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Proactive Community Services Receives $100,000 Impact Grant

Grant from Northern Illinois Community Initiatives (NICI) Awarded to Expand Workforce Development Efforts in South Suburban Cook County

Pictured above is Proactive Community Services staff and NICI representatives presenting the $100,000 Impact Grant check.
Pictured above is Proactive Community Services staff and NICI representatives presenting the $100,000 Impact Grant check. (Nicor Gas)

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Northern Illinois Community Initiatives (NICI) awarded a $100,000 Impact Grant to Proactive Community Services in Flossmoor. The grant will help sustain the employment solutions program and address program participants' barriers including providing gas/bus cards, healthcare services, childcare resources, etc. Impact Grants build up NICI’s mission to attract investment, mobilize partners and connect vital resources to underserved communities in Nicor Gas' service areas. NICI was founded in 2021 by Nicor Gas through a $20 million endowment from its parent company, Southern Company Gas.


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