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Be SMART this year!

Social work intern Jack provides helpful tips for seniors on how to set SMART goals: goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-based.

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Introducing our spring intern

Welcome to H.O.M.E.'s newest intern from Chicago Semester! She will be working with seniors in the Good Life Senior Residences program.

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Making Visible Series: And Grandma Makes Three

A newly released report by the Urban Institute and Ascend highlights a two generation approach to lifting children out of poverty. “2Gen” is considered to be a “whole family” approach. But why just two generations? Read our response in the first of our Making Visible Series.

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An open letter to the next Chicago mayor

Read our message to the pool of candidates who hope to be the next mayor of Chicago: It is up to all of us, led by Chicago’s top elected officials, to demonstrate through our actions our respect for life’s veterans.

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