Phase I- Engage with Existing City Working Groups
Phase I – Engage with Existing City Groups - Read the Phase I Interim Budget Engagement Report
Phase I – Engage with Existing City Groups
April – May
Throughout April and May, the City and the Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois Chicago held four virtual meetings with existing City Engagement Councils, Advisory Councils, and other Groups to provide education about the City's budget, and leverage their experience and expertise in providing feedback for Phase II and Phase III. A survey was circulated to attendees to inform which programs and services should be inclued in the topic discussions and the design of the public budget engagement series conducted in the summer.
The public can leave a comment or share an idea on any topic relating to the City's 2025 Budget by clicking HERE or scanning the code below. Topic areas include but are not limited to:
Affordable Housing and Services for People at Risk of or Experiencing Homelessness
Community Safety
Environmental Justice and Infrastructure
Neighborhood & Community Development and Arts & Culture
Public Health and Mental Health
Your comments and ideas will be incorporated with data collected from the three phases of community engagement, and will inform the City's budget development for FY2025.
Participating Organizations
| Active Transportation Alliance | Greater Southwest Development Corporation | South East Chi+C73:C106Commission. Special Services Area #61 - Hyde Park |
| Chicago Advisory Council on Veterans Affairs | Growing Home | Southwest Suburban Cook County American Job Center (SERCO) |
| AeroStar Avion Institute non profit | Healthcare Alternative Systems | Spanish Coalition for Housing ( SCH) |
| After School Matters | Hope Center Foundation | Sprague Memorial Institute |
| Alliance of the Southeast | Illinois Venezuelan Alliance | The Brown House Experience Nonprofit organization |
| American Indian health Service of Chicago | Jewish Council on Urban Affairs | The Puerto Rican Cultural Center |
| Andersonville Chamber of Commerce | Lakeview Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce | United African Organization |
| Arab American Business and Professional Association | Lincoln Square Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce | Urban Alliance |
| Black Contractors United | Local Industrial Retention Initiative | Warsaw sister cities - World Business Chicago |
| Brighton Park Neighborhood Council (BPNC) | Lost Boyz Inc organization | West Loop Community Organization. |
| Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce | Matthew House -Chicago | ZAM's Hope Community Resource Center |
| Calumet Area Industrial Commission (CAIC) | 011 Police District Council | New Arrivals Mutual Aid |
| Center for Disability & Elder Law | Mayor's African American Engagement Council | People's Unity Platform Coalition |
| Center for Neighborhood Technology | Metropolitan Planning Council | Chicago Aids Foundation |
| Chatham Business Association SSA 51 | Mt. Greenwood Community and Business Association | Institute on Disability and Human Development |
| Chicago Casino Advisory Committee | National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Chicago | Equity and Transformation |
| Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR) - 33rd Ward | National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) | Chicago Digital Equity Council |
| Chicago Environmental Protection & Energy CMTE | Chicago With You Task Force | City of Chicago Equity Advisory Council |
| Chicago Food Policy Action Council | National Immigrant Justice Center | City of Chicago New Americans Advisory Council |
| Chicago Park District | New American’s Office Advisory Council | City of Chicago Veterans Advisory Council |
| Chicago Westside NAACP | North Branch Works | City of Chicago Womens Advisory Council |
| Chicago Women in Trades | Olive Branch Mission | City of Chicago LGBTQ+ Advisory Council |
| Chinese American Service League | Pastor at Tabor Church | AAPI Engagement Council |
| Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of Chicago | PODER Immigrant Integration Center | MENA (Middle Eastern North African) Engagement Council |
| SEIU 73 | Illinois Higher Education Tech Coalition | African American Engagement Council |
| Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community (CBCAC) | Polish American Association | Polish American Engagement Council |
| Communities United | Polish American Chamber of Commerce | Native American Engagement Council |
| Community Organizing & Family Issues (COFI) | Portage Park Chamber of Commerce | African Caribbean Engagement Council |
| Cornerstone Community Outreach | Program Innovation at Women's Business Development Center (WBDC) | |
| ED Lakeview Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce and West Lakeview SSA 27 | Project SYNCERE (Citywide STEM Programs) | Chicago With You Taskforce |
| Education and Child Development. Ward 20 | Rainbow Daycare Center | Illinois Higher Education Tech Coalition |
| Emergency Shelter, Franciscan Outreach | Resident Association of Greater Englewood | African American Engagement Council |
| Enlace Chicago | Rogers Park Business Alliance | CHHRGE |
| Garfield Ridge Satellite Senior Center | Rohingya Culture Center | Research Institute (SAAPRI) |
| Grassroots Collaborative | Roseland Special Service Area (SSA71) | |
| Greater Northwest Chicago Development Corporation (GNCDC) | South Asian American Policy & Research Institute (SAAPRI) |