We encourage Chicago families of students with disabilities to apply for a chance to receive a one-time financial assistance payment.
The Diverse Learners Recovery Fund Application will be open through 10/30/24.
Recipients of the Diverse Learners Recovery Fund will be chosen through a lottery system. Only applications that have completed the verification process and found eligible will be able to participate in the lottery. The time period to verify the eligibility of applications will depend on the number of applications received at any given time. There will be a total of three lottery drawings which will occur on the following dates:
Applications verified as eligible that are not chosen in the first or second lottery drawing will have the opportunity to be chosen in subsequent lottery drawings.
Selected applicants will be notified by email and directed to return to the portal to select a payment method.
All verified eligible applicants will be notified of their status following each lottery drawing.
You can submit a copy of various document type as proof for your child’s disability:
If you don't receive an activation email after registering yourself on the portal, please check your spam or junk folder. Sometimes, automated filters may mistakenly route activation emails there. If found, mark the email as "Not Spam" to ensure future emails are delivered to your inbox.
No, unfortunately, you cannot edit your application after submitting it for verification. This is to maintain the integrity and accuracy of the information within our system. If you need to modify any information, please contact us at mopd@adasmckinley.org or call 312-561-6965, and someone will reset your application so it can be updated and resubmitted.
Yes, there are scheduled outreach events around the city just for these purposes. Please click here to download the outreach calendar to see the list of dates and times.