Clients being relocated from 24-hour-a-day shelter amid COVID-19 concerns
Because of our concern for the health and safety of clients, volunteers and staff during the Coronavirus outbreak, we are closing our 24 hour-a-day shelter site. All clients are being moved to individual accommodations effective Sunday March 22. To learn more about our continued effort to help homeless clients during this emergency, and how you can help support us, visit the COVID-19 Update Page on our website. Click here to donate to our Emergency Response Fund to help us maintain shelter, food, and essential services for our clients.
When the Student Council at John Greenleaf Whittier School decided to focus their efforts locally this year, they started with Housing Forward. According to Leslie Weiss, one of the student council...
Kim and Anthony, two former Forest Park residents, will feel especially grateful this Thanksgiving Day because a year ago they were sleeping in a tent in a secluded part of the village and panhandling for money on the ramps where Harlem crosses I-290. Two weeks ago, they moved into an apartment.
CDT, owned by National Express Transit (NEXT), recently delivered a passenger van they have donated to our agency. It is the first vehicle we have ever owned and will greatly lessen our dependence on rental trucks and staff vehicles. We are grateful to Delilah Strickland, a member of our Board of Directors, who generously made this gift possible through her employer.
