Illinois Real Deal: Life 101  Official Project  The Problem
Illinois Coalition for Community Services is a program devoted
to “helping communities help themselves.” In addition, they are
committed to empowering people to determine the direction of
their communities through education, advocacy and grassroots
organizing. Throughout the summer, ICCS is teaming up with
AmeriCorps to develop a program called Illinois Real Deal: Life
101 that would collaborate with local schools to educate young
students on the importance of planning for their future. Our
program will lead students through a real-life simulation,
hands-on experience, where they will participate in activities
that will allow them to experience what it would be like in the
real world when they will be expected to support themselves as
adults. Students will be given random job titles that will
determine their salary and the amount of money they can spend
throughout the program. Different stations will be set up in
representation of expenses such as h