The Challenge & The Solution

The working-class residents of the Little Village community quietly support the way-of-life of all Chicagoans.  Our residents staff restaurants throughout the city.  They provide daily assistance as laborers in industries such as childcare, janitorial, landscaping, and construction industries. 

Yet our residents – and their children – do not have access to the same opportunities available to those who employ them.  Neighborhood schools fall below state standards.  Children play on the streets because we don’t have enough parks or playgrounds.  Residents are afraid of walking through certain blocks after dark.

Enlace Chicago works to improve these conditions through a preventative and proactive approach that strengthens our families, our neighborhood, and thereby, our city. Through our four program areas, Education, Violence Prevention, Cultural Enrichment, and Economic Development, Enlace Chicago directly serves more than 5,000 youth and adults.  The organization’s impact reaches well beyond this number and benefits our entire community of nearly 100,000 residents by creating opportunities and resources throughout the neighborhood.

Enlace Chicago
2756 South Harding Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60623

Phone: 773-542-9233
Fax: 773-542-9241
Email: Enlace@enlacechicago.org

Community Schools
4355 West 26th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60623

Phone: 773-522-2773
Fax: 773-522-2717
Email: czayas@enlacechicago.org

Violence Prevention
2300 South Millard Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60623

Phone/Fax: 773-475-7953
Email: mrodriguez@enlacechicago.org