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BUDGET CRISIS UPDATE: HECC fam– take action TODAY! Tomorrow is the last day of the special General Assembly session and fiscal year. If a budget doesn't pass, it will be our 3RD YEAR without a full budget. ESL students would lose classes, domestic violence survivors would lose life-saving support, youth will lose the safety of school programs, parents will be left without affordable childcare...the list goes on. Call today and demand that Gov. Rauner and the General Assembly pass the budget! Get inspiration for your calls by reading HECC executive director's letter below! Here is a link to a pdf of

It's HECC's 50th anniversary– so let's celebrate! You're invited to the 50th Anniversary celebration this October! You have helped Rogers Park adults, families, children, and youth build better futures for themselves– earning GEDs, learning English, getting a job after incarceration, raising healthy children, and so much more. Let's honor the donors, participants, and staff that have offered a helping hand to the Rogers Park community for over five decades! For an electronic version of the save the date, click here and share with your friends and family!  For a little HECC history, check out this blog post!  More information about

Check out all of the accomplishments of HECC participants and programs that you made possible. Click to the pic to view!  

A snapshot of the 1970s-1980s HECC worked to improve the Jonquil Hotel, a run-down housing facility prone to crime in the 1970s. The neighborhood In the 1920s–1970s, Rogers Park saw an influx of people fleeing oppression, including African Americans from the South, and European, Vietnamese, and Latino/a immigrants. Rogers Park faced a housing crisis. This was intensified by an initiative to desegregate the city. Northpoint Apartments in Rogers Park were given incentives from the city and federal government to offer reduced rent to attract low-income Black people on the South and West Sides to move to the Northside. HECC