Ladder Up / Center for Economic Progress
Ladder Up provides free financial programs to help clients secure the tax refunds they deserve, gain the knowledge to navigate … Read more
The Chicago Community Food Security Initiatives Blog
The Chicago Community Food Security Initiatives Blog profiles city-based initiatives to connect groups working for a more sustainable, equitable, and just food system. The blog also features a series of educational briefs on policies influencing Chicago’s urban agriculture
Tasteful Change: Lessons in Healthier Vending from U.S. Cities
Tasteful Change: Lessons in Healthier Vending from U.S. Cities is a resource guide for the Chicago Park District as it begins the implementation of its healthier vending machine program.
Benefits Outreach Resources
Benefits Outreach Resources, an online resource library, assists organizations in designing outreach initiatives that link work support programs (such as Food Stamps and energy assistance) with the Earned Income Tax Credit and free tax preparation services. The library highlights important … Read more
Coordinating Complementary Services: Intake Training Manual
Coordinating Complementary Services: Intake Training Manual is a curriculum for training volunteers to incorporate screenings for food stamps and children’s health insurance into existing free tax preparation and Earned Income Tax Credit services at the Center for Economic Progress.
Workers Rights Advocate Action Manual
Workers Rights Advocate Action Manual, designed for use by worker centers throughout the country, provides information on labor laws and detailed action guides for addressing a range of worker issues.
Linking Anti-Hunger Organizations to Free Tax Preparation
Linking Anti-Hunger Organizations to Free Tax Preparation outlines various outreach efforts made by the Center for Economic Progress to connect clients of emergency food providers in Illinois to the Earned Income Tax Credit through the Tax Counseling Project’s free tax … Read more
Rajiv Magge
Rajiv is a 2003 graduate of Dartmouth College where he was pre-med and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology Modified with Psychology. Rajiv has served as a Research Assistant in Psychological and Brain Sciences, Biological Sciences, and Physiology, and as an Executive Board Member and volunteer with VISIONS … Read more
Allegra Cira
Allegra earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from the University of Miami, where she double-majored in Motion Pictures and English. After participating in alternative break trips focused on worker rights, Allegra co-founded and co-facilitated the campus Living Wage Coalition, which was instrumental in establishing health benefits for maintenance … Read more