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Chicago Police Department seeking officers

By AustinTalks | January 15, 2017

Apply Jan. 16th from 12 to 4 p.m. at By the Hand Club, 415 N. Laramie. The application deadline is Jan. 31.

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Chicago Police Department seeking more diverse workforce

By AustinTalks | November 4, 2015

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chief Garry McCarthy announced this week that applications for new officers are due Dec. 16, and the entrance exam will be given in February.

Community

Apply now for help in fixing your house

By AustinTalks | December 30, 2013

Open enrollment for the city’s roof and porch repair program begins 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2.

Community

Assistance is available to pay for Chicago Park District’s summer programs

By AustinTalks | May 28, 2012

Eligible students must apply by the June 11 deadline.

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There’s still time for public school students to apply for free Pathways to Princeton program

By Ellyn Fortino | March 23, 2012

Track E sixth-graders have until 5 p.m., March 26 to submit the application, two letters of recommendation and their most recent report card for a West Side program that will help kids prepare for college.

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CPS extends Local School Council application deadline to March 23

By Ellyn Fortino | March 7, 2012

Applicants will now have an extra two weeks to submit the required forms, and many positions are still available.

Community

The North Avenue Business Association announces sixth annual scholarship program

By AustinTalks | February 23, 2012

Austin high school seniors who plan to go to college and major in business or a business-related field are encouraged to apply before the March 16 deadline.

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Time is running out to apply for Local School Council positions

By Ellyn Fortino | February 17, 2012

Parents and community members interested in being part of a public school’s decision-making body have just until March 8 to submit an application.

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Austin homeowners can apply for home-improvement grants

By Ellyn Fortino | November 16, 2011

The deadline is 5 p.m. Dec. 9, and applications are available at Neighborhood Housing Services locations or one of the three Austin ward offices.

Community

Jobs available at CPS

By AustinTalks | July 20, 2011

The deadline to apply to be a parent advocate or school clerk assistant is July 27.

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  • Expungement, record sealing event helps West Siders get jobs after leaving prison

    Austin resident Anthony Jefferson has been working over the past six years to expunge his criminal record. With help from the Monroe Foundation, he's moving toward the clean slate he wants to achieve to secure employment.

  • Get free groceries, other help from these Austin groups

    On a recent Thursday, volunteers from What About Us Charitable Enterprises spent the morning filling dozens of grocery bags with fresh food and staples that soon filled the arms of West Side residents in need. Dorin “Pastor Mac” McIntyre, executive director and co-founder of What About Us Charitable Enterprises and pastor of Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church, is one of many helping Austin residents struggling with food insecurity.

  • 29th Ward residents invited to holiday events on Tuesday

  • 29th Ward residents invited to propose how to spend $450,000

    Austin residents are invited to participate in this year's participatory budgeting cycle. The annual process lets ward residents ages 14 and up decide how to spend a portion of the aldermanic menu money.

  • Forty Acres Fresh Market marks important moment this week in bringing store to Austin

    Austin moves one step closer this week to getting a new grocery store with the groundbreaking of Forty Acres Fresh Market in the heart of the Soul City Corridor. Another effort to expand food offerings on the West Side continues with the Austin Community Food Co-op, which held a virtual info session last week on its efforts to bring a grocery store to the area.

  • Healing in nature workshop set for Saturday

    The Westside Cultural Alliance continues its "See, Feel and Heal" nature series Saturday at Garfield Park Nature Area, 100 N. Central Park with a workshop on making memory boxes. The workshop sessions focus on art and nature as vehicles of healing through art therapy, which provides wholistic healing for the body, mind and spirit.

  • Illinois residents can apply for help with paying gas, electric bills

    Applications are now open for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for qualified residential customers who are over the age of 60, have a disability or have children under the age of 6 to receive financial assistance to pay their energy bills. LIHEAP is a federally funded bill payment assistance program that helps low- and fixed-income families pay their utility during the winter heating season.

  • West Siders turn out for chili cook off in Austin’s Soul City

    Over a dozen local chefs competed in the second annual "It’s Getting Chili in Soul City" event on Saturday. A team of five who make up the Austin African American Business Networking Association board – Malcolm Crawford, Shirley Fields, Sharmine Rickett, Ronald Smith and Marshawn Felton – created the chili contest last year.

  • Chicago Marathon runner raises money for West Side girls

    Over the last 20 years, Ashley Graham has run 56 marathons - including the Chicago Marathon five times. Several of those marathons she raised money for charity - and this year was no different.

  • Stop by Austin farmers market this week

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