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Our Impact

Our coalition of people with lived experience, community members, direct-service and advocacy organizations, and institutional partners make our work possible. When we are powered by the people, we win.

Achievements

Our shared advocacy has impact.

CCH and partners weigh in on high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case

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New legislation passed to help students, protect tenants, and invest in homelessness prevention

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Edrika Fulford Mutual Aid Fund demonstrates the importance of low-barrier cash grants

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Impact Litigation Win: Campos v. City of Chicago

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2024 by the numbers

Working in community makes change possible.

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People impacted by homelessness met via outreach

379

Legal cases closed by the Law Project for 309 clients

2,692

Community members reached by our Speakers Bureau

2,220

Service providers and educators trained

92,000

In college scholarships awarded to 23 students

175,000

In mutual aid cash grants distributed to 350 Illinois households

Our Updates

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Mahalia shapes her students and her community 

Dr. Mahalia Crawford wants her students to understand that “homelessness is not just a personal…
October 21, 2025 Read More

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Application 2025–26: Deadlines, Rights, and Support for Students Experiencing Homelessness

Navigating school enrollment can be stressful for any family — and even more so when…
October 17, 2025 Read More

Chicago Tribune Letters: Sweeps of tent encampments will do nothing to alleviate homelessness in Chicago

Credit: Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune Resources for unhoused “Shifting the tents from one park to another…
September 21, 2025 Read More

In The News

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Judge blocks USDA from demanding SNAP info from Illinois, other states

By Catrina Barker | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) – Illinois leads a…
October 16, 2025 Read More

Chicago Reader: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Feds target unhoused Chicagoans by Katie Prout and Shawn Mulcahy Federal agents outside the ICE detention center in…
October 8, 2025 Read More

WTTW: Chicago Community Groups Say Expected Troop Deployment Will Heighten Fears, Create Chaos

By Eunice Alpasan | Blair Paddock The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights holds a news…
October 6, 2025 Read More

Our Stories

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Mahalia shapes her students and her community 

Dr. Mahalia Crawford wants her students to understand that “homelessness is not just a personal…
October 21, 2025 Read More

Ms. Neuman builds a better tomorrow

Born and raised in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood, Ms. Neuman describes herself as a…
December 9, 2024 Read More

Dontay creates art and community 

Dontay Lockett is an artist, educator, and coach. He likes to run, bike, paint, and…
October 30, 2024 Read More