About Us
Since 1980, Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness (CCH) has advocated for a world where everyone has a safe, welcoming, and permanent place to call home.
Our Mission
CCH builds community power and advances racial equity through organizing, advocacy, legal assistance, and education to prevent and end homelessness because housing is a human right.
Our Values
What We Do
CCH asks the question, “What can we do to end homelessness?” Because while it is a big problem, it is also a solvable problem.
Our answer? We advocate for policies and funding to address the root causes of homelessness. Through our community organizing, we build power and center people who have experienced homelessness, because we understand that the people closest to the problems are also closest to the solutions.
Working in Chicago and throughout Illinois, we take the word “coalition” seriously. We partner with service providers, faith communities, allied groups, and concerned individuals to create lasting change.
Through our research and educational outreach, we dispel misconceptions about homelessness and foster a greater understanding within the community. This work is coupled with our Law Project, which provides direct legal assistance to people experiencing homelessness, with a special emphasis on supporting youth.
We invite you to join us in advancing our mission to prevent and end homelessness, because we cannot achieve our goal without partners like you.
Commitment to Racial Equity
Racial Equity Statement
CCH recognizes that homelessness stems from systemic racism, which is embedded in all structures, systems, and institutions, including organizations like ours. CCH is committed to advancing racial equity in the workplace through the work of our Racial Equity Committee and through the campaigns and initiatives we lead.
Racial Equity Committee
The mission of CCH’s Racial Equity Committee is to implement, support, and advance equity and racial justice both internally and externally to our organization. Priority areas include hiring and compensation, internal policymaking, staff engagement through racial caucusing, and equitable evaluation of programs and campaigns.
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History of CCH
Since 1980, CCH has organized and advocated to make housing a human right.
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless is now Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness (CCH).