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
BlogNews CCH welcomes eight new board members In November, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) was excited to add a superlative group…Vanessa AlvarezDecember 14, 2021
News Reader: Homeless in a pandemic-stricken Chicago By Sarah Gelbard Jan. 14, 2021 A row of tents lining a narrow cement enclosure provide…Vanessa AlvarezJanuary 14, 2021