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Day 1 Families Fund - Grant Award

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Funding Amount

$2,500,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Day 1 Families Fund - Grant Award

Status: Award already received (November 2024)

Funder: Bezos Day 1 Families Fund (Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez)

Geographic Scope: Suburban Cook County, Illinois

Focus Areas:

  • Connect families experiencing homelessness with stable housing

  • Provide critical support services

  • Address family homelessness in suburban communities

  • Street outreach and diversion services

  • Emergency shelter operations

  • Flexible rental assistance

  • Housing stability services

  • Achievement of functional zero homelessness for families

    • Award Details:

  • Amount: $2,500,000 (one-time grant)

  • Year 7 of Day 1 Families Fund annual awards

  • Awardee selected among 40 organizations nationwide receiving $110.5 million total in 2024

  • 248 total grants totaling nearly $750 million awarded since 2018 across 50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico

    • Target Population:

  • Families with minor children experiencing homelessness

  • Unsheltered families

  • Families in shelters

  • Families at-risk of homelessness

    • Fund Vision: "No child sleeps outside" (inspired by Mary's Place, Seattle)

    Contact:

  • Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County

  • Jennifer Hill, Executive Director

  • 4415 Harrison Street Suite 228, Hillside, IL 60162

  • 708-236-3261

  • info@suburbancook.org

    • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    homelesshousingsupportive-housingnonprofitsfamily-services

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