"So I have my long johns, I have my scarf, I have my face mask, I have my cap, I have my gloves—I'm ready to put myself in the best position possible so I can be in a comfortable spot as much as I can," he said. Accenture Chicago is also a sponsor, with 55 employees f...
This can spread to the services provided by the homeless industry, medical professionals, and similar services. As people talk a person can get labeled as ‘underserving’ and when those rumors reach the individuals controlling access to gov’t benefits and non-profit resources, it can influence ...
Bishop Grant and Reverend Barnes also told the media that Reverend Jesse Jackson and his staff are pulling together resources to help eliminate Chicago’s tent cities, including finding funds to build affordable housing and the resources needed to help the homeless become productive citizens of Chicag...
“Increased homelessness is the tragic, yet predictable, consequence of underinvesting in the resources and protections that help people find and maintain safe, affordable housing,” Renee Willis, incoming interim CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, in a statement. “As advocates...
"Increased homelessness is the tragic, yet predictable, consequence of underinvesting in the resources and protections that help people find and maintain safe, affordable housing," Renee Willis, incoming interim CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, said in a statement. "As advoc...
The Institute of Global Homelessness will hold its first bi-annual research conference from June 1 – 2, 2015 in Chicago. The conference, Homelessness in a Global Landscape, will explore broad themes in global homelessness, with an eye to narrowing the focus in subsequent years. We will conv...
Our success hinges upon our ability to mobilize, re-deploy, expand, and coordinate our financial and human resources, with the recognition that it will truly take all of us to end homelessness in Chicago. Getting Housed, Staying Housed: A Collaborative Plan to End Homelessness outlines,...
If nations vary so widely, that suggests national policy changes could reduce high rates of homelessness. In the past decade or so, the U.S. has dramatically ramped up resources devoted to eliminating homelessness among veterans. Thanks to these efforts, veteran homelessness went down 35 percent...
Deficits in social networks may also be a consequence of homeless- ness rather than a cause. Several studies suggest that people receive help from families and friends before becoming literally homeless, but eventually 4 Shinn they exhaust these interpersonal resources (Rossi, Wright, Fisher, & ...
Advocates are seeing more people seeking help for the first time, and officials are pooling their resources to fight the new face of homelessness.13h ago embed code copied Live Now CBS News 24/7 CBS News Baltimore CBS News Bay Area CBS News Boston CBS News Chicago CBS News Colorado CBS...