The plan includes a $50 million increase to funding in next fiscal year's proposed budget for Home Illinois, a program created by Pritzker's administration in 2022 to prevent and end homelessness.
Governor J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announced $5 million in funding for the Home Illinois Workforce Pilot Program. This program is a partnership between
After more than a year of back-and-forth between Fortitude Community Outreach and its decision of where to permanently set up shop, the nonprofit organization providing services to the area s homeless
Chicago faces myriad pressures to help people find a permanent place to live, whether they're migrants, living on the street or doubled up with family or friends.
Community members, residents and staff celebrated Connections for the Homeless’ recent purchase of the Margarita Inn with an open house at the facility on Tuesday. Connections has operated the former hotel since 2020 as a homeless shelter and officially purchased the building in November 2023. The inn currently accommodates approximately 60 unhoused individuals at 1566.