OPENING THE DOOR TO MORE HOUSING

When Marsha came to us, she was already homeless. She and her two children were bouncing between friends, family, shelters, and on bad nights… her car. Despite the challenges, Marsha was maintaining a job. But her income wasn’t enough for her to get an apartment in an area that would keep her kids in their school. With Connections’ support, Marsha moved into an apartment and access employment, education, childcare, and transportation services to begin to stabilize and strengthen her family.

​We were thrilled to recently expand our housing program, adding 5 more units of supportive housing to help more families like Marsha’s move quickly from homelessness to housing. These additional units of housing provide short-term rent assistance, coupled with robust services, to prepare all members of the family for a strong, stable and secure future.

But there is more work we need to do as the housing crisis continues to push thousands more of our neighbors into homelessness. Connections currently operates more than 90 units of short-and long-term supportive housing to permanently end homelessness for individuals and families in northern Cook County. We are committed to bringing more housing to our region, and we are preparing a plan to expand across all our programs to ensure everyone has a place to call home. Together, we can end homelessness, one person at a time.