It is hard to believe that it has been three months since the pandemic upended life in this country. While many people have been sheltering in place, our frontline staff… Read more »
A Note From The CEO – May 2020
Category: news
Kids Connected: Breaking the cycle of poverty through integrated healthcare
COVID-19 is exposing Chicago’s deep economic and health inequities that have plagued Black and Brown communities on the South and West sides of the city for generations. There is a… Read more »
Combatting COVID-19 Through Community Collaboration
Every person, family and business is affected today by COVID-19. Families with unstable housing feel the effects even more severely. At Primo Center, we feel the pandemic’s impact throughout the… Read more »
Chicago Tribune Letter to the Editor: No child should be homeless
(Originally Published by the Chicago Tribune on October 16, 2019) You know the drill: young family, just starting out in the city. The oldest child turns 5 and off they… Read more »
NBC5 Chicago Visits the ECK for a Lesson on Healthy Holiday Side Dishes
Englewood chef and entrepreneur, Jessica Holmes, stopped by the Englewood Community Kitchens at Primo Center to teach our mothers how to prepare healthier side dishes for Thanksgiving dinner. https://www.nbcchicago.com/local/web-5pm-primo-center-thanksgiving-trotter-cc/2164518/
CEO, Christine Achre, speaks with Joan Esposito on WCPT-AM
Christine joined Joan in-studio to talk about Primo Center’s trauma-informed services and goal to end family homelessness in Chicago. Her interview starts at 21:37. https://soundcloud.com/chicagosprogressivetalk/joan-esposito-live-local-progressive-02132020
New Englewood Community Kitchens opens to improve health outcomes for all residents of Greater Englewood
In partnership with Whole Foods Market and Whole Cities Foundation, Primo Center opens full-service kitchen for Chicago’s most vulnerable residents and the Greater Englewood community Once considered a food desert… Read more »
Classic Kids’ Lovie Project and the Primo Center
Eight years ago, Classic Kids owner and friend of the Primo Center, Julie Floyd blessed our children and their mommies with new “lovies” from The Lovie Project. We are thrilled… Read more »
The Primo Center for Women and Children Among First to Receive Day 1 Families Fund Grant
Click to view PDF Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos donate $97.5 million to 24 nonprofits across the U.S. working on family homelessness CHICAGO – November 20, 2018: The Primo Center for… Read more »
When Chicago’s Homeless Kids Can’t Go to the Doctor, This Group Steps In
The Daily Beast Two years ago, a new family—a young mother and her six kids—arrived at the Primo Center for Women and Children, a homeless shelter on the west side of… Read more »
