BlogNewsPress Release Budget Address By Doug Schenkelberg, Executive Director, February 15th 2023 Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) appreciates…Vanessa AlvarezFebruary 15, 2023
Blog Judges can no longer consider unpaid fines when reviewing record-sealing petitions Judges cannot consider a person's fines, fees or outstanding financial obligations when reviewing a petition…chicoalitionAugust 13, 2018
Blog Governor signs College Hunger Bill, assuring low-income community college students can access food security via SNAP An estimated 40,000 low-income community college students in Illinois are now assured access to food…chicoalitionJuly 30, 2018
Blog Media Advisory: Illinois families in deep poverty will be better able to meet basic needs through the COIN Act First increase to TANF grant in a decade Illinois families living in deep poverty will…Vanessa AlvarezJune 26, 2018
News WGN-TV: Lawsuit filed in Medicaid applications processing delay By Tonya Francisco A lawsuit was filed Wednesday to help people who can't get medical…chicoalitionMay 16, 2018
Blog Press advisory: Thousands illegally denied health coverage in Illinois – state of Illinois sued for massive Medicaid delay Released by the Legal Council for Health Justice Attorneys on behalf of thousands of low-income…chicoalitionMay 16, 2018
News The Daily Line: IDHS flounders – $300M IT system still kicking countless Illinoisans off Medicaid and SNAP, caseworkers overloaded, claims delayed up to 7 months CCH Editor’s Note: Tanya Gassenheimer, second from left, testifies at a House committee hearing. (Photo…chicoalitionMay 2, 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 CCH statement on Gov. Rauner’s State of the State speech Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) applauds Governor Rauner’s new found optimism about Illinois’ future,…chicoalitionJanuary 31, 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