A Clear Mission
Since 1980, the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) has had a clear mission: “We organize and advocate to prevent and end homelessness, because we believe housing is a human right in a just society.”
Marilyn Escoe’s journey from crisis to strength
CCH offers broad outreach at shelters, housing and street programs that serve homeless families, teens and single adults. Our work reaches families like Marilyn and her children. They lived in their North Lawndale apartment for six years, happy to be living half a block from the children’s grade school. But when Marilyn lost her job...x
Homeless children are 8% of 31,438 students impacted by Chicago Public Schools’ closing/merger plans
CCH has charted school-by-school CPS data – those detailed charts are LINKED HERE. Homeless children make up 8.3% of the 31,438 students who will be impacted by the Chicago Board of Education’s May 22 vote to close and merge 99 schools this June, per an analysis by the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. That is...x
Author-signed copies of Blue Balliett’s ‘Hold Fast’ made available for CCH donors
To thank supporters for donations of $100 or more during its spring appeal, CCH will send an author-signed copy of Blue Balliett’s new children’s book, Hold Fast. “Chicago-based author Blue Balliett’s new book, Hold Fast is a literary mystery set amid the harsh realities of the homeless,” a Chicago Tribune reviewer wrote. “Joining the...x
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