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!
To participate in the Discharge Planning Committee, please contact the following chairs:
Discharge Planning Committee: Erin Ryan and Nicole Amling
To find out about upcoming meetings, check out our Calendar of Events.
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