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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

Proposed staff addition met with questioning from Evanston aldermen, Mental Health Board member

November 8, 2012

After Evanston aldermen questioned last week the need to create a new crisis intervention coordinator position, at least one member of the city’s Mental Health Board expressed similar concerns. “For...

Sarah Flax, grants administrator with the citys planning and zoning division, waits for residents to show up at the first of two public comment sessions on the citys 2013 Action Plan. The Plan will allocate more than $2.4 million toward programs for the Evanstons low- and moderate-income residents.

Presidential debate distracts residents from Action Plan feedback session

October 17, 2012

No Evanston residents showed up at a Tuesday night meeting to discuss the city’s $2.4 million Action Plan for housing, economic development and public service projects. Aside from Sarah Flax, the...

Evanston reinvigorates jobs program

October 10, 2012

Evanston recently took control of a program previously run by the Youth Job Center designed to give low- and middle-income workers the personal and vocational skills necessary to enter their desired careers. About...

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...

YOU receives $500,000 for street outreach program

October 4, 2012

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Evanston nonprofit Youth Organizations Umbrella a $500,000 grant that will fund a street outreach program in the city. YOU Executive Director...

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