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Our Work

CCH builds power and makes change through community education, strategic campaigns, and policy initiatives that target root causes of homelessness across Chicago and Illinois.

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Issues We Take On

Housing Justice

CCH organizes for fair and equitable access to affordable, permanent, and suitable housing, aiming to address systemic disparities, eliminate discrimination, and advocate for policies that ensure housing for all.

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Youth Homelessness

An estimated 12,000 unaccompanied youth experience homelessness in Chicago each year. Guided by research and community wisdom, we understand the benefit of housing solutions that meet the developmental, social, and emotional needs of young people.

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Educational Rights

Students experiencing homelessness face barriers to enrollment, school resources, and academic success. CCH leads efforts to ensure that unstably housed children and youth have equal access to a public education.

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Public Benefits

Equitable access to public benefits and quality health care can be a matter of basic survival. Our staff help people experiencing homelessness access critical supports while advocating for improvements to benefit programs.

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Civil Rights

People who experience homelessness are often discriminated against and criminalized. Through advocacy, outreach, and impact litigation, CCH works to protect the civil rights of those without a permanent place to call home.

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Racial Equity

CCH takes a comprehensive approach to addressing systemic inequities. We work to eradicate racist systems and advocate for public policies that support fair and just outcomes for people impacted by homelessness.

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Reentry

Because many formerly incarcerated people face homelessness during their reentry to the community, CCH works to address barriers to housing and jobs for those impacted by the criminal legal system.

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How We Do It

Policy & Budget Advocacy

We partner with advocacy organizations, service providers, and people with lived experience to drive local and statewide policy initiatives to address homelessness and increase funding for human services.

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Organizing

Community organizers mobilize both grassroots leaders and service providers to develop, lead, and implement advocacy campaigns and policy solutions in Chicago and across Illinois.

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Legal Aid

CCH’s Law Project is the only legal aid program in Illinois exclusively focused on the needs of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

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Community Education & Outreach

We meet people impacted by homelessness where they are—providing advocacy, information, and resources to those who need it.

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Data and Research

CCH conducts research and data analysis to identify community needs, craft policy solutions, and evaluate the impact of our shared advocacy. We strive to develop directly-impacted people to be leaders in this work.

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Statement on the murder of people experiencing homelessness on the CTA Blue Line

Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness (CCH) is devastated to learn of the senseless murder of…
September 3, 2024 Read More
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CCH celebrates six new college scholarship winners and three recent graduates

Current and former CCH scholarship students Chicago Coalition to end Homelessness (CCH) is proud to…
August 20, 2024 Read More
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Back to School 2024-25

The start of the 2024-25 school year is quickly approaching!  The first day for Chicago…
August 8, 2024 Read More
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New Name, New Look, Same Goal to End Homelessness

At CCH we know no one is homeless...it is something they go through. It does…
August 5, 2024 Read More
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Voices of Power and Dignity are Heard: Horizons 2024 Creative Writing Showcase

The American Writers Museum hosted CCH’s annual Horizons creative writing showcase on Tuesday, June 25.…
July 23, 2024 Read More

WTTW Chicago Tonight: Chicago, Illinois Advocates Hope Impact of Supreme Court’s Homelessness Ruling Muted Locally

  “Just because the Supreme Court has overturned this order doesn’t mean cities should just…
July 2, 2024 Read More