Phalanx Family Services Working to Keep Chicago Strong

According to a Chicago Coalition for a Homeless, there are 86,000 homeless people in Chicago. Among a homeless, 18,000 have some college and 14,400 have some form of employment.

Forty-nine-year-old Rauquaia Hale-Wallace is one of those homeless people. She is lerned as an show thespian and her father has a pursuit in a travel industry.

After Hale-Wallace graduated high school, she went to Italy to perform while she was in college. Despite carrying a college degree, she has struggled to find unchanging work.

Now she has been diagnosed with arthritis and diabetes and things have turn gradually worse. Her family had to leave an unit that was unsafe. They finished adult vital in a church, though after 6 years, they were told they had to move.

Her family changed to a preserve in Uptown until a gift classification helped her family pierce into an apartment. There is wish and there is help.

In risk of eviction or homelessness? Get adult to $5,000 in debt or let assistance by a State Homeless Fund administered by Phalanx Family Services. Contact Teia Sanders or Georgia Davis during 773/291-1086 to see if we validate for a assistance.

Phalanx offers some-more assistance for those in need in Chicago.

Can’t compensate your light, gas and/or phone bill? Need travel income for wardrobe assistance to get to or say your job? Get adult to
$800 in Emergency Fund Assistance by a City of Chicago’s Emergency Fund administered by Phalanx Family Services. Contact Georgia Davis during 773/291-1086 if we are a City of Chicago proprietor to see if we qualify.

The stagnation rate in Chicago is down to 2.8 percent in Dec from 4.1 percent in July. This is interjection to programs that assistance people find practice such as Phalanx Family Services.

Need IMMEDIATE JOB PLACEMENT or training to turn a approved Truck Driver, protected Basic Nurse Assistant, Pharmacy Technician,
or Food Service and Sanitation Trained professional? Contact Phalanx Family Services for comment and intake during 773/291-1086.

Are we a comparison or an particular 18 or comparison receiving SSI and/or SSDI and wish to secure part- or full-time employment? Contact
Georgia Davis during 773/291-1086 for comment and intake into a Ticket to Work Program.

If we live in Chicago or a surrounding suburbs, are 18 years of age or older, and would like to secure full-time employment
through Phalanx Family Services Direct Placement and Employment module hit 773/291-1086 for comment and intake.

By Jeanette Vietti

Sources:

Chicago Tribune: Thousands of Chicago’s homeless have jobs, some college education, discordant to stereotypes, new investigate says
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL
Phalanx Family Services: Programs

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