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Chicago paid Favorite Healthcare Staffing $342 million to oversee its migrant shelter system. Records show the contractor had a poor track record of resolving complaints.
Mayor Brandon Johnson moved ahead Friday on his plan to close Chicago’s migrant shelters and fold them into the city’s existing system for homeless residents.
A nearly year-old U.S. Senate GOP inquiry into migrant housing at O’Hare and Midway may become more than a political annoyance for Mayor Brandon Johnson next year.
Migrants living in city-run shelters have made up a relatively small number of Illinois Department of Child and Family Services investigations in Chicago. At the peak of migrant shelter operations ...
Migrant shelter in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood set to close 02:22. CHICAGO (CBS) -- A state-run migrant shelter that opened earlier this year in a vacant CVS store in the Little Village ...
There are currently 17 migrant shelters operating in Chicago, for a total of 5,600 residents. New rates In a June 2023 news conference, Johnson was quick to acknowledge the ballooning costs from ...
The state supported shelters will continue operations in fiscal year 2025 as part of the joint funding agreement between the city of Chicago and Cook County. The state is committing $182 million ...
(The Center Square) – Additional taxpayer supported shelters are set to serve migrants arriving in Chicago. The two new shelters and one existing shelter will house a total combined capacity of ...
Chicago’s migrant shelter population down by more than half since evictions began this spring Migrants forced to leave a city shelter after 60 days can return, but many are reluctant.
Children outside of a migrant shelter Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago [AP Photo/Erin Hooley]. The city reports around 970 migrants have already been evicted from ...
After months of delay, a new migrant shelter for families is opening at the shuttered St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Portage Park later this month, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced late Friday.
A lawmaker in Chicago is accusing Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ongoing migrant shelter evictions of adding to the city’s homeless count as Democrat-led cities around the U.S. are facing increasing ...