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Our Strategic Plan and Race Equity Action Plan are helping us tackle homelessness in Chicago.
The strategic plan has four objectives: Center Racial Equity, Strengthen Organizational Infrastructure, Collaborate Through Partnerships, and Enhance National Leadership.
Race Equity Action Plan
“The striking racial disparities we see in homelessness and healthcare are not accidental – they are the result of systemic racism. As an organization committed to racial justice, CHH has a responsibility to examine both our own policies and practices and those driving the systems in which we operate. These principles are at the heart of our Racial Equity Action Plan.”
-Peter Toepfer
Race Equity Action Plan
Alongside AIDS Foundation Chicago and Morten Group LLC, we worked to develop intentional strategies for three main goals that comprise our plan. To achieve racial equity and justice in our work, CHH will:
- foster an intentional organizational culture of inclusion and belonging for all staff and board members
- embed racial equity into all administrative and organizational practices, and
- embed racial equity within our programs, services, and policy priorities, while remaining transparent and honest about our progress toward achieving racial equity.
As an organization that tackles issues contributing to homelessness and health inequities in Chicagoland, it is impossible for CHH to ignore the intersectionality between these challenges and racial equity.
In 2023, CHH worked to achieve racial equity by increasing contracts with Black-led organizations by 22%, to $879,000. This represents 28% of all funding going out to community partners. In addition, the organization increased the number of BIPOC-identified staff by 33%, and BIPOC staff now represent 56% of leadership postitions at CHH.
Read the full Racial Equity Action Plan here. Access the glossary for language regarding the plan here.