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| © 2006-2007 Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County. All rights reserved. |
updated August 8, 2008
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Support Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban
Cook County!
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Every purchase generates a substantial donation to Alliance to End
Homelessness in Suburban Cook County – an amazing average of 16%
of store sales, sometimes as high as 33%. Giveline has great
products, great service, and great prices – the only difference between
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money for our organization.
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to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County will earn significant
funds in support of our mission!
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Support Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban
Cook County!
Giveline.com is an online store created for the community-minded
shopper, offering more than a million bestselling products including
books, movies, music, electronics, housewares, gifts and more.
Every purchase generates a substantial donation to Alliance to End
Homelessness in Suburban Cook County – an amazing average of 16%
of store sales, sometimes as high as 33%. Giveline has great
products, great service, and great prices – the only difference between
Giveline and other major online retailers is that every purchase earns
money for our organization.
Check it out today, and if you decide to buy, remember that Alliance
to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County will earn significant
funds in support of our mission!
Visit Giveline.com now!
Accessing Medicaid benefits for your clients
This PDF booklet is a great resource on the complexities of accessing
Medicaid benefits on behalf of a person who is homeless.
A Primer on How to Use Medicaid to Assist Persons Who are Homeless
to Access Medical, Behavioral Health, and Support Services
05.11.2007
This PDF booklet is a great resource on the complexities of accessing
Medicaid benefits on behalf of a person who is homeless.
A Primer on How to Use Medicaid to Assist Persons Who are Homeless
to Access Medical, Behavioral Health, and Support Services
05.11.2007
Experts Say Better Reentry Planning Can Reduce
Homelessness
(CHICAGO, July 14, 2008) Mental health, corrections, and
homelessness experts from several agencies and nonprofits joined
officials from Cook County and the federal and state governments
here today to push action to help those discharged from hospitals,
jails and prisons avoid homelessness.
The “Countywide Forum on Discharge Planning and Homelessness”
focused on current discharge procedures and ways to improve them
and ease reentry into community life, with a special emphasis on new
solutions and collaborations that will prevent homelessness, recidivism
or re-institutionalization.
"Today we are bringing together representatives from federal, state,
county and local government with nonprofits, advocates and
consumers of homeless services to talk about how we can work
together to prevent homelessness for people who have been
discharged from institutions,” said Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
(IL-9) in her keynote remarks to participants. “It is this type of
collaboration that is absolutely necessary to create new initiatives and
more effective policies so that people move out of systems and into
safe, decent, affordable housing"
Advocates have long maintained that stable housing is one of the
most important ingredients in successful reentry programs.
“In these times of diminishing resources and increasing needs, it’s
essential that collaboration occur at all levels to ensure people stay
housed with the necessary supports, and that transitions from
institutions to the community are planned correctly,” noted Katrina Van
Valkenburgh, Director of Illinois and Indiana Program for the
Corporation for Supportive Housing. “110,000 people will leave Cook
County Jail or Illinois Prisons in the next year returning back to their
original home communities in Cook County. Many will likely end up
homeless if we do not work together to prepare for their release and
create alternatives.”
Those who attended today's forum pointed to the number of different
populations throughout the community that are in need of more
effective attention and assistance during reentry.
“Through Chicago's Plan to End Homelessness, we are making
progress in ending homelessness for thousands of people,” said
Nancy Radner, Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Alliance to End
Homelessness. “But we are finding that people who leave other
systems - from mental health, from corrections, from child welfare -
can end up in the homeless system. This forum highlights how
effective planning and coordination among these systems is the key
to preventing homelessness for so many people."
Representatives of nonprofits from areas outside of Chicago say the
issue of reentry goes beyond the City's borders and must be
addressed through a regional approach.
"When we looked at how to prevent homelessness for people leaving
hospitals, jails, and other public institutions, it just made sense to
work together at a countywide level,” said Jennifer Hill, Executive
Director of the Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook
County. “Some critical institutions operate at the county level, like the
county hospital and county jail. Even when we're talking about the
people coming from state-level systems, like mental health and foster
care, we knew that Cook County numbers make up a large proportion
of the state's numbers."
The forum, which was hosted at Loyola University Chicago's Kasbeer
Hall, placed a heavy emphasis on efforts to build cooperative links
and relationships between agencies and every level of government.
"When we looked at how to prevent homelessness for people leaving
hospitals, jails, and other public institutions, it just made sense to
work together at a countywide level,” said Jennifer Hill, Executive
Director of the Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook
County. “Some critical institutions operate at the county level, like the
county hospital and county jail. Even when we're talking about the
people coming from state-level systems, like mental health and foster
care, we knew that Cook County numbers make up a large proportion
of the state's numbers."
The forum, which was hosted at Loyola University Chicago's Kasbeer
Hall, placed a heavy emphasis on efforts to build cooperative links
and relationships between agencies and every level of government.
A resource table with materials was available to assist providers
working with undocumented persons facing reentry and other issues.
The forum was sponsored by the Chicago Alliance to End
Homelessness, the Corporation for Supportive Housing, the Alliance to
End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County, Evanston Alliance on
Homelessness, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC,
Inc.), and Loyola University Chicago Center for Urban Research and
Learning.
For more information, visit www.thechicagoalliance.org
Homelessness
(CHICAGO, July 14, 2008) Mental health, corrections, and
homelessness experts from several agencies and nonprofits joined
officials from Cook County and the federal and state governments
here today to push action to help those discharged from hospitals,
jails and prisons avoid homelessness.
The “Countywide Forum on Discharge Planning and Homelessness”
focused on current discharge procedures and ways to improve them
and ease reentry into community life, with a special emphasis on new
solutions and collaborations that will prevent homelessness, recidivism
or re-institutionalization.
"Today we are bringing together representatives from federal, state,
county and local government with nonprofits, advocates and
consumers of homeless services to talk about how we can work
together to prevent homelessness for people who have been
discharged from institutions,” said Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
(IL-9) in her keynote remarks to participants. “It is this type of
collaboration that is absolutely necessary to create new initiatives and
more effective policies so that people move out of systems and into
safe, decent, affordable housing"
Advocates have long maintained that stable housing is one of the
most important ingredients in successful reentry programs.
“In these times of diminishing resources and increasing needs, it’s
essential that collaboration occur at all levels to ensure people stay
housed with the necessary supports, and that transitions from
institutions to the community are planned correctly,” noted Katrina Van
Valkenburgh, Director of Illinois and Indiana Program for the
Corporation for Supportive Housing. “110,000 people will leave Cook
County Jail or Illinois Prisons in the next year returning back to their
original home communities in Cook County. Many will likely end up
homeless if we do not work together to prepare for their release and
create alternatives.”
Those who attended today's forum pointed to the number of different
populations throughout the community that are in need of more
effective attention and assistance during reentry.
“Through Chicago's Plan to End Homelessness, we are making
progress in ending homelessness for thousands of people,” said
Nancy Radner, Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Alliance to End
Homelessness. “But we are finding that people who leave other
systems - from mental health, from corrections, from child welfare -
can end up in the homeless system. This forum highlights how
effective planning and coordination among these systems is the key
to preventing homelessness for so many people."
Representatives of nonprofits from areas outside of Chicago say the
issue of reentry goes beyond the City's borders and must be
addressed through a regional approach.
"When we looked at how to prevent homelessness for people leaving
hospitals, jails, and other public institutions, it just made sense to
work together at a countywide level,” said Jennifer Hill, Executive
Director of the Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook
County. “Some critical institutions operate at the county level, like the
county hospital and county jail. Even when we're talking about the
people coming from state-level systems, like mental health and foster
care, we knew that Cook County numbers make up a large proportion
of the state's numbers."
The forum, which was hosted at Loyola University Chicago's Kasbeer
Hall, placed a heavy emphasis on efforts to build cooperative links
and relationships between agencies and every level of government.
"When we looked at how to prevent homelessness for people leaving
hospitals, jails, and other public institutions, it just made sense to
work together at a countywide level,” said Jennifer Hill, Executive
Director of the Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook
County. “Some critical institutions operate at the county level, like the
county hospital and county jail. Even when we're talking about the
people coming from state-level systems, like mental health and foster
care, we knew that Cook County numbers make up a large proportion
of the state's numbers."
The forum, which was hosted at Loyola University Chicago's Kasbeer
Hall, placed a heavy emphasis on efforts to build cooperative links
and relationships between agencies and every level of government.
A resource table with materials was available to assist providers
working with undocumented persons facing reentry and other issues.
The forum was sponsored by the Chicago Alliance to End
Homelessness, the Corporation for Supportive Housing, the Alliance to
End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County, Evanston Alliance on
Homelessness, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC,
Inc.), and Loyola University Chicago Center for Urban Research and
Learning.
For more information, visit www.thechicagoalliance.org