The mission of Austin Coming Together (ACT) is to increase the collective impact of our members oneducation and economic development outcomes in the Austin community area of Chicago. In the 2021calendar year, ACT continued to implement the Austin Community Hub initiative and Austin ForwardTogether quality of life plan towards these ends. The Austin Community Hub initiative was able tosupport 20 community-based groups resource and implement summer violence prevention andneighborhood safety activities, as well as facilitate hundreds of referrals within the ACT networks,connecting community members to educational, job readiness, and financial resources. By the end of2021, the implementation of Austin Forward Together quality of plan had facilitated approximately $2.7million of investments in Austin towards redevelopment and social programming.
