April 27 - May 3, 2020

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I'M STILL HERE! Vendors still need your support during the COVID-19 outbreak Dear StreetWise Readers and Friends, In these uncertain times, we have been seeking solace in stories of solidarity and community. We’ve seen an outpouring of compassion and generosity from our community and friends, including messages of support and questions about how people can help the most vulnerable in our community.

At this stage, we have made the tough decision to discontinue publishing physical editions of our well-known and much-loved magazine until it is once again safe to congregate and the shelter-in-place order is lifted. We will transition to digital-only editions during this time. As an organization, we feel the best way to lead is by example, so that all of our vendors understand the gravity of the situation. StreetWise’s office will continue to be open during this time. We will continue to provide essential services such as counseling, meals and hygiene kits to our vendors as they navigate their lives.

We encourage our supporters to purchase a digital issue or subscribe digitally to StreetWise at www.streetwise.org/subscribe to continue to support their vendors over the next couple of months. Subscribers can specify their local vendor as the recipient of the subscription. In addition, we have produced a series of individualized posters for vendors to post at their selling spots in their absence with information on how to subscribe and donate to them.

We have been fundraising tirelessly to create the "Vendor-In-Reach” fund, which we are using to deliver weekly stipend income to vendors. The purpose is to support our vendors in need as well as encourage them to adhere to the shelter-in-place order. By providing the income they would have earned selling StreetWise magazines in the streets, we succeed in this. To donate directly to the "Vendor-In-Reach" fund or to help with our daily operating costs, feel free to donate at www.streetwise.org/donate.

Social connection is one of the most important parts of selling StreetWise magazines and is so important for the well-being of our community. If you’d like to send a message to your local vendor, please email admin@streetwise.org and we’ll do our best to pass it on to them.

Thank you for your continued support and understanding during this challenging time.

Sincerely, The StreetWise Team

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Arts & (Home) Entertainment

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Cover Story: farmers' markets now

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As all Chicago events and gatherings are cancelled until further notice, we are replacing our usual calendar with recommendations from StreetWise vendors, readers and staff to keep you entertained at home!

This time of quarantine has greatly affected everyone involved in farmers' markets. Staff members at Plant Chicago and the Chicago Farmers' Market Collective responded to new needs that have come up by creating an online market. Also, Closed Loop Farms is one vendor that is working hard to deliver fresh goods to Chicagoans.

From the Streets

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Over half of Illinoisians have filled out the census so far, with the deadline for response now extended to October, StreetWise joins census efforts to count people facing homelessness.

Andersonville StreetWise Vendor Gwen Freeman pens a heartfelt letter to her customers.

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ARTS & (HOME) ENTERTAINMENT RECOMMENDATIONS Since being stuck inside, which shows have you been watching? Which movies? Have you read any good books lately? Any new music releases have you dancing in your living room? StreetWise vendors, readers and staff are sharing what is occupying their attention during this unprecedented time.

To be featured in a future edition, send your recommendations and why you love them to Creative Director / Publisher Dave Hamilton at dhamilton@streetwise.org

Make This!

Stuck in a bind: Intro to bookbinding Ever wanted to learn how to make a journal or art book using household recycled items? During this hour-long workshop, you will learn how to do just that without leaving the comfort of your home! All you will need is: 24-48 sheets of paper, 1 piece of cardboard (soda box, cereal box, etc), a needle, a ruler, and some thread!

By the end of this workshop you will have a handsomely bound book ready to be filled with all your post-rona dreams. Following the workshop, all participants will receive emailed directions with additional tutorials for decorating book covers using easily accessible materials found at home. This workshop is ideal for adults and great for children 8+ with adult support. This workshop includes one hour of in-person instruction, along with additional guidance and resources that will be sent to participants in advance.

Please note that this is a virtual class. Attendees will receive a link to access the live class 2 hours before it begins. $15 - $20 at https:// plantchicago.org/events/stuck-in-a-bind-intro-to-bookbinding/

(HOME) ENTERTAINMENT

Dance Along!

Wiggleworms Online w/ The Old Town School of Folk Music Mix it up with The Old Town School of Folk Music online! It’s a musical adventure as they sing, shake, and dance their way through Wiggleworms greatest hits. This drop-in experience features a different Wiggleworms teacher every week and is open to all children under age 6 and their grown ups! It's a great way to continue your child’s music education and support a valued Chicago nonprofit during COVID-19. 10:30 a.m. weekdays, $13 for non-members/$11 for members at www.oldtownschool.org/classes/online/

Get Up!

Orangetheory At Home "The pandemic and closure of gyms threw a wrench in a lot of people's workout routines. Fortunately, many gyms are adapting and providing online content. I've tried to stay active during this crisis, for my physical and mental health, by running outside, taking long walks, and doing free Orangetheory workouts. There's a new workout posted every day. You don't need to be a member and you don't need any special equipment. I like not having to think about my workout. Just press play and go." New video every day at www.orangetheoryfitness.com or in the Orangetheory app.

-Recommended by Amanda Jones, StreetWise director of programs

Put it Together!

Puzzle Exchange "Puzzles seem to be making a huge comeback during this time of staying at home! The problem I've found is that it's just as hot a commodity as toilet paper. They are impossible to find in-store and online! So, I turned to my favorite social media site, Nextdoor! It's a way to connect with people in your neighborhood, and apparently a great vehicle to keep your puzzle game fresh! We posted a picture of our finished puzzle, and had responses from some neighbors with their finished puzzles that they were more than happy to swap. We sanitized our puzzle, packaged it up, leashed up the dog and went for a walk to meet (from a responsible distance) our neighbors and get a new puzzle. We did the exchange, let our puzzle sit in a corner of the house for a few days just to be safe, and then when its quarantine period was up, we got started. Puzzling has become a new addiction in our house, and it is a great way to pass the time!"

-Recommended by StreetWise reader Lee Berman

Watch This!

BlacKkKlansman "I thought that BlacKkKlansman had the Oscars written all over it. There was so much emotion and feeling displayed that I was able to enjoy it a lot more. It was also suspenseful and made me look forward to continue watching the movie. I think that the movie will win some of the awards that it’s nominated for. After watching the movie, I had a lot of questions about the book and what really happened in the end. I would give the movie 5 out of 5 stars. The history of hate and injustice was really valuable and the movie shows us that we have to be aware of these issues. This movie was a great way to display that." BlacKkKlansman is available for digital purchase from Vudu, Amazon Prime, and YouTube starting at $14.99.

-Recommended by StreetWise Vendor V. W.

Chill Out!

Phish Dinner and a Movie "Every Tuesday night the Phish community is gathering online for Phish Dinner and a Movie. The concept is simple - broadcast one of their legendary live shows each week and share a recipe for people to cook and enjoy with the show. The weekly event is definitely cheering fans up who may feel down with disease! The broadcasts are named after the Phish song 'Dinner and a Movie,' a live rarity and fan favorite single from the album Junta. The band is picking famed shows from their catalogue that have not been previously available online. Each week the band picks a charity to raise money for COVID-19 relief during the broadcast through their own Water Wheel Foundation. FREE every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m."

-Recommended by StreetWise reader Kathleen Hinkle

Binge This!

New Girl "Looking for something weird and quirky that you could easily binge? I recommend the show New Girl, which you can watch on Netflix. It is definitely a bizarre show, and you need to have that type of humor, but if you do then it can be hysterical. It can be the perfect pick-me-up in these crazy times! I bonded with the characters very quickly, and I bet you will too. There are seven seasons on Netflix, so you have plenty of material to watch, but also each episode is only about 20 minutes long, so it is good for people who want small doses and good for people who want to binge! Just be prepared for a lot of weird, in the best way."

-Recommended by StreetWise intern Rachel Koertner

- Compiled by Dave Hamilton

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From Farm to Fr

HOW local growers strive to survive wit

by Rachel Koertner

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the midst of the hardship the world is facing, one nonprofit has found a way to meet many needs of the community - bringing people together, giving them access to fresh food, supporting small businesses, and bringing a bit of joy and normalcy into people’s lives.

Every year Plant Chicago runs a farmers market full of a wide variety of fresh products.

However, this nonprofit was stopped in its tracks this year with the stay-at-home order. Markets aren’t able to run normally during quarantine, greatly affecting all of the farmers, vendors, and everyone involved. Staff members at Plant Chicago know how crucial supporting each other is in this time, and how important it is for small businesses to still get the sales they are counting on, so they created an online market. Starting in March they worked hard to correspond with the different markets and vendors to pool resources, see who was able to consider other options like delivery and pick-up, and then put all of the resources into one convenient spot for community members to use.

“There might be some markets that don’t get started at all, and there are some farmers that it is how they make their money, so without the market they are out of luck,” said Executive Director of Plant Chicago Jonathan Pereira.

“The online market was really the only option. We knew we had the platform and the audience, and so we can use our megaphone to get the information out to the public.”

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thout farmers' markets Plant Chicago Plant Chicago is a nonprofit with the mission to cultivate a circular economy. They are based in southwest side of Chicago, and they envision a paradigm shift in production consumption and waste. They have their farmers market every year, but they also do cooking demonstrations and tastings, have a compost drop-off, and have many educational opportunities for all ages. One of the things they are most passionate about is keeping items out of landfills as much as possible.

Two years ago Plant Chicago started the Chicago Farmers' Market Collective as a way to unify the many markets in Chicago. They saw that the city had a lot of farmers' markets, all with the same general mission of providing their residents with locally grown and nutritious food, so they thought all the markets should work together to achieve that goal. About once a month, managers from about 15 different markets meet together to share advice and help each other solve problems to support the city’s local food system, and any market is allowed to join.

Times are changing: Left: A vegan pie created at Pleasant House Pub using produce supplied

by Closed Loop.

Right: A vendor at the popular Plant Chicago Farmers' Market.

this past year they felt they could better fulfill their mission of reaching the whole southwest side of Chicago if they moved, so they transitioned to their new location: the Firehouse. They plan to host many projects in their new building, all of which they hope will bring people together.

“One of the core tenets of our organization is convening diverse programs together and getting people of different backgrounds together in person,” Pereira said. “There are some programs that don’t require being in person, but a lot require people being in the same space.” The inability to have people together has been an obstacle for this organization, but they haven’t let it stop them. In the past two months they have moved many of their programs online. Their education team has launched an online science fair where students can share the experiments they do at home. Additionally, soon they will be offering weekly online workshops for students. They will soon be starting an online educational workshop for adults to teach small businesses how to get more revenue. These are just a few examples of the ways that Plant Chicago is working to get educational programs online to still reach people in this time of quarantine. “We went from everything in person to everything online, and we are still adjusting as an organization,” Pereira said.

Years before starting the Collective, Plant Chicago began working in a well-known building called The Plant. For eight years they were the sole nonprofit in the building. Then

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Of course, Plant Chicago isn’t the only business that is going through a tough transition right now. Pereira stresses that this is the time to support local businesses and growers, and for Chicagoans to buy from small businesses as much as possible. “That is really important right now, and this could be a make-or-break moment for many small businesses.” He encourages people to take this time to reflect on their consumption habits and audit the waste that comes in and out of homes. These messages are not new to Plant Chicago, however, and they will continue to be at the core of what Plant Chicago does.

This year, Plant Chicago will be rebuilding their indoor aquaponic farm and shared mycology lab, as well as refurbishing the firehouse to be a new center for the local circular economy in the heart of the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Of course they aren’t sure how long this quarantine will be impacting the business, but they are operating with the assumption that the in-person market will come back. Until then, they will continue to foster the online market. In addition to that, Plant Chicago is starting a pick-up system at their location. The goal is to help the farmers who don’t have the ability to deliver, as well as to provide half-priced produce to LINK (food stamp / debit card) users.

This opportunity will be open on Saturdays, and staff members will take orders in advance to set up pick-up times. Community members can go to Plant Chicago’s website to get the contact information for this service which will mainly be for people on the southwest side of Chicago. Pereira anticipates them being a pick-up site for the rest of the growing season, and guesses that some farmers will continue their delivery services even after quarantine is over. One thing he is sure he wants to happen is continuing to keep more information online about how to purchase from farmers even if the buyers cannot attend the market.

However, all of these programs designed to help people could not be done without community support. Plant Chicago could always use donations from community members who want to support their mission, as well as help to get the word out, especially through social media.

Online Opportunities The Chicago Farmers' Market Collective website has a list of the farmers markets in Chicago that are still running in some way to support the community, and this includes Plant Chicago. They have compiled resources for people to support local vendors through pick-up locations, home delivery or Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) options.

Through the links on their website, people can explore Chicago’s various farmers' markets without ever leaving their homes.

Plant Chicago has put together a list of all of their vendors that have been able to transition to some sort of pick-up or delivery option (see page 11). By going to the Plant Chicago website (www.plantchicago. org), customers can click on the links for the businesses and buy directly from their websites. For example, someone looking for baked goods can go to Plant Chicago’s online farmers' market page, then follow that to the link for Butterdough, where they can order a walnut lemon glazed croissant. This will be delivered to their home, or they can have something delivered to a friend or someone in need.

Plant Chicago is not the only organization helping farmers' markets.

The Collective’s website lists 61st Street, Andersonville, Glenwood, Green City, Logan Square, Loyola U, McKinley Park and Plant Chicago Farmers' Markets as those who are offering online options in the midst of this quarantine. Each market has individual small businesses that need the support of customers in this time of uncertainty. One example is a farm on Plant Chicago’s listing called Closed Loop Farms.

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From Top: Bike A Bee Honey made at The Plant. Indoor microgreens growing in The Plant. Closed Loop Farms employees prepare orders for delivery. All photos provided by Closed Loop Farms.

march online ONLINE

farmers market In light of the CDC's recommendations regarding COVID-19, Plant Chicago has opted to move our farmers market online! Now, more than ever, we need to support our local economy. Here are ways you can support our local vendors, without risking exposure.

Click on the links below to be redirected to vendor pages.

Pick up options

SPECIALTY ITEMS C&G Handmade Dog Food Quarter Mile Hot Sauce Nurturing Through Nature Pixie Dust Salts Tuanis Chocolate BOTY Coffee Co.

CSA/regular delivery Chicago delivery

NON FOOD ITEMS

Nationwide delivery Soap Junkii Made a Mano Faith's Farm

PRODUCE

Verdant Matter First Curve Apothecary

Star Farm Chicago Cedillo's Fresh Produce The Urban Canopy Closed Loop Farms

More about Plant Chicago Plant Chicago is a non profit in Back of the Yards with a mission to cultivate circular economies. Click here to learn more about our year round farmers market.

New Magnolia Garden

MEAT Avrom Farm Sitka Salmon

BAKED GOODS Butterdough Montelimar Bread Co. Tubby's Taste

Photo credit: Leah Kuhn Photography

Closed Loop Farms New to this year’s circuit of farmers market vendors is Closed Loop Farms. The business has been around for years, but this year they are acting as a vendor for community members and doing something different, adapting to reach the community’s needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Closed Loop Farms is an urban farm located at The Plant, a re-purposed meatpacking facility comprised of collaborative, small food businesses in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Over the last three years they have grown from a one-person operation to a staff of eight full-time and four part-time employees.

The thing that makes this business unique is that they used to just sell to restaurants. For years they specialized in growing and selling premium microgreens, herbs and edible flowers to top restaurants throughout the Chicagoland area. The team at Closed Loop Farms is very passionate about microgreens and the convenient way that the vegetable boosts the nutritious value of a meal. In fact, Founder Adam Pollack says that the whole team eats microgreens with most of their meals, and now they want to give community members that same opportunity.

“When the restaurants closed, we knew we had to act fast, and we started putting things in order,” Pollack said. “If people were going to get microgreens, we thought it would make sense to get them the other products as well that they would get at a farmers' market.” That is why they have transitioned to bringing products right to doorsteps this season.

Pollack says that this kind of business change was something they have been wanting to do for a while, but COVID-19 made them do it a little faster.

“I think it’ll be a good long-term move for us, and that it will transform the way people get their produce from farms,” Pollack said. “We want to maintain the direct relationship with our customers, and offer the same convenience as conglomerates, but let people support small businesses.”

Along with supporting small businesses, Closed Loop Farms prioritizes being kind to the environment and the community. For example, more than 99 percent of on-farm waste is composted, which is then used as fertilizer in the outdoor farm. In addition, all unsold perishables are donated to their local food bank, Casa Catalina. Plus, they use completely organic practices and grow all of their

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microgreens in organic soil, with no pesticide.

On top of that, 80 percent of their team lives within five miles of the farm, and they have multiple after school programs, all in hopes of benefiting the community around them.

In order to achieve this goal, they have joined forces with a variety of businesses including Backyard Fresh Farms, Bike-a-Bee, Just Ice, Kombuchade and Mint Creek Farm. Therefore, some of the products that customers can buy through Closed Loop Farms include microgreens, blueberries, cacao fruit soda, a variety of cheeses, Tuanis chocolate bars, coffee, honey, hot sauce, chamomile tea, kombucha and so much more - even deodorant.

The staff at Closed Loop Farms believes in the importance of having these fresh products, so they knew they needed to adapt to delivery.

This process hasn’t been easy, and there’s a lot to do and learn - they are diving into an entirely new business model. However, they recognized the need for delivery in this time.

“A lot of people, especially those that are older or compromised, don’t want to go in contact with people at grocery stores,” Pollack said.

“I think having the security of getting food directly from the people who produced it is a safe way to get food. People know it’s coming, that it’s healthy, that it’s organic, and that the money is going to pay employees, so there's transparency. This is really a matter of food security. Given that global and national supply chains are in question, this represents security because we aren't a supply chain and we are going to continue to produce. Customers have been so appreciative that we can deliver fresh goods every week.”

In order to fulfill this need, but do it safely, they have implemented multiple preventive measures to make sure that sickness isn’t spread and that the entire delivery process is contactless. The people who deliver are instructed to spray the doorbell with disinfectant before they push it, to wear gloves and to text the customer once they walk away to let them know the food is there. Deliveries happen every Tuesday and Friday in Chicago - in the north suburbs on Fridays only and in the west and south suburbs on Tuesdays only. Also, orders cut off at noon before the day of delivery.

There is a $10 delivery fee, with a $25 purchase minimum. There’s free delivery for orders over $200, and free pick-up at The Plant (1400 W. 46th St.) with no minimum total.

Order food and learn more about the farm on their website at closedloop.farm. According to Pollack, they hope to go back to serving restaurants once this is over, but still continue to deliver fresh food to the citizens of Chicago.

From Top: Packed orders ready to go at Closed Loop Farms. Trays of microgreens being grown at The Plant. A sample of a delivery order. All photos provided by Closed Loop Farms.

The State of Illinois census marketing campaign proves worthwhile with a 55.4% of the state counted so far; StreetWise joins the census task force to reach those facing homelessness

by Suzanne Hanney

The state of Illinois allocated $29 million to outreach and education on the importance of completing the 2020 U.S. census, which appears to be money well spent, since more than half the state’s population had been counted by April 20, in spite of coronavirus shelter-in-place mandates that pushed all outreach efforts online.

According to Marishonta Wilkerson, co-director for the Illinois census office, 55.4 percent of the state’s population had been counted, whereas in 2010, only 70 percent of Illinoisans were counted by the end of the census. Illinois has been among the top 10 response states in the U.S., where the national rate is 50.7 percent. The self-response deadline has been extended from June through October 31.

Online marketing turned out to be more personable than one would have imagined, Sonnabend said. “Zoom integration allows you to have guests like on a radio show, who appear on a grid like the introduction of [1970s TV show] The Brady Bunch. You can display up to 50 people at a time.” Howard Brown Health Center, for example, had a “watch party” with DJs and has continued to integrate census outreach with its essential services in health care, as well as extra programs on the impact of being isolated during the pandemic and the importance of social-emotional health.

Similarly, a food pantry stickered some of its items with information about the census website, and that the form was easy enough to complete by smartphone, “from the safety of your home.”

Following a merger with the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, StreetWise will be taking a lead role in coordinating the street count of homeless individuals, which will mean a stipend for more than 20 vendors or participants in the StreetWise Transitional Employment Program (STEP).

The team will be distributing census branded items such as baseball hats, water bottles or bags, along with information and awareness about the census.

“This is such a timely opportunity for those vendors and jobseekers who are looking for short-term, targeted opportunities to make money,” said StreetWise Executive Director Julie Youngquist.

The state’s target for the $29 million campaign was “hard to count” populations, which can be people with low-income, who tend to move around so that they might miss the census form in their mailboxes. College students are also hard to count, because they are mobile, attached to their phones more than to a place; they expect their parents to fill out the form for them when the reality is, everyone’s census “home” is wherever they are on April 1.

“Trust” is also a major issue across the board, from immigrants threatened by a citizenship question that didn’t materialize on the census to people concerned about privacy.

However, according to the Census Bureau website, by law the information can be used only for confidential, statistical profiles; individual data is released only after 72 years.

Mandated by the U.S. Constitution, the census determines how many seats each state receives in the House of Representatives, which is a major reason for the Illinois effort. Census population numbers also determine federal money returned to the states for 50+ programs, Sonnabend said; from schools to infrastructure, to health care, said SAAPRI’s Verma. www.streetwise.org

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“Things are just coming to fruition, although everyone had to rework their plans and pivot a bit” from direct engagement to digital, said Regan Sonnabend, vice president of marketing and communication and census project director for the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago. The YWCA received a portion of the $29 million as one of the “regional intermediaries” (RIs) in the state’s hub-and-spoke program to blanket the state with “trusted messengers” who will get the word to their communities. The YWCA in turn subcontracted with 13 agencies, including South Asian American Policy & Research Institute (SAAPRI), Howard Brown Health Center and StreetWise.

SAAPRI reached out proactively to Facebook interest groups targeted to both parents (because the 2010 census undercounted children by 10 percent) and seniors, said Executive Director Shobhana Verma. The census is not being offered in any South Asian language such as Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu or Bangla, but there is support on its website in 59 languages, so SAAPRI provided that link.

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A Letter from Andersonville area StreetWise vendor Gwendolyn Freeman May God bless you all, I just want to say to all my customers thank you for all your love, support and friendship. I love all of you, I can’t remember all of your names I just want to say thank you, friends.

I’ve been a StreetWise vendor since 1992, which has made a big change in my life.

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Thank you, StreetWise also. I have a job and I love my job (yes) JOB. I work eight hours a day, rain, sleet, or snow, StreetWise. And I thank God for the areas that he blesses me in and the love that all my customers show me.

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I’ve worked Lakeview for 15 years. I love all of you that work in the Lakeview Walgreens and the Starbucks. I love all of you in Lakeview. And I’ve been in Andersonville six years and this year 2020, Lord’s will, seven years.

I just want to say thank you for making me feel like family in both of my areas. And for your love, support, friendship and smiles.

I love all of you, God bless you,

Gwen Vendor #1646 Support Gwen and all our vendors by purchasing a digital subscription at www.streetwise.org/subscribe

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Orientation Participants complete a monthlong orientation, focusing on customer service skills, financial literacy and time management to become a badged vendor.

Finacial Literacy Vendors buy StreetWise for $0.90, and sell it for $2. The profit of $1.10 goes directly to the licensed vendor for them to earn a living.

Supportive Services StreetWise provides referrals, advocacy and other support to assist participants in meeting their basic needs and getting out of crisis.

S.T.E.P. Program StreetWise’s S.T.E.P. Program provides job readiness training and ongoing direct service support to ensure participants’ success in entering the traditional workforce.

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To empower the entrepreneurial spirit through the dignity of self-employment by providing Chicagoans facing homelessness with a combination of supportive social services, workforce development resources and immediate access to gainful employment.

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