

Today Metropolitan Family Services assists more than 136,600 families and individuals annually through seven community centers in Chicago, Evanston/Skokie, the southwest suburbs and DuPage County. But most of all, we have bolstered the strength that lies within each person, provided hope for a brighter future and helped individuals and families reclaim their dignity and purpose. We’ve supported them with financial aid, counseling, education and legal services. The idea was to encourage White Americans. Throughout our long history we have reached out to help the young and old, unemployed and working poor, long-time citizens and new immigrants and those challenged by changing economics, troubled relationships, inadequate education and mental health issues. In the 1930s, the federal government aimed to increase the countrys housing stock.

Founded as the Chicago Relief and Aid Society, our organization has helped families get through the devastating hardships of poverty, world wars, epidemics and natural disasters. Browse 990 chicago 1930s stock videos and clips available to use in your projects, or search for chicago worlds fair or chicago theater to find more stock footage and b-roll video clips. Since 1857, Metropolitan Family Services has empowered families to learn, to earn, to heal and to thrive.

“I am not only labeled as a survivor, I became one.”.Metropolitan & Legal Aid Associate Board During the 1930s, the federal government incorporated disaster relief as part of its wide-reaching legislation to rebuild the U.S.
