News Lawrence viaduct tent fire is one more sign Chicago needs to house our homeless By John Greenfield March 23, 2022 The south sidewalk of the Lawrence DLSD viaduct after…Vanessa AlvarezMarch 23, 2022
News WGEM: Illinois lawmakers could boost TANF benefits this year By Mike Miletich March 17, 2022 SPRINGFIELD (WGEM) - Low-income families in Illinois who receive…Vanessa AlvarezMarch 17, 2022
News Streets Blog Chicago: Homeless coalition hopes CTA security plan won’t “criminalize” unhoused people on the ‘L’ By Amber Drea Last Wednesday Mayor Lori Lightfoot, along with the heads of the Chicago…Vanessa AlvarezMarch 14, 2022
News Chicago Reader: Lukewarm welcome By Katie Prout March 2, 2022 I didn’t expect to be escorted off the premises…Vanessa AlvarezMarch 2, 2022
News The Night Ministry: COVID Continues to Create Barriers for Chicago’s Homeless Population The temperature is dropping on an already cold January morning. Still, Marcus, a client of…Vanessa AlvarezFebruary 28, 2022
News Chalkbeat Chicago: Illinois Students missed a lot of school last year: it’s a sign that something isn’t working By Max Herman For the past 19 years, when students in Kane County have missed…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 31, 2022
News Chicago Suntimes: ‘The need gets larger and larger’ By Neil Steinberg Jan. 23, 2022 The Night Ministry’s case manager Sylvia Hibbard checks on…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 23, 2022
News Counter Punch: At the Bottom of the Empire: Homelessness, Housing Injustice, and Jesse Jackson’s Call to “Eradicate Poverty” By DAVID MASCIOTRA Jan. 21, 2022 Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair “The bottom of the…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 21, 2022
News WBEZ Chicago: Annual homeless count aims to bring resources to Chicago area’s unhoused By Brenda Ruiz Jan. 21, 2022 A homeless man Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, gathers his…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 21, 2022
News WMC: As Eviction Crisis Looms, Advocates Fear an Increase in Child Removals By Susan Buttenwieser Jan. 12, 2021 In August, protesters demonstrated at the Supreme Court in support of…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 12, 2022