Outcry prompts changes for emergency homeless shelter in Kendall County
Outcry about a controversial homeless shelter in the southwest suburbs has prompted organizers to amend their plans.
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Outcry about a controversial homeless shelter in the southwest suburbs has prompted organizers to amend their plans.
A community meeting was underway Thursday evening in southwest suburban Boulder Hill, with neighbors voicing concerns about a new overnight emergency shelter serving the unhoused coming to their community.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
Residents say they're fighting back to clean up the area, but despite calls to the police, the people and problems return.
The unhoused have a new place to recover after getting out of the hospital.
Wholistic Haven is a safe place where people facing homelessness can heal after a hospital visit.
A Chicago police officer who experienced homelessness is now using his role with the department to help people who are unhoused.
From temporary shelter to a place to call home; that's the goal of a LaGrange-based nonprofit, which received $15 million in funding to continue creating a path forward for those experiencing homelessness.
Johnson said the position was temporary, but when the chief homelessness officer was first appointed, she told CBS News Chicago that her role was funded for three years, not two.
Chicago city employees cleared out a homeless encampment on the city's North Side this week.
On a cold February night in Chicago, dozens of people braved the frigid temperatures to sleep outside on Friday night to raise awareness and support for the city's homeless population.
The city of Chicago performed its standard scheduled cleaning at a homeless encampment at a Northwest Side park on Tuesday morning.
The complaints about the encampment are magnified not just because of how it looks, but also because it sits just steps from an elementary school.
Imagine not having a place to live, or a hot meal to eat on a winter day when temperatures are below freezing. That's the reality for many people in Chicago, but a shelter in Lincoln Park is working to make a difference in the lives of those in need.
A Safe Haven Foundation provides a program that includes a place to sleep, hot meals, and job search help to those experiencing homelessness in the city.
Questions remain as to why the homeless population continues to get younger each year and what's being done to fix it. One foundation on the city's West Side is helping to answer them.
Instead of sleeping in a large room on cots like other men's shelters, the residents share a room with one other person.
President Trump is hinting at further federal police action in D.C., teasing a press conference on Monday aimed at "ending the Crime, Murder, and Death."
A man is accused of setting another man's tent on fire in a homeless encampment alongside DuSable Lake Shore Drive in the Uptown neighborhood.
The Hope for Homes fundraiser benefits organizations serving the homeless.
Parents previously questioned the plan to move people into the hotel, which is located right across the street from the Elgin Math and Science Academy.
The homeless population in Elgin was moved to the hotel in December 2024, after three separate fires at an encampment along the Fox River left about 40 people and their pets with nowhere to go.
The city also revealed plans to increase the number of beds at the shelter from about 500 to 764.
With humble beginnings that started out in a church basement in 1985, Deborah's Place has become a beacon and safe haven for the city's most vulnerable.
The nonprofit has been helping lift the homeless community in Chicago for 40 years. Andrew Ramos reports.
