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Bridge Communities...connecting homeless families to a better future. Bridge Communities is a non-profit organization providing transitional housing, supportive services and mentoring to homeless families in DuPage County through partnerships with faith-based organizations and community groups.

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet provides a wide range of housing and support services to homeless individuals in DuPage County. Programs and services include the DuPage Emergency Shelter, Transitional and Permanent Supportive Housing, Emergency Services, Homeless Prevention services, etc. In addition to these Community Services Catholic Charities provides foster care, adoption, maternity services, and counseling services in DuPage.

Corporation for Supportive Housing

DuPage County Government

DuPage County Housing Authority

The DuPage Federation on Human Services is a planning, training and change management organization that identifies gaps in services and organizes collaborative efforts to address them. The Federation has worked to expand access to health and mental health services, to improve child support enforcement and positive parenting supports. Of particular interest to agencies serving homeless persons, the Federation conducts training and technical assistance that increases access to mainstream public benefits. For more information, call 630-782-4783.

DuPage P.A.D.S. provides shelter, support services, and housing.

Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital provides information on veterans benefits, services, patient information, employment, driving instructions, links to community-based outpatient clinics and much, much, more!!

HUD User is a web site operated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development that is a resource for agencies and persons interested in services for the homeless. This site is your gateway to current written research and analytic tools produces by and for HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research.

Interagency Council to End Homelessness

The Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans (MSHV) is a not-for-profit transitional living facility that provides assistance to U.S. veterans of any era for the opportunity to return to useful and productive lives by providing them with the skills necessary for independent living. The Shelter provides a variety of independent living/transition housing services including education (GED/College advising), psychotherapy, substance abuse assessment and treatment, legal assistance, job training, and employment/career opportunities. In addition, the Shelter has cooperative relationships with hospitals, physicians, lawyers, educators, and business professionals in the community to provide services offsite. Staff and volunteers provide transportation to these appointments. Independent living skills such as budgeting, housekeeping, and preparation of meals are developed through staff assistance.

Naperville CARES mission is to provide resources to people within the Naperville community who need assistance to avoid homelessness and attain self-sufficiency.

National Alliance to End Homelessness

National Coalition for the Homeless

NCO Youth & Family Services provides a wide range of services.
Prevention/Education on parenting, drug and alcohol prevention,
and leadership/decision making skills, Counseling services, Crisis
Intervention for runaways and locked out youth, homeless services
through group home for boys ages 13-17 and transitional housing
for males ages 18-21. The mission of NCO is to serve as an agent
for positive change for youth and families in the community through
provision of the highest quality programs and services.

Northern Illinois Food Bank, a member of America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network, acquires donated food from retailers, manufacturers, corporations, and community resources and distributes it through its network of 480 food pantries, shelters, soup kitchens, and other nonprofit food assistance sites to help the 227,000 people living in poverty in 13 northern Illinois counties. NIFB currently serves nonprofit agency partners in Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Will, and Winnebago Counties.

Prarie State Legal Services provides free civil legal services to low income, elderly, and disabled residents of DuPage County. This involves legal advice and representation primarily in the areas of government benefit programs, health care issues, housing and consumer law. Prairie State also has a separate legal project focusing on the needs of homeless clients.

US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development