For the sixth year, Southland RISE (Resilience Initiative to Strengthen and Empower) is awarding funding to South Side and south suburban community organizations for their summer programs.
Southland RISE, a collaborative between the trauma recovery programs of the University of Chicago Medicine and Advocate Health Care, is providing $150,000 of funding to 19 programs that will reach as many as 8,500 community members with opportunities to participate in activities like acting and basketball, while also using mentoring to foster leadership skills, resilience, conflict resolution education, and more.
To date, the Southland RISE Community Violence Prevention Grant Program has awarded $800,000 to more than 60 organizations offering a wide range of programs and activities to community members that support violence prevention and trauma resilience for youth and families on Chicago’s South Side.
“Community programs like the ones supported by Southland RISE are vital to helping young people learn and thrive in safe spaces,” said Brenda Battle, RN, BSN, MBA, UChicago Medicine’s Senior Vice President for Community Health Transformation and Chief Equity Officer. “UChicago Medicine is committed to supporting grassroots organizations that foster violence prevention and focus on the health of entire communities.”
The 2024 grant recipients will serve community members across 37 Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs and 18 zip codes, primarily on the city’s South Side.
“Southland RISE and Advocate Health Care are thrilled and honored to partner with these organizations to continue our mission to curb violence and heal trauma throughout the South Side and surrounding area,” said Kim Miiller, PsyD, Advocate Health’s director of trauma recovery centers. “These organizations aim to reach young people and foster knowledge and healing through a variety of summer programs. Community organizations like these are essential to ending the cycle of violence.”
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