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Progress Illinois: A New Attempt To Deal With Foreclosed, Vacant Properties
February 7, 2012 By Matthew Blake Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn recently introduced a new pilot program to rehabilitate vacant, foreclosed upon properties in Cook County and give assistance to homeowners. The multi-pronged Illinois Building Blocks program comes in addition to a menu of local, state and federal strategies to address vacant properties, foreclosures, and sometimes…
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Ed Shurna for the Huffington Post: Welcome to Life, James
February 6, 2012 By Ed Shurna, Executive Director Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Welcome to life, James. I became the proud grandfather of James, 9 lb. 2 oz. last Thursday (Jan. 25). My grandson is the first son born to my son David, and his wife, Gina. I popped a bottle of Champagne to share…
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PR Newswire: Apartments.com donates $15,000 to Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Facebook Campaign Generates Awareness and Funds for Local Charity CHICAGO, Jan. 31, 2012/PRNewswire Apartments.com presented a check for $15,000 to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless yesterday at the culmination of their “Raising Awareness. Taking Action: A Campaign to Help End Homelessness” Facebook initiative. As part of the campaign, Apartments.com promised to donate $1 to…
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New York Times: Homeless Seek Help From Plan 2.0
January 29, 2012 By Meribah Knight The stories were varied. There was the formerly homeless woman who said she had become ill from shelter food; the social worker who felt that without sufficient resources, she was being set up to fail; the youth who asked for more drop-in services; the mother who lost her job…
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Ed Shurna for The Huffington Post: Sex and the City
January 26, 2012 By Ed Shurna, Executive Director Chicago Coalition for the Homeless “I know you won’t let me die in the street,” a former prostitute told Judge Rosemary Higgins as she left the courtroom. On January 19th a seemingly unlikely group of lawyers, judges, former prostitutes and community supporters gathered together to present awards…
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New York Times: A Free Legal Clinic That Opens When Class Is Over
January 19, 2012 By Paul Engleman Soon after Dennis Kass started teaching history at a small high school in Little Village four years ago, he put his law degree to use, dispensing free legal advice to students and their families after school. That modest beginning has evolved into the Chicago Law and Education Foundation, a…
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Chicago News Cooperative: Teacher Launches Free Legal Clinic
January 17, 2012 Youth Attorney Beth Cunningham takes client referrals from this high school legal aid program. By Paul Engleman Soon after Dennis Kass started teaching history at a small Little Village high school four years ago, he put his law degree to use dispensing free legal advice to students and their families after school….
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Catalyst Magazine Online Notebook: State Task Force to Ask for School Closing Moratorium
January 13, 2012 By Sarah Karp State legislative task force members Thursday night accused CPS leaders of “playing games” and being disingenuous in engaging parents and community members as they move to close and turnaround schools. Especially upsetting to members was the fact that throngs of people were paid and bused into community hearings last…
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WBEZ: Parents: School slated for closure tried to move students out
January 10, 2012 School staff delivered transfer papers over winter break By Linda Lutton Parents at a South Side Chicago school say staff tried to get as many as a quarter of students there to transfer out. The district is proposing to close Guggenheim Elementary school, which district officials have called “the worst elementary school…
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Gapers Block: Nina– Prostitution, Recovery, and the WINGS Court
January 9, 2012 By Sarah Ostman “Nina” smoked crack and sold sex on Chicago’s South Side for 33 years, racking up dozens of arrests, spending years in prison and losing custody of her seven children. One morning in November 2010, she tried to sell sex to an undercover police officer and wound up in jail…
» Read More
Progress Illinois: A New Attempt To Deal With Foreclosed, Vacant Properties
February 7, 2012 By Matthew Blake Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn recently introduced a new pilot program to rehabilitate vacant, foreclosed upon properties in Cook County and give assistance to homeowners. The multi-pronged Illinois Building Blocks program comes in addition to a menu of local, state and federal strategies to address vacant properties, foreclosures, and sometimes…
» Read More
Ed Shurna for the Huffington Post: Welcome to Life, James
February 6, 2012 By Ed Shurna, Executive Director Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Welcome to life, James. I became the proud grandfather of James, 9 lb. 2 oz. last Thursday (Jan. 25). My grandson is the first son born to my son David, and his wife, Gina. I popped a bottle of Champagne to share…
» Read More
PR Newswire: Apartments.com donates $15,000 to Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Facebook Campaign Generates Awareness and Funds for Local Charity CHICAGO, Jan. 31, 2012/PRNewswire Apartments.com presented a check for $15,000 to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless yesterday at the culmination of their “Raising Awareness. Taking Action: A Campaign to Help End Homelessness” Facebook initiative. As part of the campaign, Apartments.com promised to donate $1 to…
» Read More
New York Times: Homeless Seek Help From Plan 2.0
January 29, 2012 By Meribah Knight The stories were varied. There was the formerly homeless woman who said she had become ill from shelter food; the social worker who felt that without sufficient resources, she was being set up to fail; the youth who asked for more drop-in services; the mother who lost her job…
» Read More
Ed Shurna for The Huffington Post: Sex and the City
January 26, 2012 By Ed Shurna, Executive Director Chicago Coalition for the Homeless “I know you won’t let me die in the street,” a former prostitute told Judge Rosemary Higgins as she left the courtroom. On January 19th a seemingly unlikely group of lawyers, judges, former prostitutes and community supporters gathered together to present awards…
» Read More
New York Times: A Free Legal Clinic That Opens When Class Is Over
January 19, 2012 By Paul Engleman Soon after Dennis Kass started teaching history at a small high school in Little Village four years ago, he put his law degree to use, dispensing free legal advice to students and their families after school. That modest beginning has evolved into the Chicago Law and Education Foundation, a…
» Read More
Chicago News Cooperative: Teacher Launches Free Legal Clinic
January 17, 2012 Youth Attorney Beth Cunningham takes client referrals from this high school legal aid program. By Paul Engleman Soon after Dennis Kass started teaching history at a small Little Village high school four years ago, he put his law degree to use dispensing free legal advice to students and their families after school….
» Read More
Catalyst Magazine Online Notebook: State Task Force to Ask for School Closing Moratorium
January 13, 2012 By Sarah Karp State legislative task force members Thursday night accused CPS leaders of “playing games” and being disingenuous in engaging parents and community members as they move to close and turnaround schools. Especially upsetting to members was the fact that throngs of people were paid and bused into community hearings last…
» Read More
WBEZ: Parents: School slated for closure tried to move students out
January 10, 2012 School staff delivered transfer papers over winter break By Linda Lutton Parents at a South Side Chicago school say staff tried to get as many as a quarter of students there to transfer out. The district is proposing to close Guggenheim Elementary school, which district officials have called “the worst elementary school…
» Read More
Gapers Block: Nina– Prostitution, Recovery, and the WINGS Court
January 9, 2012 By Sarah Ostman “Nina” smoked crack and sold sex on Chicago’s South Side for 33 years, racking up dozens of arrests, spending years in prison and losing custody of her seven children. One morning in November 2010, she tried to sell sex to an undercover police officer and wound up in jail…
» Read More
