City to Provide Housing for 125 Homeless
by Wendell A. LaGrand
The city of Chicago plans to provide housing for over one-hundred homeless people by the end of the year.
The initiative is part of a three-year national effort to house 100,000 vulnerable individuals and families by 2013.
As a part of the program, the city of Chicago plans to move 125 homeless individuals and families into permanent housing by December 31, 2010, said Mayor Richard M. Daley at a news conference held last week at Deborahs Place on 2822 W. Jackson Blvd. Deborahs Place is an organization that provides long term housing with on-site services.
The Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness, the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) and the Emergency Fund, will partner during the campaign to coordinate Registry Week, August 23 to 27, when more than 100 volunteers will take to the citys streets and homeless shelters to survey and identify vulnerable individuals and families.
The information collected will be used to create a registry that will serve to prioritize those who have been living on the streets the longest and quickly move them into permanent housing.
The surveys will be conducted in various locations through out the city called hot spots, according to Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, public information coordinator, Lara Cheresco.
Cheresco said the city could not give specific locations as to where the homeless people who will be surveyed reside based on privacy concerns, but all other partners working with the city came together based on their knowledge and selected certain locations to conduct the surveys.
Latest Stories
- CTU Gathers with Faith-based Leaders to Highlight Recent Tentative Agreement Wins for Students and Educators
- COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER KISHA MCCASKILL TAKES CENTER STAGE AS SOUTH SUBURBAN COMMUNITY UNITES FOR A GREENER FUTURE
- RICH TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR CALVIN JORDAN LEADS HEARTWARMING SPRING CELEBRATION FOR HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES WITH “EASTER JAMBOREE” CELEBRATION
- Local Musician’s Career Spans 50 Years
- Have Questions About Money? The Illinois State Treasurer’s Office Can Help
Latest Podcast
STARR Community Services International, Inc.
