Katie Eighan News Today

In September, Cook County commissioners approved $7 million in funding for Evanston’s Connections for the Homeless to purchase the Margarita Inn, which Connections has leased and operated as a shelter for unhoused people since 2021. Despite unanimous approval, the shelter’s purchase, has faced backlash from county commissioners. It is being financed by American Rescue Plan...

More than 300 students in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 are houseless this academic year, according to District 65 social worker Allison Harned. In the current 2022-23 academic year, the district registered more than 60 additional students as houseless compared to the previous academic year. This was the highest surge since the 2012-2013 school year, according...