Meet our RPSA Flex Fund Manager and Conveners

The RPSA Emergency Victims Flex Fund provides immediate, flexible, and financial support to victims of gun violence and their families, prioritizing underserved and disenfranchised RPSA communities by addressing urgent, unmet needs and filling critical service gaps.

 

Black Expo Community Development manages the distribution of funds to 11 communities on Chicago's South Side.

 

If you are an individual with responsibility for identifying Flex Funds for your Agency and are located in one of the following communities, email our Flex Fund Manager for details on how your organization can access funds.

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OPEN TO ONLY RPSA FUNDED IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

• RPSA High Risk Youth Intervention Services

• Reimagine Youth Development

• RPSA Violence Prevention Services

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Located in the following communities:

• Ashburn

• Auburn Gresham

• Burnside

• Chatham

• Chicago Lawn

• Englewood

• Fuller Park

• New City

• South Deering

• Southwest Side Cluster

• West Englewood

The Burnside Convener organizing RPSA violence prevention and youth development organizations funded organizations in Burnside to participate along with a core group of community stakeholders to meet at least once a month to create a community action plan, safety plan and develop strategies to help reduce violence in the Burnside community.

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If you are a IDHS RPSA violence prevention and youth development organizations funded organizations in the Burnside community, you are required to participate in the Burnside Convener directed activities.  Please connect with the Burnside Convener, Brooke Butler through the email link below.

The Ashburn Convener organizing RPSA violence prevention and youth development organizations funded organizations in Ashburn to participate along with a core group of community stakeholders to meet at least once a month to create a community action plan, safety plan and develop strategies to help reduce violence in the Ashburn community.

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If you are a IDHS RPSA funded violence prevention or youth development organizations in the Ashburn community, you are required to participate in the Ashburn Convener directed activities.  Please connect with the Ashburn Convener, Zerlina Smith through the email link below.