Delegate Agency, Phalanx Family Services (PFS), will administer and supervise funding from the Chicago Department of Public Health to implement the development of the PlayStreets project in the South region of Chicago including Armour Square, Auburn Gresham, Burnside, Chatham, Chicago Lawn, *Englewood, Fuller Park, Greater Grand Crossing, Oakland, Riverdale, Roseland, South Chicago, South Deering, South Shore, Washington Heights, Washington Park, *West Englewood, West Pullman, and Woodlawn as directed below. Support implementing CBO’s with the planning and execution of their activations as well as related activities. All correspondence and submissions should be addressed to Phalanx Family Services for the South region of Chicago including Armour Square, Auburn Gresham, Burnside, Chatham, Chicago Lawn, *Englewood, Fuller Park, Greater Grand Crossing, Oakland, Riverdale, Roseland, South Chicago, South Deering, South Shore, Washington Heights, Washington Park, *West Englewood, West Pullman, and Woodlawn as directed below. Applicant CBO’s must select at least one neighborhood. If multiple neighborhoods are selected, the applicant CBO must be willing to provide Playstreets activations in those areas. This may be indicated in the application below under Contract Neighborhood.
For summer 2026, 228 in-person PlayStreets activations will take place across Chicago, 114 of which will occur in the West region, 114 activations in the South region with a minimum of 350 participants per activation. These events will be implemented by community-based organizations in community areas.
Scope of Services
Successful respondents to this Letter of Intent (LOI) will enter a contract with Phalanx Family Services by tentative date to implement a minimum of six (6) activations in the prioritized community areas. Partner responsibilities include: participation in mandatory Playstreets trainings, check-ins, and wrap-up (Dates TBD, will be shared in final contract once participants are notified), recommending a safe and appropriate community location on a city street for each activation, notifying local schools and community organizations; promoting each PlayStreets activation fully throughout the community; providing a minimum of five adults to set up each activation, facilitating activities, assisting in program-mandated evaluation and cleaning up after the activation; recruiting a minimum of 350 community participants for each activation (both children and adults) and providing incentives and prizes for participants during the activations.
Partners will be expected to provide a firm calendar of dates, times, social media platform locations by tentative date. Activations should be scheduled between June 1, 2026 through September 30, 2026. Each activation should be a minimum of three (3) hours in length. Partner organizations will secure street closure permission from residents as required.
The goal of these events is to create new opportunities for community members to engage in physical activity that would otherwise not exist in the community. Events must be located on a public street – parks, parking lots and other non-street areas are not permitted. Partners will not be reimbursed for any expenses related to events found to occur on locations other than a public street and may have contracts revoked for events held in non-permitted locations. In addition, in keeping with the goals of CDPH’s Healthy Chicago initiative, partners must not offer or permit unhealthy foods or other items to be sold (soda, candy, ice cream, cupcakes, cookies, chips, clothes, etc.) at PlayStreets events.
Funding and Resources
PlayStreets partners will receive a total of $21,000 for their participation. Funding will be distributed in $3,500 portions after full and satisfactory completion of each activation, up to a maximum of six activations. As a mandatory requirement, partners assume full responsibility for the coordination and rental of items needed for each activation. The delegate agencies will provide logistics support and resources each activation event, as well as marketing materials for virtual activities. A member of your regional delegate agency staff will serve as a liaison to PlayStreets partners and provide guidance and support in planning for successful activations.
All PlayStreets letter of intents for the South region are due by 11:59pm on April 10, 2026. The application begins on the next page of this form and consists of all dates, contact information and narrative response questions. Please answer all questions.
Decisions will be announced during the week of April 20th. Selected Partners will be required to submit a complete temporary list of planned dates, times and locations by May 30, 2026.
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