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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Jessica Wingader, the city’s grants and compliance specialist, called for the city to lead through a racial equity lens as it combats a growing housing crisis.

City staff discuss combating rise in housing insecurity as pandemic persists

January 20, 2021

With 327 residents experiencing homelessness living in non-congregate and congregate shelters between March and December 2020, city officials say they expect housing insecurity to only increase as the...

Evanston’s Mental Health Board at a November 2018 meeting. Like other boards, commissions and committees in Evanston, the Mental Health Board is adjusting to cancelations and delays.

Evanston Mental Health Board adjusts timelines amid pandemic

May 25, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has forced Evanston’s many boards, commissions and committees to postpone meetings and alter timetables of action items. The Mental Health Board is no exception to wide-ranging...

Evanston’s Mental Health Board in November 2018. The board tries to allocate funds toward areas that people do not typically consider as being connected to mental health issues.

Evanston supports underserved pockets of mental health services

May 17, 2019

May is Mental Health Month, and through public services, Evanston is working to address mental health issues in areas often not considered. In the city’s 2019 budget, the Mental Health Board allocated...

Starting this week, Oakton Community College will offer classes at Evanston Township High School. The two schools have had a partnership for several years.

ETHS, Oakton continue partnership to provide classes in Evanston

April 14, 2014

Oakton Community College is offering a variety of classes for adults at Evanston Township High School starting on Thursday as part of an ongoing partnership between the two schools. Kristen Perkins,...

People walk past the main branch of the Evanston Public Library on Sept. 20, 2011. The ABC Boosters program, a 10-week summer program organized to prepare young children for kindergarten, was launched in the summer of 2012.

Summer program a ‘booster’ for kindergarten preparedness

October 4, 2012

Nearly three dozen young children worked with a host of 14- to 17-year-olds this summer to build basic reading skills through a collaborative pilot program. An anonymous group’s $50,000 contribution to...

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