Join discussion on affordable housing issues

Posted October 07, 2015 11:00 pm

Submitted by Fox River Valley Initiative

The Fox River Valley Initiative will host a Fall Assembly at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Congregational Church of Batavia, 21 S. Batavia Ave.

This meeting will focus on expanding access to affordable housing, as well as crisis intervention training, the creation of a post-incarceration re-entry program for those with mental illness, and other diversion programs.

Fox River Valley Initiative is a broad-based group of nonpartisan, everyday citizens dedicated to resolving pressing social problems facing families and communities in the Fox River Valley. It works with DuPage United for organizer support, leadership development, relationships, and regional strategy. Visit www.dupageunited.org/fox/.

Member institutions include: Mercy Housing Lakefront with sites in Elgin and Aurora; Illinois Education Association; Batavia Education Association; Geneva Education Association; Elgin Teachers Association; Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church; Christ the Lord Lutheran in Elgin; Bethlehem Lutheran in St. Charles; St. Charles Episcopal Church; Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva; Geneva United Methodist Church; and Hesed House in Aurora.

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