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More children experiencing homelessness now Lake County officials reported a substantial increase in homelessness, particularly among families. Results released of the Point in Time Count taken ...
Lake County is approaching an inflection point in the homelessness crisis, as government leaders and stakeholders must decide if it is a shared problem with shared solutions, according to the executive director of the largest shelter service in the county. “I do believe that in order for us to actually meet this challenge, we have to do it together,” said Allen Swilley, executive director of ...
Asylum-seeking migrants have been arriving in Chicago and the collar counties throughout the year. Advocates say the families have come in search of something they lacked in their home countries: safety and stability. Amid a recent uptick in arrivals, many villages and cities outside of Cook County have started to see their Metra station as a destination for the buses coming from the southern ...
A number of affordable senior housing developments are under construction in Lake County that are designed to house residents who meet certain age and income thresholds, and address a growing deficit in homes available for the county’s older population. New rental housing, created with senior citizens in mind, allows residents to stay and age in their communities, according to Brenda ...
A number of Lake County motels are being used to shelter nearly 300 homeless people, half of whom are children. With the help of county and state funding, PADS Lake County — the largest serving homeless agency and sheltering program in the county — altered its sheltering services to hotel stays and away from the rotating church model that had been used. “For 50 years, (churches) have supported ...