Housing Opportunities for Women

How provides permanent supportive Housing to 1,000 individualsannually. How clients are often disabled and unable to work,chronically homeless and have mental and physical health issues thatneed to be addressed. Headquartered in the rogers park neighborhood,how employs the Housing first model to get individuals and families aplace to call home. Once housed we work to reintegrate clients intothe neighborhood of choice through our scattered site Housing thatstretches across the entire city of chicago. At how, we are focused onbuilding on our clients individual strengths and connecting them tocommunity resources. Through this combination we can create lastingpositive change for our clients.how clients have a wide variety of personal and family issues that needto be addressed in order to create lasting change. At how, we providehigh quality academic after school counseling, drug and alcohol supportgroups, referrals to appropriate medical and mental health resourcesand employment readiness and placement services. Each client is caredfor by an intensive case manager who, in partnership with the client,develops an individual goal plan that creates a pathway to achievingindependence and self sufficiency.the organization also provides a program that addresses Housing lossprevention that helps individuals and families keep their homes andavoid entering the shelter system.