Total Resource Community Dev Organ

Illinois Hardest Hit and other Illinois programs help tenants and homeowners who have difficultites meeting their monthly rent or mortgage obligations. The Organization helps qualified recipients with the application process so they could access those funds, which were paid directly to landlords and mortgage companies. The Organization also offers homeownership and buyer counseling in the areas of foreclosure prevention, mitigation, and budgeting. For the year ended December 31, 2022, we have provided rental assistance, and new homeowners and financial literacy workshops to prospective buyers.

The Organization provides a safe environment for inner city youths during the summer, spring, and winter break timeframes. We partner with Catholic charities, afterschool Matters, and the community high schools to provide an eight week Music appreciation Program. This program includes providing free meals, and instruments instructions sheets in the areas of skill development, anger management, music appreciation, and safe practices. Each of the 35 youths in attendance also received a stipend of $750.00 directly from the Afterschool Matters agency for participating in the program. Our Organization also provides an Energy Assistance Program that focusing on providing direct financial support assistance to the communities and families in need of natural gas, electricity, and weatherization.

The Organization established Health Research Ministries which is funded by Patient Center Outcomes research Ministries (PCORI) in the faith based community. PCORI allows our Organization to work with several universities and hospitals, local and nationally, to build a faith-based engagement model that allows community representatives to do Institutional Review Board(IRB)certified health related research. Members of 28 churches were trained on how to conduct research relating to health matters within their communities, and create a hub for integration researchers from local medical and academic institutions and churches to address health disparities.

This program, consistent with our exempt purposes, provides food resources to the community at large with funding from the church and support from the Chicago Food Depository and Greater Roseland Depository. For the year ended december 31, 2022, total Resource Community Development Organization served an average of 5,500 families.