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Helping to increase social and economic opportunities for low-income Chicagoans, MacArthur supports the New Communities Program, a comprehensive community revitalization effort in 16 Chicago neighborhoods, as well as communication of its lessons learned to other cities and the field.
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March 15, 2010
A new study by the Urban Institute, a MacArthur grantee, focuses on how to assist vulnerable families who were left behind by the transformation of public housing into mixed-income communities. Read the study »
March 2, 2010
MacArthur grantee MDRC released interim findings from its seven-year evaluation of LISC/Chicago’s New Communities Program, a $50 million comprehensive neighborhood improvement initiative. The report focuses on the early development, roll-out, and first years of implementation of the initiative, and summarizes outcomes from the more than 700 projects supported through 2008. Read more »
March 2, 2010
As part of a campaign to prevent childhood obesity, First Lady Michelle Obama and the Secretaries of Agriculture and Treasury visited a Philadelphia grocer supported by MacArthur grantee The Reinvestment Fund, which helps finance grocery stores in underserved communities. Learn more »
February 4, 2010
New foreclosure filings in the Chicago region rose 21 percent from 2008 to 2009 despite federal, state, and local programs designed to curb the foreclosure crisis, according to a new Woodstock Institute report. Read more »
October 2009
The White House sees Chicago’s New Communities Program as a source for ideas on urban revitalization for the nation, the director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs, Adolfo Carrión, Jr., told 500 local leaders, community activists, and volunteers at the program’s annual assembly. The New Communities Program, the nation’s largest community and economic development effort, is a MacArthur-supported initiative to improve 16 low-income Chicago neighborhoods. Watch video of the event or read more about it »
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October 2009
These grants, totaling $280,000, are the sixth and final set of awards from the Foundation’s Chicago International Connections Fund. Read more »
Arts & Culture in Chicago, International Connections Fund
May 19, 2009
The National Community Stabilization Trust, a new collaborative venture of nonprofit housing organizations, financial institutions, and private philanthropies — including the MacArthur Foundation — announced the launch of its national effort to help revitalize communities with high concentrations of foreclosed and abandoned homes. Read more »
Affordable Housing, Press Releases
October 15, 2008
To help combat the growing lending crisis and the rise of foreclosures in Chicago, MacArthur is investing $68 million in grants and low-interest loans in foreclosure prevention and mitigation efforts in local neighborhoods. Read more »
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