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City Colleges of Chicago is committed to supporting student well-being—inside and outside the classroom. As the need to access affordable food grows and as federal...

City Colleges leadership, faculty, staff, and students gathered with partners, supporters, and funders to celebrate all that has been achieved together over the past five...

As Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits run dry, some Chicago families have struggled to put food on the table — but communities, schools and businesses...

Kennedy-King College and the entire Englewood community to celebrate a new MacArthur Fellow and social justice artist, Tonika Lewis Johnson, share her film titled The...

With SNAP funding in jeopardy, City Colleges of Chicago and the Greater Chicago Food Depository join forces and sound alarm on food access   Read...

Read City Colleges’ October 2025 newsletter below or here.

Millions will be impacted by pause in food stamps and other forthcoming changes to SNAP program With the looming threat of disruption to SNAP benefits,...

This program allows individuals in custody to earn an industry-recognized forklift credential so they can find meaningful employment as a forklift operator upon release from...

Students at the City Colleges of Chicago will soon be able to get more than an education and future career contacts on campus.

City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) and the Greater Chicago Food Depository announce the launch of “Food Security for Life,” a groundbreaking, multi-layered initiative that works...

 Gov. JB Pritzker visited Kennedy-King College in Chicago on Tuesday to launch the "Food Security for Life" program, aimed at providing nutritious food for students...

City Colleges of Chicago is partnering with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to offer free meals to students in an effort to combat food insecurity across...

In partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, this new City Colleges initiative ensures students and their families have access to nutritious food through enhanced...

Read City Colleges' September 2025 newsletter below or here.

City Colleges of Chicago on Tuesday announced a collaboration to expand services to food-insecure students through enhanced food pantries, snacks to go and even frozen meals...

It seeks to end hunger among City Colleges' 73,000 students for a lifetime. "I'm proud to launch the Food Security for Life program, an effort...