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The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless was founded in 1980 with a clear mission statement to organize and advocate to prevent and end homelessness, because they believe housing is a human right in a just society. [2] In the early days, the CCH focused on advocating for basic rights for the homeless. In December 1992, Illinois passed the first ...
Provident Hospital was purchased by Cook County in 1991, and it reopened in August 1993 after the county invested several million dollars in renovations. [3] Part of the reopening success can be attributed to a campaign led by Chicago Defender publisher John Sengstacke. [6]
Mercy Home began accepting girls in 1987. Three years later, it was renamed Mercy Home for Boys and Girls. Mercy Home is composed of two separate campuses where abused and neglected children are cared for—the Boys' Campus, located in Chicago's West Loop area, and the Girls' Campus, located south, in Chicago's Morgan Park community.
CHICAGO — The city and state are in the planning stages to combine Chicago’s legacy homeless shelter system with its system for migrants, according to government officials, and turn it into a ...
About half of the roughly 68,000 Chicagoans experiencing homelessness are Black; roughly 1-in-4 are children CHICAGO (AP) — An unusual legal […] The post Chicago ‘mansion’ tax to fund ...
The number of children identified as homeless by schools nationwide dropped by 21% from the 2018-2019 school year to the 2020-2021 school year, according to federal data. But the decrease ...
The Homeless Bill of Rights (also Homeless Person's Bill of Rights and Acts of Living bill) refers to legislation protecting the civil and human rights of homeless people. These laws affirm that homeless people have equal rights to medical care , free speech, free movement, voting, opportunities for employment, and privacy. [ 1 ]
Stroger employs 300 attending physicians and over 400 fellows and residents. It has 1.2 million square feet (110,000 m 2) of floor space, and 464 beds.It is located at 1901 W. Harrison Street, and is a part of the 305 acre (1.2 km 2) Illinois Medical District on Chicago's West Side, which is one of the largest concentrations of medical facilities in the world.