Services for Individuals with Disabilities – Highland Park Community Foundation

Residents continue to be significantly impacted by the Coronavirus outbreak

HPCF Board members, staff, and family members assemble COVID Care Kits for distribution to Highwood families by the Highwood Public Library. Project funded by a COVID-19 Emergency Relief grant from the HPCF and additional support from Craig & Monette Leva.

So many Highland Park and Highwood residents have experienced job losses, hunger, mental health issues, isolation, and more. Your donation will ensure that the needs of neighbors are addressed in what continues to be an unprecedented time of uncertainty.

As we take steps to protect our own families, workplaces, and neighborhoods from the effects of the virus, let’s not forget the impact COVID-19 has had on our neighbors. Missing paychecks, the inability to pay rent, and a lack of access to food and essential supplies are realities many residents still face.

Please join us in addressing their needs.

Donations made in support of the HPCF COVID-19 Response & Recovery Appeal will be used to fund requests the HPCF continues to receive from our grant recipients and other agencies that serve Highland Park and Highwood residents. To date, we have distributed 90 emergency grants, totaling close to $195,000, to support the important work of these organizations.. Click here to see the full list of COVID-19 Emergency Grant Recipients and the types of needs we gave addressed through our grants.

100% of all donations will go directly to support services and supplies for those in need, with the exception of a small credit card processing fee that online donors may choose to cover.

DONATE TO SUPPORT OUR COVID-19 APPEAL

DONATE TO SUPPORT THE HPCF’S ONGOING EFFORTS

Donations can also be mailed to P.O. Box 398, Highland Park, IL 60035

In an effort to assist the nonprofit community, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) has raised the charitable deduction limit from 60% to 100% of adjusted gross income for itemizers, and allows deductions up to $300 in charitable giving for non-itemizers. C-Corporations can also deduct 25% of their taxable income, raised from 10%. Click here to read more.

Please click here to see a list of contributors to our Appeal.
We are so grateful to everyone for their generosity.
We are all in this together!

2020 Grant Recipients - Services for Individuals with Disabilities

Anixter Center

Anixter Center’s mission is to provide an array of services and support to help people with disabilities and related challenges live, learn, work, and play in the community. Located in Highland Park, the agency’s Adult Community Transition (ACT) program helps facilitate the transition of young adults with developmental disabilities from their safe, nurturing school environments to life in the broader community. This is accomplished through individualized employment and volunteer opportunities, case management, educational activities, socialization, and recreational activities developed to maximize their independence, giving these adults “the ability to soar.” The Foundation’s grant was used to fund art therapy for young adults with developmental disabilities who reside in Highland Park and Highwood.

anixter.org

Best Futures

Best Futures serves teens and adults with intellectual & developmental disabilities by providing productive and inclusive opportunities as they transition from school into adult life in the community.

Center for Enriched Living

The Center for Enriched Living (CEL) enhances and enriches the lives of people with developmental and intellectual disabilities – from youth through adulthood. CEL provides a space for their members to grow and learn new social, educational, and independent living skills with a community of friends and a world of opportunities. CEL celebrates the unique contributions of everyone, where all voices are heard and personal choices are respected. Highland Park Community Foundation’s grant provides financial aid to Highland Park residents with developmental disabilities so they can participate in CEL programming that includes the REACH (For Success) adult day programs; summer camp; dances and excursions; afternoon programs; and evening and weekend programs.

centerforenrichedliving.org

Glenkirk

Glenkirk serves individuals with intellectual disabilities. Programs include: residential and employment/day services; psychological and behavior health therapies; respite; and home-based services. They operate a social enterprise of secure document destruction business. Glenkirk’s ultimate objective is to have the individuals they service continue to grow, achieve increasingly greater levels of independence and autonomy, and work and live in their communities, impacting the community as much as it impacts them. HPCF’s grant will help support a residential facility for community members with mild to moderate disabilities.

glenkirk.org

Keshet

Keshet provides services for individuals with special needs including an arts, yoga, and music program for Keshet’s Highland Park residents who live in multiple group homes in the community.

keshet.org

The Stuart I Raskas Friendship Circle of Illinois

The Friendship Circle’s mission is to empower today’s teens to bridge the gap between families of children with special needs and the rest of the community. Volunteers offer friendship as well as social and educational experiences, enriching lives and reaping the rewards of selfless giving. The Friendship Circle extends a helping hand to families who have children with special needs and involves them in a full range of social and Judaic experiences. The Circle’s unique formula introduces teenage volunteers to the children and their families, and through the shared experiences, all are enriched. The Foundation’s grant provides weekly home visits to children/young adults with disabilities by trained teen volunteers.

fcil.org