The line outside the Irving Park Community Food Pantry stretched down the block one morning last year. A new program launched by Heartland Alliance, in partnership with the city, uses “financial navigators” to help people in need find available services and aid, as well as manage their finances.
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Bread lines across the city grew as the pandemic triggered an economic downturn, but a new financial program hopes to ease the burden Chicagoans face.
Led locally by Heartland Alliance in partnership with the city, the program connects residents with financial advisers to help manage expenses and find available federal or local aid.