A Chicago-based operator of 11 charter schools that has endured a Securities and Exchange Commission probe and the suspension of funding from the State of Illinois is on the hunt for PR proposals through May.
United Neighborhood Organization, the Windy City non-profit known as UNO, wants an agency to develop a strategic communications plan, execute a strategic media relations plan and serve as its primary media contact.
Proposals are due May 16.
UNO, which focuses on the Hispanic community, in December ousted its CEO Juan Rangel after a scandal involving his top aide and the revelation that the SEC was investigating its bond dealings, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
UNO in 2009 received what was believed to be the largest government subsidy for charter schools in the US – a $98M school construction grant.
UNO is also hiring a director of communications.
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