Austin Cares

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There’s a lot happening in Chicago’s Austin community. Decades of disinvestment have led to a complex array of challenges that have created barriers to food access, quality education, and well-paying jobs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Austin was one of the areas hit hardest due to that underlying instability, with residents struggling to get their kids connected to online learning and simply paying their rent. 

But Austin is so much more than that. It is an incredibly passionate community of people who truly care for one another. Recent years have seen an upswell of individuals and groups working together to create change. With this support, the community has still continued to thrive in the presence of systemic issues and mounting social ills.

And that is why Austin Coming Together (ACT) cares!

We have been serving and caring for Austin since 2010 by identifying needs and helping to generate opportunities for solutions.

Examples of the impact we’ve been able to achieve by working collaboratively with our members and partners include:

  • Assisting 150 people in connecting to resources annually, everything from job training to housing assistance
  • Empowering local leaders to attract over $100 million in investments through the Austin Forward Together (AFT) quality-of-life plan
  • Supporting COVID-19 response and recovery efforts such as 8+ recurring COVID-19 vaccination sites, 5 new testing sites, and 39+ one-time vaccination events
  • Distributing over 600,000lbs of food and more than 88,500 masks to everyone from seniors to the homeless through pop-ups in 2020
  • Facilitating $140,000 of direct financial assistance to families
  • Connecting residents to 500 laptops

But more support is needed!

When you donate to ACT, you are directly supporting Austin families.

I CARE ABOUT AUSTIN AND WANT TO HELP! (Click here to DONATE)

Checks can be mailed to:

Austin Coming Together
5049 W. Harrison Street
Chicago, Illinois 60644

The #AustinCares Campaign aims to raise awareness and support for Chicago’s Austin community.

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