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From 'out there' to indoor life

Apartments for homeless win support over neighbor objections

Adela: From Crunched to College
After taking a financial education workshop with Heartland Alliance, Adela has learned to budget and balance her family's finances.

Research Reports

Most Recent Research Reports

The Social and Economic Value of Human Services

Put Illinois to Work Evaluation: An Early Look

2010 Report on Illinois Poverty

The Size of the Illinois Human Service Workforce

The Financial Conditions of Illinois Human Service Nonprofits

Running on Empty: Nutritional Access for Children in Cook County, IL

Poverty Elimination Strategies That Work

Back Home Again: LaPorte County, Indiana, Plan to End Homelessness

Getting By & Getting Ahead: The 2009 Illinois Self-Sufficiency Standard

2009 Reports on Poverty

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Economic Opportunity Research Reports

Without a Net: A Study of Early Impacts of Supplemental Security Income Benefits Elimination for Persons with Disabilities due to Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Cook County, Illinois. Impacts, Policy Alternatives and Action Steps

Transitional Community Jobs, A Summary Report on the Program and its Outcomes, Chicago

The Social and Economic Value of Human Services

The Size of the Illinois Human Service Workforce

The Living Wage: In the Public Interest? Increasing the Quality of Life for Families and Communities

The Financial Conditions of Illinois Human Service Nonprofits

Realizing Human Rights in Illinois: A Report on the From Poverty to Opportunity Campaign Action Forums

Put Illinois to Work Evaluation: An Early Look

Poverty Elimination Strategies That Work

Overview of 2007 Census Data

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Health Care Research Reports

Albany Park, Rogers Park Healthcare Needs Assessments

Building on our Success: Moving from Health Care Coverage to Improved Access and Comprehensive Well-Being for Illinois Children and Youth

Illinois Youth - Ready for Life? Illinois Youth Share their Perspective on Challenges and Opportunities as They Make the Transition from Childhood to Adulthood

Opportunities and Challenges: A Community Perspective on Nonprofit Services for Latinos and Community Need

Overview of 2007 Census Data

Running on Empty: Nutritional Access for Children in Cook County, IL

The Financial Conditions of Illinois Human Service Nonprofits

The Social and Economic Value of Human Services

Uninsured Persons in Illinois Legislative Districts

Housing Research Reports

2003 Not Even a Place in Line: Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Capacity and Waiting Lists in Illinois

2005 Targeted LGBT Senior Housing: A Study of the Needs and Perceptions of LGBT Seniors in Chicago

2007 Chicago Area Income, Poverty, and Housing Overview

2007 Not Even a Place in Line: Public Housing and Housing Voucher Capacity and Waiting Lists in Illinois

Back Home Again: LaPorte County, Indiana, Plan to End Homelessness

DuPage County, Illinois, Plan to End Homelessness: Progress at the Five-Year Mark and a Blueprint for Moving Forward

Facing Homelessness: A Study of Homelessness in Chicago and the Suburbs

Finding the Fit: A Review of Three Intervention Models for Working with HIV/AIDS Impacted Substance Users who are Homeless

Illinois Affordable Housing Primer

Life After Hurricane Katrina: A Brief on the Chicagoland Katrina Relief Initiative

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Justice Research Reports

2004 In Our Own Backyard: Human Rights in the Heartland

2005 Human Rights in the Heartland: An Assessment of Social, Economic, Civil, and Political Rights in the Midwest

Extreme Poverty and Human Rights: A Primer

Human Trafficking in Iraq: Patterns and Practices in Forced Labor and Sexual Exploitation

Legal Interpreting Program Evaluation Report

Opportunities and Challenges: A Community Perspective on Nonprofit Services for Latinos and Community Need

Victims of Human Trafficking in the Midwest

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