- Street-based aid to homeless and street youth; includes survival aid, education, and connection to emergency shelter. Entry to emergency shelter is through Project Oz staff only. - Agency outreach staff visit shelters and habitations to seek out homeless youth who need assistance with job attainment, re-entry to school, connection to GED or vocational programs, or obtaining housing. - Individual counseling is available at the youth's site or at the Project Oz office.

Northwest Compass services include intake and referrals, crisis intervention, solution-focused case management, street outreach, individual financial counseling, and money management classes, career coaching and job readiness, and more to alleviate hardships and allow clients to become stable and stay empowered in their everyday lives.

Offers coordinated assessments to individuals and families experiencing homelessness or are at-risk. Comprehensive services include: - Day Resource Center: Offers assessment for services and case management for people experiencing homelessness. Provides counseling, a mailing address, basic needs and hygiene products. - Emergency Overnight Shelter (Open October 1 through April 30) Offers a temporary place for people to sleep every night from October to April. Clients receive dinner, breakfast in the morning, and a sack lunch to take with them. - Outreach Program: Provides outreach to individuals who are experiencing homelessness but are resistant to services. Offers supportive services in their current environment. - Supportive Housing: Offers permanent housing for individuals with mental illnesses. Provides 24/7 supportive services on-site by clinical professionals. - Prevention and Diversion Program: Offers case management services for people who are on the verge of homelessness.

Outreach and services to those living without shelter. Services include a team travelling throughout the county looking for unsheltered persons to connect them to services.

Outreach navigators provide community outreach for those individuals living unsheltered in the Quad Cities. They are liaisons with local businesses and law enforcement to address concerns and make contact with persons living on the streets. The outreach team provides emergency supplies such as water, hygiene products, blankets, and referrals to appropriate services.

The Nonviolence Chicago Street Outreach teams advocate for the community. They provide food and toiletries and conduct well-being checks when needed. To help communities take back space where violence has occurred, they host events creating safe spaces and building relationships with neighbors.

Through Good Neighbors Field Outreach, teams of staff and volunteers deliver toiletries, clothing, and food to individuals experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness. On various days during the week, teams connect with people residing on the streets in the Near North neighborhood to listen, hand out daily living essentials, and direct people to the resources they may need.

The Nonviolence Chicago Street Outreach teams advocate for the community. They provide food and toiletries and conduct well-being checks when needed. To help communities take back space where violence has occurred, they host events creating safe spaces and building relationships with neighbors.

YOT's Outreach Case Managers connect with clients across the city and link them with safe housing, education, employment, and other resources as well as providing compassionate support. In addition to making a regular stop with the Youth Outreach Van in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood every Thursday evening, Team members visit libraries, courthouses, coffee shops, and other locations where young people experiencing homelessness often congregate.

Community Support Team: Assists with preventing homelessness, increases job, social, and living skills, and assists with obtaining benefits (Social Security, Medical, etc.). Street Outreach: Supports individuals experiencing homelessness by encouraging engagement with approriate mental health services. Crisis Line of Fox Valley: Call and text line providing individuals with support and referrals. Victims Services: Assistance to victims of violent crime and/or trauma. Provides crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy, and referrals.

Housing and Residential: Supportive housing offering a variety of community-based options for persons with serious mental illnesses and co-occurring substance use disorders, including those exiting homelessness. Homeless Outreach: Provides outreach, linkage to primary and psychiatric care, and resource referral to persons experiencing homelessness with serious mental illnesses. The program employs the skills of licensed clinical social workers on the streets, in shelters, and any other location where people who are homeless may be found.

Provides the following for homeless individuals in the area: - Food (meals and snacks). - Toiletries. - First aid. - Underwear. - Socks. - Winter coats. - Blankets. - Connection to community resources.

Featherfist, Inc. offers street outreach specifically on the south side streets of Chicago. They work to form relationships that can help break the cycle of homelessness.

Housing Forward works with individuals and families who are unsheltered and help them transition to supportive housing. Street Outreach Specialists connect with individuals by addressing basic needs such as food, water, personal hygiene kits, and clothing. As trust and relationship is built, staff members assess the needs of unsheltered individuals and connect them to case management, supportive services, and referrals.Diversion services help individuals and families who are facing homelessness to avoid emergency shelters or living on the street. This program provides immediate case management and support to help households rely on their existing strengths and support network.

The Thresholds Homeless Outreach Program was established in 1989 to provide assertive outreach, linkage to primary and psychiatric care, and resource referral to persons experiencing homelessness with serious mental illnesses. The program employs the skills of licensed clinical social workers on the streets, in shelters, and in any other location where people who are homeless may be found.

Ignite's SCOPe (Street and Community Outreach Program) offers support to youth ages 14 to 24in the south and southwest areas of Chicago to build relationships with young people experiencing homelessness, connect them to community resources and the full array of Ignite programs, meet their immediate needs, and provide crisis intervention.

The specially designed Health Outreach Bus features a fully equipped nurse's office, a confidential space for HIV and STI (sexually transmitted infections) testing, and a hospitality area to greet clients with coffee, hot chocolate, and lemonade. The Bus visits underserved Chicago communities six days a week on a regular schedule, including East Garfield Park, Douglas Park, Humboldt Park, South Shore, Pilsen, and New City.

Compassion Day: Prepares and distributes non-perishable foods, hygiene and seasonal supplies to the homeless living on the streets.

The Nonviolence Chicago Street Outreach teams advocate for the community. They provide food and toiletries and conduct well-being checks when needed. To help communities take back space where violence has occurred, they host events creating safe spaces and building relationships with neighbors.

The Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Program, funded by the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health, provides community-based outreach, mental health, substance abuse, case management and other support services, as well as a limited set of housing services.

Habilitative Systems, Inc. provides community-based outreach, mental health, substance abuse, case management, and housing services. Services include screening, assessment, linkage, and referrals to appropriate levels of care for homeless adults. The program's goal is to reduce homelessness, and recidivism and stabilize support systems.

LPCS provides weekly outreach and drop-in supportive services (showers, laundry, clothing, toiletries, meals, referrals, and case management) to individuals who are currently experiencing street-based homelessness.

The Street Medicine Program brings free health care, survival supplies, and support directly to individuals who have the most difficulty accessing traditional services. Regularly visiting encampments, expressway viaducts, and street corners across the city, a Nurse Practitioner, Case Manager, and Street Medicine Outreach Professional first address immediate health needs, then link individuals to case management and medical homes.