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- EIN 36-3263818
- (773) 465-5770
- 1607 W Howard Street 3rd Floor Chicago IL 60626-1675 USA
- www.how-inc.org
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Causes: Homeless & Housing, Temporary Housing
Mission: How's mission is to empower women, children and families to permanently break the cycle of poverty and homelessness. For the 1,000 individuals how serves every year we provide permanent supportive housing, help individuals increase their income and access to benefits and improve our clients physical and mental wellness. How works with and through our clients to overcome the multiple barriers that often prevent homeless individuals from achieving their highest and best potential.
Programs: How provides permanent supportive housing to 1,000 individuals annually. How clients are often disabled and unable to work, chronically homeless and have mental and physical health issues that need to be addressed. Headquartered in the rogers park neighborhood, how employs the housing first model to get individuals and families a place to call home. Once housed we work to reintegrate clients into the neighborhood of choice through our scattered site housing that stretches across the entire city of chicago. At how, we are focused on building on our clients individual strengths and connecting them to community resources. Through this combination we can create lasting positive change for our clients. How clients have a wide variety of personal and family issues that need to be addressed in order to create lasting change. At how, we provide high quality academic after school counseling, drug and alcohol support groups, referrals to appropriate medical and mental health resources and employment readiness and placement services. Each client is cared for by an intensive case manager who, in partnership with the client, develops an individual goal plan that creates a pathway to achieving independence and self sufficiency. The organization also provides a program that addresses housing loss prevention that helps individuals and families keep their homes and avoid entering the shelter system.