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- EIN 36-2675852
- (312) 759-8259
- 25 E Washington St Ste 1515 Chicago IL 60602-1852 USA
- www.bpichicago.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Civil Rights, Crime & Law, Public Interest Law
Mission: The organization operates in the chicago metropolitan region as a public interest law and policy center concerned with the challenges of urban poverty, housing and educational opportunity, building vital communities, and justice reform.
Programs: Education/early learning - to improve the early learning opportunities of children ages zero to eight living in high needs communities.
housing/community development - to transform public housing dominated neighborhoods into well-working mixed-income communities. Gautreaux - to enforce a court order preventing racial discrimination in the placement of chicago's public housing.
regional affordable housing - to increase the supply of broadly dispersed affordable housing throughout the chicago region.
political reform - to promote open, accountable and honest government in illinois. Justice reform - project dedicated to identifying policies, programs, and practices that reduce confinement and improve life outcomes for those involved in the illinois criminal justice system - both juveniles and adults.