NewsStories StoryCorps Chicago: Once Homeless Themselves, These Women Are Now Fighting For Homeless High Schoolers Jayme Robinson is 21 and a college graduate. That's no small feat, considering that she…Vanessa AlvarezJune 23, 2016
News Chicago Tribune: Illinois women hit ‘disproportionately hard’ by record state budget impasse By Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger As Illinois government has lurched along for nearly a…chicoalitionJune 17, 2016
News Education Week: Renewed focus needed to help homeless students stay in school, study argues By guest blogger Catherine Gewertz A new study calls for an intense focus on helping…chicoalitionJune 13, 2016
News Progress Illinois: Development plan for old Cook County Hospital site wins approval The Cook County Board Finance Committee approved a redevelopment plan for the old Cook County…chicoalitionMay 10, 2016
News Chicago Sun-Times, Mark Brown: Social service providers tell Rauner to pay up By Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-Times columnist After performing work for the State of Illinois for…chicoalitionMay 4, 2016
News Chicago Tribune: Emanuel moves on homelessness, critics still boo By John Byrne, Tribune reporter For Mayor Rahm Emanuel, tackling the tricky politics of Chicago's homeless…chicoalitionMay 2, 2016
News Chicago Sun-Times, Mark Brown: Emanuel backing 4% surcharge on Airbnb bills By Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Another week, another homeless initiative from Mayor Rahm Emanuel.…chicoalitionMay 1, 2016
News CBS Chicago/WBBM Newsradio: Homeless, Advocates Target Rauner Luxury Condo In Budget Protest Homeless youth set up 25 backpacks outside a luxury condo building where Gov. Bruce Rauner…Vanessa AlvarezApril 28, 2016
News Chicago Sun-Times, Mark Brown: City promises housing for homeless living in tent camps Linda, who crochets hats and other items from her tent beneath the Wilson Avenue viaduct…chicoalitionApril 24, 2016
News Crain’s Chicago Business: Hospital tests ‘Housing First’ program for Chicago homeless to reduce health care costs Story by Martha Bayne Photos by John R. Boehm Ricardo Gist received housing through Chicago's…chicoalitionApril 2, 2016