Programs & Services

                                                                         REGAP  -  Redevelopment, Revitalization, Environmental Greening, Aviation Program in

disadvantaged, economically stressed areas.  We take housing,, discarded, abandoned, foreclosed or in otherwise disrepair and return them to viable permanent housing for low to moderate income families, the disabled, veterans and those facing homelessness on an ongoing basis.  We are currently working on two projects

• Champlain Project - a single family three story residence with a bit of history as was given to our organization and was said to be the home of the first black alderman.
  

• Phoenix Project - One story residence,
  

Youth Workshop Empowerment -  Remember back in the day when you turned 16 years old, school is out for the summer and you got a SUMMER JOB!!!  That $174.00 two week check you thought was a lot of money, it was GREAT!  You purchased some new clothing and gave your little sister or brother money because they were too young to work. Yea, that was the good ol' days. We have organized a workshop of twenty to twenty-five youths to assist in rebuilding disadvantaged neighborhoods one building at a time.  The participants in the program have the opportunity to learn a trade that can lead them into a rewarding career and keep them off the streets.

HomeBound - Home Counseling  -  AASG's Home Bound Program designed specifically for low-income individuals, families, veterans, the elderly and disabled.  We are committed to helping people in low-income neighborhoods to become homeowners and rebuild their community.  We have recognized that there is a wealth of information to assist this class of recipients with home purchasing and ownership.  Access to this information is readily available but may not be understandable which is intimidating to some people.  AASG will help to eliminate this intimidation through education and assistance through the process of pre-purchase counseling.  We will guide participants to programs to obtain their certification and understanding the process of the certification.  We will assist recipients with obtaining and understanding their credit reports, how to remove any inaccurate information.  We will inform them about fair lending requirements and to recognize potential lending abuses and mortgage fraud.   We will inform them of programs and projects available for people with low-moderate income,.  We will assist with helping the participants overcome a variety of barriers of obtaining homeownership, including bad credit, lack of down payment, existing debt, and proper money management,  Through Home Bound we will make aware to individuals, families, veterans, elderly and disabled people, this information.

Its' Easy Being Green - Over the years the city of Chicago has embarked on many endeavors to green prime parts of the city. However, while many of Chicago green initiatives has been a success; other less popular locations has fallen to the way side. As a non-profit company we believe it is our call to provide education to the underserved masses in Chicago on how to grow up green.

Our project began in a community that is very popular in Chicago for it high rates of drop-outs, violence, impoverished living and abandoned buildings. This community has seen many struggles and changes over the years but we believe that this community known as Englewood can become a great and central green hub of the city of Chicago.

We believe that that all neighborhoods can become green areas because of the ease of transportation, vast expanse of underused property, as well as its dense population. By creating a green hub in a dense but easily accessible community we help to rapidly expand the knowledge of environmental greening through technology.

The existence of "Its Easy Being Green" in communities will provide youths and parents the opportunity and pride of developing the neighborhood. Our goal will be to hire the youth and some adults from the community to work on the building of the green hub and learn about creating a certified LEED building within their neighborhood. After the hub has been created the students from the project will move on to give their suggestions for seminars on how to go green and have a rotating opportunity to spread their knowledge to others who attend the seminars. We believe our going green journey is a multi-fold project that represents knowledge, self-reliance, and the future.

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