On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, the DuPage County Board and representatives from DuPage Foundation welcomed grant recipients that were awarded nearly $1.3 million in Immediate Intervention grants by the DuPage Community Transformation Partnership (DCTP). The grants will help fund the work of 18 social service not-for-profit organizations serving DuPage County residents in the areas of food insecurity, housing instability, mental health, and substance use disorder.
The DCTP was established in 2022 and is a $10 million grant program between DuPage County and DuPage Foundation to support social service not-for-profit organizations helping DuPage County residents.
The following organizations were selected to receive funding:
Food Insecurity Grants: $207,200
- Hope’s Front Door: $20,000
- Humanitarian Service Project: $70,000
- Loaves & Fishes Community Services: $85,000
- People’s Resource Center: $32,200
Housing Instability Grants: $434,700
- Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet: $163,700
- Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans: $50,000
- Senior Home Sharing, Inc.: $51,000
- Sharing Connections: $25,000
- The Salvation Army Oakbrook Terrace: $25,000
- World Relief Chicagoland: $120,000
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Grants: $639,416
- Alive Center: $60,000
- DuPagePads: $166,416
- Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley: $50,000
- Glen Ellyn Children’s Resource Center: $50,000
- Healthcare Alternative Systems, Inc: $78,000
- Northeast DuPage Family and Youth Services: $120,000
- SamaraCare: $65,000
- WeGo Together for Kids: $50,000
Total DCTP Immediate Intervention grant distribution: $1,281,316
See project descriptions for each of the grantees here.
“We are thrilled to award these funds to the selected organizations and are confident they’ll each make a profound impact through their work in DuPage County,” said DuPage County Board Chair Deborah Conroy. “I’m very proud of this partnership between the DuPage County Board and DuPage Foundation. This collaboration allows us to effectively assess some of our community’s most pressing needs and provide immediate assistance.”
In January 2022, the DuPage County Board executed an agreement to allocate federal funds received through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to DuPage Foundation for the grant program. Through 2026, the DCTP Fund will award $10 million in grants to address immediate and long-term needs in the community in response to the COVID-19 health emergency.
DCTP Immediate Intervention grants provide financial resources that enable recipient organizations to respond to the immediate needs of their clients. Funds also allow them to quickly increase their organizational capacity to deliver efficient services and resources within the target service areas.
“We are incredibly proud of the impact this partnership is having on our community,” said DuPage Foundation President & CEO Mike Sitrick. “Despite being a county of tremendous resources, the needs in DuPage remain significant and urgent. We are honored to be leading with DuPage County in addressing them on behalf of our residents. The DCTP partnership is an outstanding example of the power of coordinated impact.”
The DCTP committee is comprised of DuPage County and DuPage Foundation staff, Board members, and volunteers who review applications and select the grantees.
“It’s incredible to see the impact this partnership is having in the lives of DuPage County residents,” said DuPage Foundation Vice President for Programs, Barb Szczepaniak. “Working on this program with DuPage County, the DCTP committee, and the grantees, has been an outstanding experience and a perfect illustration of how we are all stronger together.”
Through the DCTP grant program, organizations can apply for Immediate Intervention and Transformational grants. Additional grant opportunities will be offered in 2024. For more information, please visit dupagefoundation.org/DCTP.
About the DuPage Community Transformation Partnership
The DuPage Community Transformation Partnership (DCTP) – a $10 million grant program between DuPage County and DuPage Foundation – supports social service not-for-profit organizations helping DuPage County residents in the areas of food insecurity, housing instability, mental health, and substance abuse. In 2022, the County Board voted to execute an agreement to allocate $10.6 million to DuPage Foundation in federal funds received through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for the grant program. The Foundation received $600,000 to administer the program and disburse the ARPA funds on behalf of the County. To date, more than $6.2 million has been awarded in Immediate Intervention and Transformational grants. A complete list of grantees to date is located here. Additional grant opportunities will be offered in 2024. The DCTP recently earned a 2023 national achievement award from the National Association of Counties (NACo) for this collaboration between DuPage County and DuPage Foundation.
