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PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 PUBLIC LAW 117-328 AND THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR DIVISION L OF THAT ACT. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ARE LISTED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) THAT ACCOMPANIES A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR’S APPROPRIATIONS ACT OR CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. THE JES LISTS PROJECT, RECIPIENT, STATE, AMOUNT AND CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD PROJECTS INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. HUD WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL THE RECIPIENT SUBMITS THE REQUIRED PROJECT NARRATIVE AND CONFIRMS ALIGNMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. TO FIND THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT AWARD AS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD USE THE FOLLOWING LINK AND PATH SELECTIONS TO GET TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANTS HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/EDI-GRANTS, SELECT THE FISCAL YEAR OF INTEREST, SCROLL DOWN TO PROGRAM LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER FISCAL YEAR 20XX CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20XX: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT).; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVED PROJECT NARRATIVE.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS OR SERVED BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE JES RECIPIENT OR PROJECT DESCRIPTION SECTIONS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN CHICAGO - TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN CHICAGO, COMMUNITIES UNITED WILL IMPLEMENT ITS HEALING THROUGH JUSTICE INITIATIVE, ENGAGING 500 AT-RISK YOUTH THROUGH POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, WHILE DEVELOPING KEY SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL) CAPACITIES AMONG YOUTH PARTICIPANTS. THESE SEL CAPACITIES INCLUDE SOCIAL SKILLS, POSITIVE IDENTITY, CONTRIBUTION (DESIRE TO CONTRIBUTE TO FAMILY AND COMMUNITY), SELF-MANAGEMENT, AND ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY. THESE CAPACITIES ARE PROVEN TO CONTRIBUTE TO LONGER-TERM GAINS SUCH AS THRIVING, AND DECREASED NEGATIVE RISK-TAKING BEHAVIORS. HEALING THROUGH JUSTICE, IS AN INNOVATIVE INTERVENTION THAT COMBINES AN ASSET-BASED APPROACH TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY SOCIAL ACTION, AND ENGAGES COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE'S POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH BY ENGAGING THEM WITH THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE AND FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR PERSONAL ASSETS TO SUPPORT OVERALL WELLBEING (TRAUMA RECOVERY). THROUGH ITS HEALING THROUGH JUSTICE MODEL, COMMUNITIES UNITED ENGAGES YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR TO LEAD PROJECTS THAT ARE GROUNDED IN THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES TO CREATE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. IN HEALING THROUGH JUSTICE, YOUTH 1) REFLECT ON THEIR PERSONAL IDENTITY AND NARRATIVE; 2) DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF ISSUES IMPACT ON THEM, THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES; AND 3) BECOME EMPOWERED TO CHOOSE AND LEAD COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECTS FOCUSED ON STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS TO CHANGE THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. THE RESULT OF HEALING THROUGH JUSTICE IS THAT, BY WORKING TO HEAL THEIR COMMUNITY, YOUTH UNDERGO A POWERFUL PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE HEALING THEMSELVES. HEALING THROUGH JUSTICE MAKES INTENTIONAL THE PROCESS OF TRAUMA RECOVERY THROUGH COMMUNITY ACTION.

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