Equity and Transformation

✨#FlashbackFriday On Feb 22, we partnered with UIC’s Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Initiative to host a powerful gathering focused on developing healthy work principles! Workers came together to shape fair labor practices & build solidarity. @UICHealthyWork @EatOrgChicago #WFS

Last year, our friends @eatorgchicago released an eval of their basic income program for formerly incarcerated people and found $500/month reduced homelessness & had other important benefits. Read more about a potential solution for a huge problem: eatchicago.org/reports/cffrou…

I recently did a interview with @LemonadaMedia on Guaranteed Income: Funding the Future omny.fm/shows/new-day-… @EatOrgChicago

The Tribe a great story on The Chicago Future Fund. You can find the full article below. Shout out to Rachel Pyon for a great interview @EatOrgChicago thetriibe.com/2025/02/report…

Learn more about the impact of the Chicago Future Fund on housing, healing, and helping Chicagoans get back on their feet in their latest report at the link: eatfuturefund.org

What CFF shows us is this: Guaranteed income doesn’t discourage work—it fuels the drive to overcome systemic barriers. This in turn improves over-all well-being, as seen below in the results from round 2.

In just the first year, participants began using the financial support to pay down debt. Those that were behind on bills dropped by 24%. Also 90% of participants found work—whether part-time, full-time, or in the gig economy at the end of round 2.

That’s where CFF came in. We provided $500 monthly payments to 100 participants—men and women from neighborhoods like Austin, West Garfield Park, and Englewood. Each of them had a criminal record and faced enormous obstacles to having stability in life.

For many, the costs of a criminal record go far beyond what’s on paper. Jobs are scarce. Housing is unstable. And even basic needs—like food and utilities—become constant struggles. In Chicago’s West Side, these challenges are even more pronounced.

Meet the Chicago Future Fund (CFF)—a groundbreaking program that’s changing the lives of formerly incarcerated Chicagoans. For the last two years, we’ve had the privilege of working alongside @EatOrgChicago to help remove barriers to re-entry and build a brighter future for these individuals. Here’s their story. 👇 #GuaranteedIncome

Thank you to everyone who joined us in this crucial effort to drive positive change and support our community. Together, we are making a meaningful difference! #ChicagoFutureFund #CFF #GuaranteedIncome #TheBigPayback

Yesterday , we unveiled our Chicago Future Fund report during our funder briefing, highlighting its impact on formerly incarcerated individuals and lower-income communities in Chicago #ChicagoFutureFund #CFF #GuaranteedIncome #TheBigPayback

The #ChicagoFutureFund report is here!! Read to learn the impacts of guaranteed income and what is possible! We have to build the future we want to see and we believe in a future with Reparations for those most harmed eatchicago.org/reports/cffrou…

Participants were fully engulfed into E.A.T community throughout the program. From becoming members of the organization, taking surveys , engaging media and speaking at events. The #ChicagoFutureFund aimed to impact lives in major ways

We aimed to provide mutual aid relief for our community in the form of guaranteed income, while also creating the framework to show GI as a form or reparations

In 2023, Equity and Transformation launched its second round of the #Chicagofuturefund giving $500 a month to system impacted black folks on the west and south side of Chicago. youtu.be/PX9wr_H7sa8?si…

Check out our Chicago Future Fund report to learn about the impact our guaranteed income program is having on individuals in Englewood #ChicagoFutureFund #TheBigPayback instagram.com/p/DG6gLSFyFxU/…

Join us next week for our first AMPT Connect, March 13th from 5:30 - 7 PM at 600 W. Cermak Rd! Register now to secure your spot at bit.ly/AMPTConnect #AMPTConnect #RegisterNow