for youth and families in DuPage County that will improve mental wellness and strengthen family relationships.

  • Partially funded by the JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund
    To provide funding for the Mental Health Access Program which provides fee subsidy assistance to under-resourced DuPage County individuals and families seeking affordable access to quality mental health care.

  • Partially funded by the JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund
    To support community based mental health clinicians that service children and their families in West Chicago.

Housing Instability: $434,700
  • To provide direct financial assistance for DuPage County residents who are living on low-incomes and at imminent risk of homelessness and to support the housing navigator to continue providing case management to meet individualized client needs.

  • Funded by the Paula K. Partipilo Fund
    To support the MSHV - DuPage Veteran Housing Assistance program that will reduce veteran homelessness and at-risk veteran households in DuPage by providing direct rental assistance, including security deposits, and payment of rental arrearage.

  • To support the hiring of a house manager and associate house manager at a new Senior Home Sharing group home that will help fill the urgent need for affordable housing, nutritious meals, social interaction, and mental health support for low-income DuPage seniors.

  • To provide new beds, cribs, and essential household items to low-income families in DuPage County who cannot otherwise provide these themselves.

  • To support the Emergency Assistance Program that will ensure families and children experiencing instability receive the housing, utility, and food assistance they need.

  • To support the hiring of a housing coordinator, office space, technology and emergency rental assistance to help low-income refugees, asylum seekers, and other immigrants access and retain stable housing.

Food Insecurity: $207,200
  • To purchase a cloud-based client database to help meet the increased client load requesting food assistance at the office and off-site with at community partner locations.

  • To purchase an electric cargo van to support grocery distributions to low-income families and senior citizens enrolled in HSP's Children's Project and Senior Citizen Project programs.

  • To support the purchase of an electric cargo van and a liftgate to improve the logistics, safety, and operations of the Food Assistance Program.

  • To support the purchase of dock levelers and a walkie stacker to expand capacity and efficiency in the delivery of emergency food and social services.


2022 Transformational Grantees

Transformational grants are intended to support evidence-based programs focused on long-term solutions to build capacity, improve efficiency and ensure efficacy of programs.

  • To provide overdose prevention training and resources, substance use support and harm reduction outreach with the Stigma Crusher mobile vehicle.

  • To support the implementation of the Alive Center’s Teen-Led, Teen-Driven™ peer model, an after-school program aimed at improving youth mental health by fostering connections and building resilience.

  • To support a new short-term program that quickly stabilizes families facing homelessness by addressing their complex needs through housing, holistic services and direct case management.

  • To pilot a new social emotional learning initiative and expand mental health support of under-resourced K-12 students.

  • To support the hiring of a bilingual therapist and a community health worker to expand culturally competent behavioral healthcare for low-income DuPage residents.

  • To support the expansion of Youth Mental Health First Aid Training for parents and youth.

  • To expand mental health services for low-income residents living in three affordable housing communities in DuPage County.

  • To support the opening of a new Community Counseling Center in Bloomingdale to provide trauma-informed care for youth in the under-resourced Addison/Glendale Heights area.

  • To support an on-site Behavioral Health Clinic that provides counseling, medication administration and crisis services for individuals with disabilities.

  • To expand fee-subsidized psychiatric services to under-resourced individuals.

  • To support the new Senior Counseling Program for senior residents in group homes and position it for growth to become self-sustaining.

  • To expand mental health and case management support to address the increased intensity of mental health needs of adolescent parents and to connect teens experiencing severe symptoms to Hamdard, DuPage County Health Department and Heritage Professional Associates for psychiatric care.

  • To support the establishment of an office in the Willowbrook Corner community and the hiring of a clinician to provide trauma-informed mental health services and case management for low-income youth and young adults.

  • To support the new multi-partner initiative to improve access to mental health services for Villa Park area youth and their families.

  • To support the purchase and installation of an online food ordering system to increase convenient access to food for low-income households, seniors and disabled individuals.

  • To support a partnership with community organizations to ensure that underserved populations, particularly those needing language assistance, have quick access to nutritious food.

  • To increase capacity to provide affordable, culturally competent and linguistically accessible mental health services for refugees and immigrant families by adding Medicaid capability to diversify the funding model, making the program self-sustaining.


2022 Immediate Intervention Grantees

Food Insecurity: $280,000
Housing Instability: $268,700
  • To provide direct financial assistance for DuPage residents who are low-income and at imminent risk of homelessness and to support the hiring of a housing navigator to provide case management to meet individualized client needs.

  • To lease a space to provide case management and intensive wraparound support services for families and individuals experiencing homelessness in DuPage County.

  • To support housing for survivors of domestic violence and their children.

Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder: $553,535
  • To support the hiring of a therapist to provide counseling services for individuals and families in DuPage County.

  • To support the purchase of prescription medications to treat the behavioral health needs of low-income individuals.

  • To support the hiring of a mental health care coordinator to expand the program that helps children/families with developmental delays and disabilities through behavioral, mental, and social health services.

  • To support the hiring of an additional licensed clinical therapist in order to expand substance use disorder and mental health treatment for DuPage County residents.

  • To support the hiring of a behavioral health clinician to provide counseling for children, teens, adults and seniors.

  • To support the hiring of a therapist to expand mental health counseling for middle school and high school youth.

  • To provide counseling fee subsidies for under-resourced individuals and to support the implementation of the cloud-based Electronic Health Records platform to provide more efficient client care.

  • To support existing staff expenses and the hiring of an additional LCSW to provide behavioral health services for seniors in need.

  • To support the salary of a therapist to provide trauma-informed mental health services for underserved youth and young adults.

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