Blog Illinois enacts state budget funding homeless programs Illinois General Assembly has concluded its 2018 legislative session. In its budget advocacy, Chicago Coalition…chicoalitionJune 5, 2018
Blog CCH community leaders head to Springfield – our 2018 agenda explained More than 150 homeless leaders from shelters and schools in Chicago and Skokie joined the…chicoalitionApril 17, 2018
Blog Springfield breakfast explains budget issues, bills to help homeless people From left, Flora Koppel, Niya Kelly, Mercedes Gonzalez, Laura McNeece; back, Wayne Richard, Gloria Davis,…chicoalitionApril 12, 2018
News Public News Service: 40,000 Illinois students eligible for SNAP By Veronica Carter SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Thousands of college students in Illinois became eligible to…chicoalitionFebruary 5, 2018
Blog Beginning Jan. 1, more community college students in Illinois are eligible for the SNAP food program Updated February 13, 2018 A new public policy win will help an estimated 40,000 community…chicoalitionJanuary 5, 2018
Blog HUD releases new Point-in-Time count of homelessness By Julie Dworkin, Director of Policy HUD released its annual Point-in-Time count today announcing that…chicoalitionDecember 6, 2017
Blog CCH enacts ‘Three Steps Home’ legislative package for homeless and at-risk youth Three bills to assist homeless youth -- a CCH legislative package called Three Steps Home --…chicoalitionNovember 27, 2017
Blog Free birth records for people experiencing homelessness, under new state law advocated by CCH A new state law to provide free birth certificates for people experiencing homelessness is another…chicoalitionSeptember 27, 2017
Blog Legislation to expand record-sealing is signed into law Key legislation to expand record-sealing in Illinois has been signed into law after advocacy by…chicoalitionAugust 24, 2017
Blog Record-sealing bill HB2373 goes to the governor Updated May 30, 2017 Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) advocates reentry measures that would limit…chicoalitionMay 30, 2017