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Unemployed Action Center Services Menu
The Chicago Jobs with Justice Unemployed Action Center is staffed by organizers and volunteers who can help you find the resources you need to get by while out of work. See below for links that may be useful. You can come by our offices on weekdays from 9 AM - 5 PM at 333 S. Ashland in Chicago [map] for one-on-one help.
Unemployment Benefits:
Multiple Services Agencies:
- 'Unemployment Lifeline' by AFL-CIO
- Illinois Department of Human Services
- CEDA in Chicago
- Catholic Charities
- Jewish Child and Family Services
- Lutheran Social Services
Food:
Medical:
Housing:
- Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign
- Chicag Coalition for the Homeless
- Affordable Housing Centers of America
- Chicago Housing Authority
- Home Energy Assistance, Weatherization Programs, U.S., IL.
Legal Help:
- Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
- Lawyers Committee for Better Housing
- Tenents threatened with eviction
Jobs:
- State of Illinois - IDES
- U.S. Dept. of Labor 'CareerOneStop'
- Chicago Tribune
- The Chicago Reader
- Craig's List
Rights:
Transit:
- Costs. Routes. Trackers. CTA. Pace bus. Metra rail. RTA.
- Many seniors are still entitled to ride CTA, Pace, and Metra free (instead of at a seniors' reduced fare)! You may register online for the State of Illinois' Seniors Circuit Breaker if your income after certain deductions is less than $27,000 per year, https://cbrx1.aging.illinois.gov/app/cbci/. You can apply at the same time to get some money back from real estate taxes.
- Destinations: Chicago Jobs with Justice, 333 S. Ashland [map]. State of Illinois Building (James R Thompson Center) / 100 W. Randolph (at Clark St.), Chicago Loop [map]. LaSalle and Jackson [map]. Kluczynski Federal Building, Jackson and Dearborn [map].
- Now. Next 9-Ashland bus northbound, southbound. Next 126-Jackson bus to downtown, from downtown.
The Unemployed Action Center, Thursdays, 9am - 5pm., 333 S. Ashland.
Explore and troubleshoot benefits and services. Work on your job history and plan. Use the Internet for job research. Join in UAC actions. (312) 738-6161, susanh@jwj.org.
