“Last year homelessness increased 116% in the state of Illinois,” Doug Kenshol, co-founder of the Illinois Shelter Alliance, ...

In the last year alone, homelessness has seen an increase both nationwide and statewide. Now, experts in Illinois are ...

W ith homelessness increasing in Illinois, a coalition of shelter providers and advocates is calling for a $100 million increase in state funding to prevent homelessness and provide shelter to ...

Homelessness increasing. The number of people experiencing homelessness in Illinois more than doubled between 2023 and 2024, according to federal data released this month.Most of that increase was ...

The “Illinois Homelessness Morbidity & Mortality Report 2017-2022” found a 36.6% overall increase in deaths of people experiencing homelessness since the start of the COVID pandemic.

CHICAGO | The number of homeless teens in Illinois has steadily increased and the majority of them are females, according to the first detailed study on the subject in 20 ...

Facing a tight budget year with constrained spending and limited natural revenue growth, the $55.1 billion fiscal year 2026 ...

CHICAGO — With homelessness increasing in Illinois, a coalition of shelter providers and advocates is calling for a $100 million increase in state funding to prevent homelessness and provide ...