Heartland Alliance Research Reports

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

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:15:15 -0500

2009 Self-Sufficiency Report

2009 Reports on Poverty

Fri, 08 May 2009 14:24:54 -0500

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Albany Park, Rogers Park Healthcare Needs Assessments

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:14:51 -0500

These reports summarize Heartland Alliance & Northwestern University’s assessment of elderly healthcare needs in Albany Park and Rogers Park, Chicago.

Supportive Housing in Illinois: A Wise Investment

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:14:31 -0500

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Study of Supportive Housing in Illinois: First Interim Report

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:03:21 -0500

In particular, the study focuses on the change in service use and the cost of services used by Illinois supportive housing residents 2 years before entering supportive housing and 2 years after. This study will inform policymakers, funders, and others about the importance and cost effectiveness of supportive housing in Illinois.

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

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:07:14 -0600

The DuPage County Homeless Continuum of Care (CoC) was an early leader nationally and locally in the development and implementation of its 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness in 2003. In October 2007, the Heartland Alliance Mid-America Institute on Poverty was hired to conduct the evaluation and to facilitate a planning process to inform the update of the Plan. This report documents the tremendous successes of the past 5 years, outlines the process by which stakeholders were re-energize and re-engage, and establishes a new blueprint for success for the coming 5 years. The DuPage County CoC is proceeding from this point even more committed to collaboration and success in ending homelessness in DuPage County.

McHenry County: A Place to Call Home - Affordable Housing Needs Assessment

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:06:19 -0600

The Heartland Alliance Mid-America Institute on Poverty conducted an assessment of the need for and the supply of affordable housing in McHenry County, Illinois. The study found that there is a serious lack of housing in McHenry County that falls in the price range of low and even middle-income families. The need is particularly salient for households with annual incomes below $35,000 and for people with special housing support needs.

Study of Supportive Housing in Illinois: Interim Report on Publicly-Funded Service Usage by Residents Prior to Entry into Supportive Housing

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:08:05 -0600

This second interim report provides a picture of the services supportive housing residents accessed within the 2 years before they entered supportive housing.

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

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:31:51 -0500

In response to conversations and enthusiasm across the state, the From Poverty to Opportunity Campaign is advancing legislation in Illinois to create a Commission on Poverty Eradication in Illinois, grounded in international human rights standards, which would develop a strategic plan to cut extreme poverty in half by 2015 in Illinois. With over 180 organizations, faith communities, and governments, as well more than 1,100 individuals from every legislative district in the state, this campaign is building a movement toward change that will make freedom from poverty a reality in Illinois.

Extreme Poverty and Human Rights: A Primer

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:28:10 -0500

Everyone deserves the opportunity to have a roof over their head, to put food on the table and to give their children a chance at a bright future, but that opportunity does not exist for the hundreds of thousands of people in Illinois living in extreme poverty. Freedom from this barrier requires a comprehensive vision and plan.This primer will provide the tools to understand the role of opportunity and human rights in eradicating poverty.