News NPR Illinois: State boosts monthly aid to needy families Maxica Williams, pictured with three of her children, appeared before a state legislative committee to…chicoalitionSeptember 27, 2018
News NPR Illinois: Homeless student numbers rise By Maureen Foertsch McKinney The Illinois State Board of Education reports that the number of…chicoalitionSeptember 5, 2018
News Chicago Tribune: ACLU, homelessness advocates call on Illinois cities to repeal laws prohibiting panhandling, citing First Amendment Abana Tabb panhandles in front of the Chicago Cultural Center in 2015. A coalition on…chicoalitionAugust 28, 2018
News WBBM Newsradio: Advocacy groups warn cities about unconstitutional panhandling ordinances By Mike Krauser More than 200 cities, including 15 in Illinois, are being warned that…chicoalitionAugust 28, 2018
News Chicago Tribune: Catholic Charities unveils showers for homeless in Chicago Link to photos Catholic Charities has built a shower and laundry facility in its St.…chicoalitionJune 19, 2018
News Univision Chicago: Un estudio estima que 10,000 familias viven en condición de calle en Chicago La investigación, realizada por UChicago Urban Labs y Corporation for Supportive Housing, combina por primera…chicoalitionJune 15, 2018
News Chicago Sun-Times, Mark Brown: Study finds 10,000 families experienced homelessness last year By Mark Brown, columnist An estimated 10,000 families experienced homelessness in Chicago at some point…chicoalitionJune 15, 2018
News Chicago Tribune: ‘We don’t have nowhere to go’ – Confusion persists after delayed evictions of Lower Wacker homeless encampment By Tessa Weinberg The piercing whine of drills hitting concrete echoed across Lower Wacker Drive…chicoalitionJune 11, 2018
News Chicago Sun-Times, Mark Brown: Chicago takes low-key approach to remove homeless camp from Lower Wacker A city official on Monday talks to a homeless man who lives in The Triangle…chicoalitionJune 11, 2018
News 1999 Look Back: Chicago Tribune, ‘Lower Wacker to shut its gates on homeless, fences to be locked’ January 29, 1999 By Cindy Richards and Diane Struzzi Three months after saying the fences…chicoalitionJune 7, 2018