CCIL recently received funding from Access to Recovery (ATR), a program of the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (DASA), to launch a single women’s program. This program is in its infancy and at this time only single women who are recovering from substance abuse issues have funding clearance. The women have case management support and are assisted with job training, job placement and permanent housing needs, identical to services provided single men entering CCIL.
Single women are one of the most rapidly expanding homeless populations. According to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, there are approximately 73,656 homeless individuals in Chicago. Thirty five percent of that number is single homeless women. CCIL plans to build on its ATR launch in serving single, homeless women.
Contact Mary Shaver at mshaver@ccilworks.org for CCIL program information.
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