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As part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, CCBF co-hosted a virtual event alongside Women’s Justice Institute and Ascend Justice to hear from survivors who are currently [...]

As of this month, Chicago Community Bond Fund has paid over $5 million to free more than 750 people in seven years!  Just since 2020, CCBF has paid $3.5 million of that total for 540 people [...]

We know many of you have seen the incredibly harmful, anti-Black, racist, and classist lies from paper mailers and social media about the Pretrial Fairness Act. We want to ensure that you have [...]

CCBF wants to remain transparent and accountable to the community that makes our work possible. Therefore, we will continue to provide public updates on the operations of our Revolving Fund. Our [...]

This month, the Chicago Reader and TRiiBE published two investigative pieces highlighting the experiences of Shannon Ross, Jeremy “Mohawk” Johnson, and [...]

This November, CCBF will celebrate the seventh anniversary of our launch. In just seven years, we have helped win policy changes that dramatically reduced the number of people incarcerated in [...]

CCBF provides periodic public updates on the operations of our Revolving Fund in order to remain transparent and accountable to the community that makes our work possible. Our last detailed [...]

“We’re just neighbors, just people, showing up. You don’t have to have a social work degree or anything. If you care, show up.” Readers can donate to Chicago Community Jail Support on CashApp [...]

CCBF strives to maintain transparency and accountability to the larger community that makes all our work possible by providing periodic public updates on the operations of our Revolving Fund. Our [...]

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, [...]