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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


The Margarita Inn, which Connections for the Homeless transformed into a permanent shelter.

Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County receives $2.5 million from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez

November 24, 2024

Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County announced Wednesday that it had received a $2.5 million grant from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez through the Bezos Day One Families Fund. The Day...

Connections for the Homeless mourned Margaret Millar Johnson, who was shot and killed in the recent Blue Line shooting, at a memorial service on Tuesday.

Blue Line shooting highlights increased risk of violence for the unhoused

September 26, 2024

At its annual memorial service Tuesday, social service organization Connections for the Homeless mourned participants who died in the past year as well as the four people who were killed on Labor Day in...

A person sits against a stone wall, on the other side is a green and yellow gradient on a bank statement, and a red house.

Stimulus checks prove inaccessible for people experiencing homelessness

April 13, 2021

People experiencing homelessness have faced barriers in receiving stimulus checks even though they are eligible, Mary Frances Charlton, a youth health attorney, said. The American Rescue Plan, a $1.9...

The commission approved HMIS, a database mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and is used throughout the Cook County Continuum of Care. The implementation of this database would make it easier for the city to keep track of homelessness within the city.

Housing and Homelessness Commission approves grant for Homeless Management Information Systems

May 3, 2019

The Housing and Homelessness Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve a grant for the Homeless Management Information System in hopes of gathering of better data and operation of city services...

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