Chicago, IL - 60610 (312) 944-8669 Our four-month interim housing program provides up to 10 women a safe, structured community where women and staff work together to meet goals such as housing, employment, family reunification, imprmore... ...
CHICAGO (CBS)– Local leaders on Thursday revealed details about a proposed plan to merge homeless and migrant shelters in Chicago and what a unified shelter system could look like. But there are ways to go before the proposal is a reality. They called it the One System Initiative. It's d...
Risk factors for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in homeless shelters in Chicago, Illinois—March–May, 2020. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020;7(11):477. 32. McCormick D, Scott T, Chavez J, Wilcox K, Marx GE, Stella SA, et al. LB-12 SARS-CoV-2 RNA and ...
Charts were obtained from homeless patients seen at free general clinics held shelters in Chicago, IL (781 charts) and in Champaign, IL (31 charts). Records reporting at least one otolaryngology disease in a patient experiencing homelessness were included in this study. Patients were considered ...
Local leaders revealed details about a proposed plan to merge homeless and migrant shelters in Chicago and what a unified shelter system could look like. They called it the One System Initiative. It's designed to streamline how the city serves its l
The people who are notorious for outing homeless people are 1) volunteers at homeless shelters, soup kitchens or food banks; 2) members of religious organizations that provide benefits to people surviving poverty, homeless or not, and 3) librarians at the local public library. ...
In search of sanctuary: addressing issues of domestic violence and homelessness at shelters. Through semistructured interviews the present exploratory study identifies similarities and differences between the experiences of women affected by both d... SP Krishnan,JC Hilbert - 《Womens Health Issues Offic...
In this study, we describe use of health services and self-reported access to regular and emergency care by unaccompanied homeless adolescents in shelters, and by street youth. Methods Data for this study were collected as part of a study of runaway and homeless youths’ substance use and drug...
During the 30 days preceding the enrolling hospitalization, 27% of participants had lived on the streets, 43% had stayed in shelters, and 50% were temporarily staying with family or friends. The median duration of homelessness was 30 months (interquartile range, 11-105 months). Primary ...
Most research on the topic is confined to people who are sometimes called the "literal" homeless (Rossi, 1989)--those who sleep in shelters, or on the street, in vehicles, or aban- 1This article is based on a Presidential Address to the Society for Community Research and Action: The ...