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Coalition on Urban Girls and Lurie Children's: Resource Gathering (Oct 1)

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This Resource Gathering brought together partners across education, health, and community services to advance Chicago’s Quality of Life Plan for girls. This work is about more than symptoms—we’re confronting structural conditions that shape safety, housing stability, mental health, and economic opportunity.


Why this matters


  • A comprehensive QLP is a strategic investment framework that recognizes: you can’t address safety without housing stability; you can’t improve education without mental health support; you can’t prevent exploitation without economic opportunity.


  • The plan maps interconnected systems—housing, education, healthcare, criminal justice, and economic development—impacting Black, Latina, and marginalized girls citywide.


  • Rather than top-down solutions, the QLP is a data-driven, community-led roadmap for coordinated prevention and intervention, aligned with a commitment to dismantling barriers and building conditions for all girls to thrive.



What we’re building


  • Communities of Practice (CoPs): inclusive networks that center girls’ voices, bring together educators, healthcare providers, organizers, researchers, and policymakers, and co-design cross-sector solutions.


  • Prioritization Sessions: October sessions will identify urgent needs from the “Are the Girls Well?” white paper and determine focus areas for each CoP, ensuring resources are allocated where communities say they’re needed most.


Call to action


- If you’re a stakeholder committed to real change for Chicago’s girls, join us in turning priorities into action. Share resources, participate in CoPs, and help translate data into tangible reforms.


- Stay informed and engaged: follow the Coalition on Urban Girls (CUG) and subscribe for updates on the October prioritization sessions and the broader QLP rollout.


Coalition on Urban Girls and Lurie Children's: Resource Gathering


  • Magoon Institute for Healthy Communities at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

  • Center for Childhood Resilience at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

  • Nutrition Support Services (NSS), Chicago Public Schools (CPS)

  • Health & Wellness, Chicago Park District

  • Commitment to share white paper and resources citywide



 
 
 

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