Causes: Emergency Assistance, Homeless & Housing, Homeless Centers, Homeless Shelters, Human Services
Mission: Sarah’s Circle provides a full continuum of services for women, including housing, life necessities, and supportive services, to help them permanently end their homelessness.
Results: In 1979, three women in the Uptown neighborhood saw the plight of women who were homeless. They were often cold and seeking shelter, hungry, highly vulnerable, and alone. Sarah’s Circle was started with compassion and spirit of service, and our agency continues to be a safe, welcoming place for women experiencing homelessness. With our resources and services, women are able to access shelter, food, showers, community, and more. From our humble beginning, Sarah’s Circle has grown to an agency providing a full continuum of services, but our mission remains the same. We serve women who are homeless, with a focus on transitioning women from homelessness into permanent housing. After 40 years of service, Sarah’s Circle is still growing to meet the needs of women. Over 2,000 women in Chicago will be homeless tonight. With the continued loss of affordable housing in our communities, Sarah’s Circle is increasingly focused on permanent supportive housing solutions. Sarah’s Circle is able to meet this challenge head on by completing a new facility in the fall of 2020.Here, Sarah’s Circle will provide 38 units of Permanent Supportive Housing, more program space, and an upgraded space for the Interim Housing Program. Sarah’s Circle is dedicated to providing permanent solutions for women in Chicago. The work we do 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, could not happen without the steadfast support of our donors and volunteers. Our supporters play a key role in providing the meals, community support, and life necessities that make Sarah’s Circle a home for hundreds of women throughout the year. It is with your help that we will continue to end homelessness for women in Chicago.
Target demographics: Women 18 and older who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
Direct beneficiaries per year: 800
Geographic areas served: Chicago, IL
Programs: Daytime Support CenterInterim HousingPermanent Supportive Housing
Mission: Sarah’s Circle provides a full continuum of services for women, including housing, life necessities, and supportive services, to help them permanently end their homelessness.
Results: In 1979, three women in the Uptown neighborhood saw the plight of women who were homeless. They were often cold and seeking shelter, hungry, highly vulnerable, and alone. Sarah’s Circle was started with compassion and spirit of service, and our agency continues to be a safe, welcoming place for women experiencing homelessness. With our resources and services, women are able to access shelter, food, showers, community, and more. From our humble beginning, Sarah’s Circle has grown to an agency providing a full continuum of services, but our mission remains the same. We serve women who are homeless, with a focus on transitioning women from homelessness into permanent housing. After 40 years of service, Sarah’s Circle is still growing to meet the needs of women. Over 2,000 women in Chicago will be homeless tonight. With the continued loss of affordable housing in our communities, Sarah’s Circle is increasingly focused on permanent supportive housing solutions. Sarah’s Circle is able to meet this challenge head on by completing a new facility in the fall of 2020.Here, Sarah’s Circle will provide 38 units of Permanent Supportive Housing, more program space, and an upgraded space for the Interim Housing Program. Sarah’s Circle is dedicated to providing permanent solutions for women in Chicago. The work we do 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, could not happen without the steadfast support of our donors and volunteers. Our supporters play a key role in providing the meals, community support, and life necessities that make Sarah’s Circle a home for hundreds of women throughout the year. It is with your help that we will continue to end homelessness for women in Chicago.
Target demographics: Women 18 and older who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
Direct beneficiaries per year: 800
Geographic areas served: Chicago, IL
Programs: Daytime Support CenterInterim HousingPermanent Supportive Housing
Homeless & Housing
Chicago
