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Diversity, Inc. is an intergovernmental not-for-profit organization. Organized
in 1982 the organization has 20 member municipalities located in the region
south of the City of Chicago, Illinois and included in southern Cook County,
eastern Will County and Kankakee County:
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Calumet City, Calumet Park, Chicago Heights, Country Club Hills, East Hazel
Crest, Flossmoor, Glenwood, Harvey, Homewood, Kankakee, Lynwood, Oak Lawn,
Olympia Fields, Orland Hills, Park Forest, Riverdale, Sauk Village, South
Holland, Thornton and University Park.
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The Organization's Mission
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Diversity Inc. is organized to create and maintain the
social, economic, political, and commercial conditions which foster racially,
ethnically and culturally diverse residential environments.
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Diversity, Inc. and South Suburban Mayors and
Managers Association:
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Diversity Inc. collaborates with the South Suburban Mayors and Managers
Association (SSMMA) on their annual Legislative Priorities. Diversity, Inc.
provides legislators information on these priorities and how proposed laws
effect the mission of the organization.
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Diversity, Inc. is the designated agency to deal
with issues related to diversity and fair housing on behalf of the South
Suburban Mayors and Managers Association.
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Diversity, Inc. maintains open lines of
communication to all Mayor and Manager members of SSMMA through regular and
special reports on activities effecting the member municipalities.
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Diversity Inc. and Cook County:
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Diversity, Inc. is a recipient of funds from the
Housing and Community Development Act through Cook County’s Department of
Planning.
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Diversity, Inc. has collaborated with the County
in the development to Fair Housing Planning requirements of sub-recipients of
County Community Development Block Grant Funds.
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Diversity, Inc. is available to assist municipal
governments in the development of the required Fair Housing Action Plans as
part of the County’s Community Development Block Grant program.
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Diversity Inc. helped to initiate a
mobility-counseling program adopted by the Housing Authority of the County of
Cook to assist Housing Choice Voucher recipients to locate outside of areas of
concentrated low-income households and segregated African American communities.
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Diversity, Inc. and the U.S. Dept. of Housing
and Urban Development:
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Diversity Inc. works closely with the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development and was recognized by the
Department with its Best Practices Award.
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Diversity, Inc. facilitates better communication
between the Department of HUD and member municipalities on issues of HUD held
properties and FHA Insured Mortgage Foreclosures.
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For further information please
contact us or call Diversity, Inc. at (708) 206-1204.
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All Diversity, Inc. Municipal Members that are
also with the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association can be linked from
the Membership page.
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DIVERSITY, INC.
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