Community Research on Self-Sufficiency - CROSS

12/17/2025

07/06/2023

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05/29/2023

Transforming Impossible into Possible - TIP Program recently released a powerful TIP Talks from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funded Jobs Plus Program of Chicago Housing Authority at Dearborn Homes, Chicago with Centers for New Horizons, Inc.

TIP Talks is the success story of all TIPPERS out there who best practice TIPPING of barriers to hope (psychological self-sufficiency). World is awaiting to ...

12/07/2021

“It was a series of pivotal moments for quite some time. I was seeking autonomy instead of stability,” says podcast participant Ann R., a consultant and entrepreneur who left a position in corporate America. Join us for Beyond the Data: Real Stories of the on Friday, December 10, at 10 am CST via Facebook Live. We encourage you to share your questions in advance when you register or during the live stream. Please plan to stick around after the episode for a live, virtual Q and A with the podcast participants. Register today at http://ow.ly/j3kA50H3qfy

12/07/2021

In August more than 4 million people left their jobs. What’s been dubbed the occurred during a workforce shortage! As the largest public system in the nation, we went straight to the source, talking to people who have reimagined their professional lives and other experts. Join us for Beyond the Data: Real Stories of the Great Resignation on Friday, December 10, at 10 am CST via Facebook Live. We encourage you to share your questions and comments during the live stream. Please plan to stick around after the episode for a live, virtual Q and A with the podcast participants. Register today at http://ow.ly/6cKX50H0kj6

10/26/2021

TIP Talks is the success story of all TIPPERS out there who best practice TIPPING of barriers to hope (psychological self-sufficiency). World is awaiting to ...

09/14/2021

Loyola University Chicago was one the three grantees of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants - HPOG University Partnership (HPOG UP) 2.0 Research grants [2016-2020(2021)]. The multi-year grant cycle is coming to an end this month and we are grateful to have been a partner to this amazing federal initiative led by the Administration for Children and Families - ACF Office of Family Assistance (OFA) and Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation - OPRE. This video that features Hpog Chicagoland highlights how Health Profession Opportunity Grants - HPOG makes a difference in our communities. Center for Research on Self-Sufficiency - CROSS at Loyola University Chicago: School of Social Work would like to thank the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation - OPRE, ICF, and Chicago State University (South Suburban College and Metropolitan Family Services) for all the hard, meaningful work that truly matter to many who we are here to support and walk with. Thank you!

TIP Talks is the success story of all TIPPERS out there who best practice TIPPING of barriers to hope (psychological self-sufficiency). World is awaiting to ...

09/05/2021

(2021). Transforming Impossible into Possible (TIP) for SUD recovery: A promising practice innovation to combat the opioid crisis. Social Work in Health Care: Vol. 60, No. 6-7, pp. 509-528.

07/30/2021

Loyola University Chicago Center for Research on Self-Sufficiency - CROSS grant research is featured on this newly released Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation - OPRE report on the Health Profession Opportunity Grants - HPOG University Partnership 2.0 Research Grants.

This is the landing page for a synthesis report that summarizes lessons learned and early findings from the Health Profession Opportunity Grants University Partnerships (HPOG UP) 2.0 research grants following the end of the grant cycle in September 2020.

04/27/2021

The purpose of this study is to examine various factors associated with employment hope among 702 North Korean defectors who newly entered the Settlement Support Center in South Korea. These defector...