Causes: Civil Rights, Human Services, International, International Human Rights, Minority Rights
Mission: Heartland Alliance—the leading anti-poverty organization in the Midwest— believes that all of us deserve the opportunity to improve our lives. Each year, we help ensure this opportunity for nearly one million people around the world who are homeless, living in poverty, or seeking safety.
Target demographics: vulnerable people & end poverty.
Direct beneficiaries per year: nearly 1 million people
Geographic areas served: Chicago, the midwest & all over the world
Programs: National immigrant justice center: the heartland alliance national immigrant justice center (nijc) is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Nijc provides direct legal services to and advocates for these populations through policy reform, impact legislation, and public education. With the support of hundreds of pro bono attorneys, nijc provides legal services to more than 8,000 individuals each year and maintains a success rate of 90 percent in obtaining asylum for those fleeing persecution in their home countries. Since its founding twenty-five years ago, nijc has been unique in blending individual client advocacy with broad-based systemic change.
public policy and advocacy: through our advocacy and research efforts, heartland alliance works to change public policies to improve the lives of people living in poverty and danger. Through our advocacy efforts, heartland alliance strives to achieve systemic social change that improves the quality of life for people in poverty and danger. Our 125 years of expertise in the trenches providing direct services gives us a unique understanding of the administrative and policy barriers that plague public systems. We work to advance proven solutions and improve government policies at the local, state and federal levels by developing policy proposals, building strategic alliances, and pursuing legislative action.
international programs: for more than 125 years, heartland alliance has been working with globally displaced persons, including refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and victims of trafficking. Through our efforts working with displaced persons domestically, we have connected with people from their countries of origin and have worked on improving the lives of those living in poverty and danger abroad. Heartland alliance's international programs focus on vulnerable populations in situations of past or ongoing conflict or disaster, and to work to build the capacity of local organizational partners to provide quality and sustainable systems of care and protection.
other program services: heartland alliance will occasionally provide services to a particular population on a one-time or intermittent schedule for individual donor specified purposes.
Mission: Heartland Alliance—the leading anti-poverty organization in the Midwest— believes that all of us deserve the opportunity to improve our lives. Each year, we help ensure this opportunity for nearly one million people around the world who are homeless, living in poverty, or seeking safety.
Target demographics: vulnerable people & end poverty.
Direct beneficiaries per year: nearly 1 million people
Geographic areas served: Chicago, the midwest & all over the world
Programs: National immigrant justice center: the heartland alliance national immigrant justice center (nijc) is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Nijc provides direct legal services to and advocates for these populations through policy reform, impact legislation, and public education. With the support of hundreds of pro bono attorneys, nijc provides legal services to more than 8,000 individuals each year and maintains a success rate of 90 percent in obtaining asylum for those fleeing persecution in their home countries. Since its founding twenty-five years ago, nijc has been unique in blending individual client advocacy with broad-based systemic change.
public policy and advocacy: through our advocacy and research efforts, heartland alliance works to change public policies to improve the lives of people living in poverty and danger. Through our advocacy efforts, heartland alliance strives to achieve systemic social change that improves the quality of life for people in poverty and danger. Our 125 years of expertise in the trenches providing direct services gives us a unique understanding of the administrative and policy barriers that plague public systems. We work to advance proven solutions and improve government policies at the local, state and federal levels by developing policy proposals, building strategic alliances, and pursuing legislative action.
international programs: for more than 125 years, heartland alliance has been working with globally displaced persons, including refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and victims of trafficking. Through our efforts working with displaced persons domestically, we have connected with people from their countries of origin and have worked on improving the lives of those living in poverty and danger abroad. Heartland alliance's international programs focus on vulnerable populations in situations of past or ongoing conflict or disaster, and to work to build the capacity of local organizational partners to provide quality and sustainable systems of care and protection.
other program services: heartland alliance will occasionally provide services to a particular population on a one-time or intermittent schedule for individual donor specified purposes.
208 S Lasalle St Ste 1818, Chicago, IL 60604
312-660-1300
Civil Rights
Chicago
