by | May 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Member Spotlights
Housing Action Illinois subgranted $10,000 to the Carbondale Warming Center—thanks to the Illinois COVID-19 Relief Fund—to support the agency’s work offering interim housing and emergency shelter to individuals and families experiencing homelessness or who are...
by | May 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Member Spotlights
Housing Action Illinois subgranted $15,000 to Shelter Care Ministries—thanks to the Illinois COVID-19 Relief Fund—to support the agency’s work offering rental and utility assistance. Shelter Care Ministries wants to provide families with “the most normal...
by | May 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Member Spotlights
Housing Action Illinois subgranted $10,000 to DuPagePads—thanks to the Illinois COVID-19 Relief Fund—to support the agency’s work providing interim housing and emergency shelter. When the coronavirus hit, DuPagePads quickly adapted its service model to respond to the...
by | Nov 15, 2019 | Member Spotlights
At twenty years old, Mandy, a former National Guardsman, was involved in a car accident that caused traumatic brain injury and significantly impacted her mobility and speech. Moving from her parents’ home to her own apartment in a building managed by Over the Rainbow...
by | Sep 17, 2019 | Homeless Service Provider Updates, Member Spotlights
The Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County (the Alliance) doesn’t just want to end homelessness for youth—they want youth to have a voice in how they do it. Youth leaders are critical in shaping the Alliance’s work. Now, with a recent award of $6 million...
by | Aug 19, 2019 | Member Spotlights
During the bitter cold of January 1979, three friends began operating a women’s drop-in center out of a second-floor apartment in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Staffed exclusively by volunteers, it served fewer than ten women per day. The center became known as...
