Chicago Homeless, Housing First, Ending Homelessness

SERVICE PROVIDERS COMMISSION

This section addresses these key topics:

Service Providers Commission Functions
Service Providers Executive Committee
Service Providers Commission Constituency Groups/Caucuses
Service Providers Commission Membership Criteria

The Service Providers Commission (SPC) of the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness is a membership coalition of approximately 70 organizations providing homeless services and advocacy in Chicago and working to end homelessness.

View the Service Providers Commission Membership List.

SPC Functions

The SPC is an advisory body to the Chicago Alliance Board of Directors. Its activities include:

Being a unified voice for the mission and vision of ending homelessness.
Undertaking advocacy around ending homelessness.
Being involved in developing and implementing strategies to end homelessness.
Raising red flag concerns.
Contributing expertise and advice.

SPC members also serve on the Alliance's Board of Directors, Advocacy Committee, Plan Advisory Committee, and ERA Committee.

The SPC charter details functions, structure, meeting times and membership.

SPC Executive Committee

The SPC is governed by a 27-person Executive Committee comprised of 1) individuals elected at-large by SPC members, and 2) representatives of each service provider constituency group and caucus.

Member	Constituency Group
Kathy Ahler	Concerned Providers
Melanie Anewishki	Community-Based Black Caucus
Arturo Bendixen	AIDS Housing Providers
Mattie Butler	At-Large
Alvena Clark	Chronic Homelessness
Joyce Coffee	Domestic Violence
Teresa Cortas	Homeless Committee of ONE
Richard Ducatenzeiler	At-Large
Aaron Eckhardt	Interim Housing
David Esposito	At-Large
Sol Flores	Latino Council on Homelessness
Carlos Freytes	At-Large
Bill Hayes	Homeless Action Committee
Eileen Higgins	At-Large
Katy Kelleghan	Health Care for the Homeless
Flora Koppel	Homeless Youth Providers
Fred Maclin	At-Large
Felix Matlock	At-Large
Maura McCauley	Homeless Families
Audalee McLoughlin	At-Large
Kathleen Molnar	Homeless Prevention
Jennifer Nelson	At-Large
John Pfeiffer	Wrap-Around Services
Delia Ramirez	At-Large
Susan Reyna-Guerrero	At-Large
Sanja Stinson	At-Large
Audrey Thomas	Permanent Supportive Housing

SPC Constituency Groups/Caucuses

AIDS Housing Provider Committee
Chicago Chronic Homeless Group
Chicago Community Based Black Caucus
Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network
Concerned Providers
Healthcare for the Homeless Forum
Homeless Action Committee
Homeless Committee of the Organization of the NorthEast
Homeless Families
Homeless Youth Providers
Homelessness Prevention
Interim Housing Providers
Latino Council on Homelessness
Permanent Supportive Housing
Wraparound Services

SPC Membership Criteria

To be eligible for membership in the SPC, an agency must:

Provide services or advocacy to people or on behalf of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness as a primary organizational function.
Operate in Chicago.
Support the mission of the Alliance and the SPC.
Have a 501(c)(3) designation from the Internal Revenue Service.
Identify one representative and an alternate to the SPC.
Attend, at a minimum, the four meetings of the Commission.
Pay annual dues up to $500, depending on the agency budget

If you are interested in applying for membership on behalf of your agency, please contact Sherise Alexander, Director of Operations, at salexander@thechicagoalliance.org