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Because You’ve Showed Up

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

This has always been hard work – but for the past two years, it’s been exponentially harder. I know how hard this work is on a daily basis because I’ve been there. I’ve been at the homeless service provider and Continuum of Care (CoC) levels, working endless hours to make…

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Latest Federal Data Provides a Valuable, but Incomplete, View of Homelessness in the First Year of COVID-19

Friday, February 4, 2022

Although Several Questions Persist, Decreases in Sheltered Homelessness Suggest the Positive Impacts of Federal Relief Resources and Homelessness System Efforts   The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released the 2021 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress (Part 1). Due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,…

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Housing America: Addressing Challenges in Serving People Experiencing Homelessness

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Testimony of Alliance CEO, Nan Roman, to the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee (Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance) at the Housing America: Addressing Challenges in Serving People Experiencing Homelessness hearing (February 2, 2022). Thank you so much Chairman Cleaver, Ranking Member Hill, Chairwoman Waters, and members…

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CCH statement on Gov. Pritzker’s State of the State speech

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

“The measure of any society is how willing we are to care for those who need us.”  Today in Springfield, Governor Pritzker began his 2022 Budget Address and State of the State with this statement from Margaret Mead, noting that this ethos has guided him and his administration as they…

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Unsheltered Homelessness in Cincinnati

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Most people who experience homelessness in Cincinnati are sheltered. But each year hundreds of neighbors experience unsheltered homelessness (or street homelessness) in our community. Unsheltered homelessness increased slightly in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, since 2013 street homelessness in Cincinnati is down by 39.5%. This type of homelessness…

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Statement on the Appointment of USICH Executive Director, Jeff Olivet

Monday, January 31, 2022

The National Alliance to End Homelessness today expressed its support of Jeff Olivet, the newly appointed Executive Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) effective January 31, 2022. The Interagency Council consists of representatives of the 19 federal agencies that have direct responsibility for helping people experiencing…

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Panel Discussion Featuring Photographer Jeff Wolin

Friday, January 28, 2022

Photographer Jeffrey Wolin’s work has spanned from documenting Holocaust survivors to Vietnam war veterans, and he has now turned his camera towards Chicago’s unhoused population. He has called West Town his home for nearly 10 years, and he is now debuting a project about his unhoused community members, Faces of…

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CCH Mutual Aid Fund reopening for third round of grants

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless’ Fund will provide $500 grants to 120 households that are or at-risk of becoming homeless.  Responding to continued community need, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) will reopen applications to the CCH Mutual Aid Fund for another round of 120 grants. The Fund will provide direct cash support of $500…

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