UCAN (Chicago)
Ellie Bayar is a Senior Grants Writer at UCAN in Chicago since September 2023, focusing on developing grant objectives and submitting applications for financial support. Previously, Ellie served as an Education Program Coordinator at Northwestern University, ensuring state licensure and accreditation compliance for the residency program while managing educational functions. In a prior role as Project Coordinator for Chicago Public Schools, Ellie collaborated with leadership to meet school needs, managed a large team of Care Room Attendants, and handled recruitment and training initiatives. Additionally, Ellie has teaching experience from Chicago Sinai Congregation, where educational plans were created to support student development, and worked as a Law Clerk at Lawrence H. Hyman & Associates, preparing legal documents and organizing case files. Ellie holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from DePaul University, obtained in 2021.
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UCAN (Chicago)
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UCAN builds strong youth and families through compassionate healing, education, and empowerment. Since the Civil War, UCAN has served the most vulnerable children, youth, and families, and has grown over 145 years into a premier social service agency serving over 10,000 individuals annually. UCAN programs address the impact of trauma: with a consistent presence, meaningful programs, and unrivaled organizational diversity and cultural competence. These trauma-informed programs include clinical and counseling services, support for pregnant or parenting teens, foster care placement, a therapeutic youth home, a therapeutic day school, transitional living programs, workforce development, youth leadership development, and violence prevention. At the heart of it all, UCAN’s vision is that youth who have suffered trauma can become our future leaders. UCAN is a consistent and compassionate presence in the lives of those who are most at risk. We start with the premise that communities with challenges possess strengths upon which they can build. From this premise evolves an approach to community support that fosters collaboration with existing neighborhood resources to strengthen communities, one youth at a time. UCAN’s community efforts provide leadership development, supportive jobs for youth, individual healing, and mentoring. UCAN's founding is rooted in spirituality. In 1869, UCAN was founded by members of St. Pauls United Church of Christ (UCC) to provide a home for orphaned children of Civil War soldiers. The UCC and its predecessors have long advocated for social justice, including the struggle for the abolition of slavery and being the first to ordain African-Americans, women, and openly gay persons as clergy. Diversity is a core UCAN value, reflected in our staff, our minority-led Board of Directors, and our clients. It is vitally important that UCAN counteract the influence of discrimination on our communities, families and youth.