In the 1960s, Jerome Summers was among the first group of students bussed from the only neighborhood school in the historically black 5th Ward to a majority-white school outside of the ward — an effort...
Community advocates are attempting to save the Family Focus building in the 5th Ward by purchasing the building and keeping the nonprofit providing educational resources in the space.
Last year, Family...
The more than 100-year-old building that currently houses Family Focus — a nonprofit offering family and child support services — will be put up for sale in January despite concerns that doing so would...
Low-income families in Evanston, especially those in the 5th Ward, now have a new resource for childhood education.
Childcare Network of Evanston and the McGaw YMCA have partnered to begin providing...
When Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) finishes her final term next month and leaves office, it won’t be her first retirement.
In 2002, after roughly 27 years of service as director of Family Focus — an...
