KEY FACTS
Resources:
Many national and local organizations advocate for homeless people and/or conduct research on the needs and concerns of the homeless. Some of them are listed below. Others are easily found on the Internet by doing a subject-area search.
Chapin Hall Center for Children: www.chapinhall.org
The Chicago Continuum of Care: http://www.chicagocontinuum.org
The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless:www.chicagohomeless.org
Chicago Rehab Network:www.chicagorehab.org
The City of Chicago Department of Human Services:http://www.cityofchicago.org/HumanServices
Corporation for Supportive Housing:www.csh.org
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights:www.heartlandalliance.org
Mayor's Office for Workforce Development:www.cityofchicago.org/WorkforceDevelopment
Public Citizen:www.publiccitizen.org
Public Citizen recently published a report entitled: America's Neglected Veterans: 1.7 Million Who Served Have No Health Coverage: Report of the Study Group on Veterans' Health Insurance
R. Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law:www.povertylaw.org