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About Streetwise Inc.

Empowering Chicagoans A Hand Up - Not a Hand Out - for 28 years! Our Mission: To empower the entrepreneurial spirit through the dignity of self-employment by providing Chicagoans facing homelessness with a combination of supportive social services, workforce development resources, and immediate access to gainful employment. By focusing on immediate income, job readiness and placement services, supportive employment, and financial and computer literacy, we provide individuals that are willing to work with a stable foundation from which they can move themselves out of the crisis of poverty. Sinc ... e its founding in 1992, over 13,000 of our neighbors have benefited from the income, training, and social service supports provided by StreetWise. Learn more at www.streetwise.org Help us empower people through employment. How to get involved with StreetWise: Purchase StreetWise magazine By purchasing a magazine from one of our vendors, your money goes directly to that individual. Each vendor makes a commission from the sales of this publication and these profits help them to afford housing, food, clothing, and more. Vendors can be found throughout much of the Chicagoland area. Volunteer There are many ways you can volunteer your time to StreetWise. Look over our Volunteer Opportunities list and let us know how you would like to be involved. www.streetwise.org/volunteer Invest A contribution of any amount to our not-for-profit organization goes to help support men and women facing homelessness and poverty on their journey toward financial stability and self-sufficiency. Keep in touch on social media Twitter: https://twitter.com/StreetWise_CHI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StreetWiseChicago Instagram: http://instagram.com/streetwise_chi YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/StreetWiseChicago More
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