Time for an RSSI update. A lot has happened since my last post in July. In September RSSI received an award from SAMHSA a division of the Department of Health and Human Services for a 5 year grant to provide outreach supportive housing services to chronically homeless adults. This is a major accomplishment for the agency and led to another grant award from the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness for rental subsidies to provide housing units. Since September we have hired 4 new outreach workers, a team leader and a psychiatric nurse. This is an exciting time for us and will allow us to help at least 150 chronically homeless people get off the streets and into permanent housing with supportive services!
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