Programs
On-site Care
Complicated, long-term health issues make it difficult for many homeless people to transition into stable housing. Our Programs focuses on providing clients with the opportunity and resources to better equip themselves for life after Interfaith House. Our objective is to help ill or injured homeless people complete their medical recovery, receive support with social and psychological issues and obtain successful placement into housing.
Assessment Respite
The goal of our Assessment/Respite Program is to help ill or injured homeless people complete a medical recovery plan, receive support with social and psychological issues and to obtain successful placement into housing or further treatment.
Admission to the Assessment/Respite Program is by referral from nearly 40 area hospitals and via the Chicago Department of Human Services.
Assessment/Respite residents are assigned a case manager upon arrival at Interfaith House. Each case manager works closely with their client to assess their needs and direct them towards the services necessary to support their recovery.
Supportive Living
Complicated, long-term health issues make it difficult for many homeless people to transition into stable housing and maintain it. Our Supportive Living Program focuses on providing clients with the opportunity and resources to better equip themselves for life after Interfaith House. Case Managers open doors to services such as job training, education and financial benefits. This longer-term respite residency offers extended stays at Interfaith House to ensure clients receive the support necessary to maintain stable housing while managing a long term illness or disability.
Housing Advocacy Team
Our Housing Advocacy team determines the most suitable housing for clients after leaving Interfaith House. They develop partnerships with housing providers in Metro-Chicago to ensure a safe living situation for our clients.
The Health and Housing Outreach Team
Our Health and Housing Outreach Team provide case management to successfully discharged clients who are in stable housing. By providing intensive off-site care to our former residents we ease their transition into mainstream society. These wrap-around services lessen recidivism and prevented over 80% of our participating clients from returning to homelessness since its inception in 2006.