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Chicago Plan 2.0 Community Charrette Final Report

Chicago’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness, Getting Housing, Staying Housed, was formally adopted by Mayor Daley in 2003 and implemented by a public-private partnership between the City of Chicago and the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness. The Plan outlined a bold, ambitious strategy for ending homelessness by:

  • Preventing individuals and families from becoming homeless in the first place;
  • Placing individuals and families in permanent housing as quickly as possible when they do become homeless, a strategy called “Housing First;” and,
  • Providing wraparound services to promote housing stability and self-sufficiency.

As Chicago’s Plan to End Homelessness entered its ninth year of implementation, it needed to be updated and the community used a CSH-facilitated Charrette to do so. CSH incorporated the community feedback from the Charrette in their final report presented to the Steering Committee and the Chicago Alliance on February 7, 2012. This report will serve as one of the foundational documents for the writing of Plan 2.0

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Charrette Moves Chicago Plan 2.0 Forward

Last week, CSH led a community planning Charrette to inform Chicago’s Plan 2.0 to End Homelessness for the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness. Thirty-seven local and national experts discussed best practices and changes to consider as Chicago moves forward with the new plan. In attendance, and very eager to share their thoughts, were over 375 representatives from Chicago nonprofit organizations, consumers of homeless housing and service, and other key stakeholders.

Topics for the Charrette included prevention, youth, systems integration, employment, interim and permanent housing. CSH staff facilitated the process, provided expertise, caucused with experts, and then distilled the information into a final report of recommendations.

The topic of interim housing roused the most discussion, with debates over the appropriate length of time for clients to stay in interim housing and the time frame for measuring clients’ progress. Participants contributed valuable perspective and suggestions toward a solution to get Chicago closer to our goal of ending homelessness.

Local and national press covered the Charrette, including this piece in The New York Times. CSH is proud to have worked with Chicago on this important planning process, and we look forward to leading Charrettes in more places across the country in 2012.

for photos of the event click here

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Parkside Apartments

An integrated housing project, Parkside Apartments is a Senior Affordable
Housing project that includes 10 units of permanent supportive housing for
seniors who are homeless and disabled. This four-story building was built as a
hotel 1916 and has been converted into 41 studio and one-bedroom
apartments. It features common space, and individual units have private baths
and kitchens. The building’s grand lobby is listed on the National Register of
Historic Places.

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Anniversary Celebration Continues in Illinois

On December 6, the CSH-IL Program held a CSH 20th Anniversary Celebration.  The day included six workshops on topics such as Medicaid and Supportive Housing Partnerships, Implementation of the HEARTH Act and the Olmstead Act in Illinois.  Over 100 people attended the 20th Anniversary Luncheon and Champions of Supportive Housing Awards Ceremony.  CSH President and CEO, Deborah De Santis was the keynote speaker and encouraged the attendees to continue innovative practices in supportive housing.  CSH-IL’s first Program Director, Rob Grossinger,  provided insight on the early years of CSH.  Betsy Benito, CSH’s IL Program Director spoke of the work the office plans to accomplish in the years to come.

Five entities received Champion of Supportive Housing Awards:
Deborah’s Place
South Side Office of Concern & Peoria Opportunities Foundation
Haven House Tenants
Harris Family Foundation
The Chicago Housing Authority

The event was held at Loyola University Chicago’s Water Tower Campus and was co-sponsored by Enterprise Community Partners and  Loyola’s Center for Urban Research and Learning.

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Twenty Successes: Building the Field by Helping Others Build Capacity

In 2004 CSH partnered with the Illinois Housing Development Authority to create a grant program to help nonprofits expand their organizational capabilities. Renaissance Social Services, Inc. (RSSI), a housing services provider in Chicago, applied  and is a prime example of the impact a capacity building grant can have on an organization. They were a small organization looking to grow and increase the number of supportive housing units for Illinois’ homeless. CSH recognized RSSI as an organization that would put the funds to good use and selected them as a capacity grant recipient.

“The CSH capacity building grant came a critical time in our development and without it I am not sure if RSSI would still be around…. The planning we were able to do with that grant kept us healthy and growing during challenges,” said Michael Banghart, RSSI Executive Director. “Capacity building is so crucial for small non-profits.”

Since their grant, RSSI has expanded and was one of seven recipients of a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grant last year.  Today, they are providing case management and services to over 450 households in Illinois.

CSH is dedicated to helping our partners in supportive housing succeed and recognize that capacity building grants are an integral part of the supportive housing puzzle. Over the past 20 years, we have provided over $53.6 million to organizations across the country. We look forward to helping many make steps toward strength and sustainability in the future.

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Twenty Successes -- Building the Field by Helping Others Build Capacity

In 2004 CSH partnered with the Illinois Housing Development Authority to create a grant program to help nonprofits expand their organizational capabilities. Renaissance Social Services, Inc. (RSSI), a housing services provider in Chicago, applied  and is a prime example of the impact a capacity building grant can have on an organization. They were a small organization looking to grow and increase the number of supportive housing units for Illinois’ homeless. CSH recognized RSSI as an organization that would put the funds to good use and selected them as a capacity grant recipient.

“The CSH capacity building grant came a critical time in our development and without it I am not sure if RSSI would still be around…. The planning we were able to do with that grant kept us healthy and growing during challenges,” said Michael Banghart, Executive Director. “Capacity building is so crucial for small non-profits.”
Since their grant, RSSI has expanded and was one of seven recipients of a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grant last year.  Today, they are providing case management and services to over 450 households in Illinois.

CSH is dedicated to helping our partners in supportive housing succeed and recognize that capacity building grants are an integral part of the supportive housing puzzle. Over the past twenty years, we have provided over $53.6 million to organizations across the country. We look forward to helping many make steps toward strength and sustainability in the future.

cshauthor - December 13, 2011 - Capacity Building - No Comments

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Reform in Illinois

This report presents steps need to be taken in policy and practice to increase the enrollment of homeless persons in Medicaid now, to recognize services delivered in permanent supportive housing as both medically necessary and preventative, to reshape the current Illinois Medicaid coverage and services to make them more streamlined and flexible, and to include PSH services as covered services under the Affordable Care Act.

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