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CCBF is excited to announce that we are hiring a Director of Programs and Director of Advocacy. The full job descriptions and instructions for applying can be found below: The Director of [...]

CCBF is excited to announce that we are hiring a Campaign Coordinator for the Coalition to End Money Bond. The full job description and instructions for applying can be found here. This is an [...]

On Sunday, January 17th, Jose Villa died after contracting COVID-19 in Cook County Jail. Mr. Villa, who was 84 years old, tried to have his bail reduced in April 2020, as the jail became one of [...]

Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) officially came to life just over five years ago in November 2015. This half decade has been filled with advocacy, organizing, relationship building, and [...]

CCBF is thrilled to announce that the Pretrial Fairness Act, our landmark legislation developed with our partners at the Coalition to End Money Bond and the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice, [...]

On December 23, 2020, Theodore Becker died after contracting COVID-19 inside of Cook County Jail. He was 64 years old and, and is now the ninth person to die from COVID-19 while in the custody of [...]

Chicago Community Bond Fund wishes you all a happy new year! We thank you all for your support in 2020, which brought us all new and unknowable challenges.  In 2020, CCBF’s staff grew to [...]

Chicago Community Bond Fund (“CCBF”) is a non-profit organization dedicated to ending the use of money bond and pretrial incarceration. Through a revolving bail fund, CCBF has paid over [...]

The union representing guards at Cook County Jail is calling for their members to be first in line for the COVID-19 vaccine, yet has made no similar calls for the vaccination of people who are [...]

Since the summer, we have organized alongside our partners at SOUL, The People’s Lobby, National Nurses United, the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, and 43 additional endorsing organizations to [...]