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Our Mission

CHH honors every person’s right to a home and health care, by bridging the housing and health care systems, to improve the lives of Chicagoans experiencing homelessness.

Our Vision

Every person has a place to call home that helps them reach their full potential.

Our History

The origins of the Center for Housing and Health (CHH) are connected to the Chicago Housing for Health Partnership (CHHP) program, which provided permanent supportive housing and intensive case management for people who were experiencing homelessness and hospitalized. The results generated from CHHP data inspired the creation of the Center in order to pursue more CHHP-type projects and other similar innovations to address the barriers that people experiencing chronic homelessness face. This pursuit evolved into the establishment of CHH as a separate 501(c)(3) supporting organization of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago in February 2010 to extend its work beyond HIV/AIDS by promoting effective housing options for people experiencing homelessness and living with a wide range of chronic illnesses.

Since then, CHH received its first grant from the Chicago Community Trust in 2011, which supported housing and outreach for the 100,000 Homes Campaign, and the organization went on to receive its largest grant to date in 2013 through HUD. In 2014, CHH established the Better Health through Housing (BHH) Collaborative, an alliance of 28 supportive housing agencies across Chicago and Cook County dedicated to bridging the gap between the housing and health care sectors. CHH was selected as the lead agency and convener for this new project, and, in 2015, CHH secured its first contract for The BHH Collaborative with the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System. By 2017, CHH grew to having a budget of $5 million from a $100,000 budget six years earlier, while continuing to support Chicago and Cook County residents experiencing homelessness to find better housing solutions.

Staff

Antwanette Standberry

Housing Specialist

Chiayu McGill

SOAR Specialist

Melanie Paul

Manager, Housing Supportive Services

Abbie See

Senior Manager, Flexible Housing Pool

Charita Pates

Housing Specialist

Talia Bellia

Harm Reduction Counselor

Kierra Craig

Landlord Engagement Specialist

Jennifer Jimenez

Director, Systems Change

Justine Allenbach

Coordinated Entry Manager

Elizabeth Murray

Landlord Engagement Specialist

Tarita James

Landlord Engagement Manager

Carolyn Bloom

Program Manager

Amiel Cain

Housing Supportive Services Specialist

Torri Clay

Manager, Outreach & Housing Placement

Brandi Calvert

Senior Director, Housing Operations

Jessie Beebe

Director, Integrated Health Programs

Ann Barron

Housing Supportive Services Senior Specialist

Sherise Alexander

Director, Supportive Housing

Laurie Wettstead

Chief Financial Officer

Peter Toepfer

Executive Director

Liza Duchesneau

Program manager

Board

Stephanie Altman, Shriver Center on Poverty Law

Member

Jennifer Nelson Seals, Human Resources Consultant

Member

Richard Powell, Planned Parenthood of IL

Member

Christy Prahl, Crown Family Philanthropies

Member

Alejandro Segura, JP Morgan Chase

Member

Peter Toepfer, Center for Housing and Health

Executive Director

Joanna Trotter, Chicago Community Trust

Member

Kuliva Wilburn, Wilburn Strategic Solutions

Chair

Chad Thompson, Lyceum Leadership Consulting

Treasurer

Simone Koehlinger, AIDS Foundation Chicago

Member

Chris O’Hara, Thresholds

Member

Partners & Funders

Financial Info

Audits

FY 20 Audit FY 19 Audit FY 18 Audit FY 17 Audit

Forms

Form 990 - FY21 Form 990 - FY19 Form 990 - FY18
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