Chicago takes next step toward combining migrant, homeless services [Video]

CHICAGO (NewsNation) — Officials from the city of Chicago and state of Illinois are taking the next step Thursday toward what could be a one-of-a-kind system that would combine support services for the city’s homeless and new arrivals populations and provide housing solutions and other care to both groups.

The One System Initiative has been discussed since the spring and would shift oversight of the city’s management of permanent shelters for the unhoused and migrants to a community-based, nonprofit model rather than an out-of-state group.

Since the start of Chicago’s new arrival mission in 2022, the city has contracted with Favorite Healthcare Staffing. The city said the One System Initiative would be made possible through a collaboration between the state and city, with funding support also coming from the Illinois Office to Prevent and End Homelessness.

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