Chicago Homeless, Housing First, Ending Homelessness
Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness

DISCHARGE PLANNING

This section addresses these key topics:

Join the Committee
Attend a Meeting
Learn about our Work

The Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness, the Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County, and the Evanston Alliance on Homelessness have embarked on the first-ever county-wide partnership to improve discharge planning across Cook County.

By improving the coordination of housing and services upon discharge and exploring new resources and strategies for discharge planning, we can prevent vulnerable populations who are leaving public institutions, like jails or hospitals, from becoming homeless.

A Countywide Forum on Discharge Planning and Homelessness was held on July 14, 2008, bringing together over 200 people to discuss the policies of discharging institutions and ways to ease re-entry into community life and prevent homelessness. Building on the success of the forum, a steering committee of agencies and individuals who have experienced homelessness will work to implement discharge planning best practices in the areas of health care, mental health, veterans, youth, jails, and prisons.

To learn more about the forum and see video highlights, click here!

Join the Committee

To participate in the Discharge Planning Committee, please contact the following chairs:

Discharge Planning Committee: Erin Ryan and Nicole Amling
 

Attend a Meeting

To find out about upcoming meetings, check out our Calendar of Events

Learn about our Work


Discharge Planning Committee
3-05-10 Minutes
2-05-10 Minutes
9-14-09 Minutes
HUD Discharge Planning Bibliography
5-11-09 Minutes
 


Health Care Sub-Committee
4-23-09 Minutes
11-07-08 Minutes
2-27-09 Minutes


Jail Sub-Committee
4-15-09 Minutes
2-11-09 Minutes
11-12-08 Minutes
10-08-08 Minutes

Mental Health Sub-Committee
9-17-08 Minutes

Prison Sub-Committee
4-15-09 Minutes
2-11-09 Minutes
11-12-08 Minutes
10-08-08 Minutes

Veterans Sub-Committee


Youth Sub-Committee
11-11-08 Minutes