The Chicago Alliance undertakes significant research in the field of homelessness. The goals of this research are to understand barriers to ending homelessness and to highlight best practices in the field.

The Journey Home

In the spring of 2008 the Chicago Alliance released a report assessing the successes and challenges of Chicago’s Plan to End Homelessness. The report found that Chicago’s homeless system had been transitioned so that it now consisted of 52% permanent housing, up from 38% in 2003; that the Plan attracted over $76 million in new funding for Chicago’s homeless system; and that significant new programs had been created to truly end homelessness in Chicago. 

View the complete Journey Home report to learn more.
 

Homeless Over 50: The Graying of Chicago’s Homeless Population

The Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness teamed with Loyola University’s Center for Urban Research and Learning to undertake this nine-month study of people in Chicago who were homeless and aged 50 to 64. The goals of this study were to obtain a demographic profile of people who are homeless in Chicago and are between the ages of 50 and 64, a population which anecdotal reports indicated was fast-growing in Chicago; to understand how various systems do and do not meet this population’s needs; and to begin to suggest a range of policy and programmatic responses to the needs of this population. 

View the complete Homeless Over 50: The Graying of Chicago's Homeless Population report.