Mission AND VISION
MISSION:
LPCS brings communities together to empower individuals facing homelessness and poverty to secure stable housing and make sustainable life changes.
CORE VALUES:
- Empathy: We model compassion and understanding for all members of the LPCS community.
- Equity: We achieve justice and celebrate diversity by providing inclusive, strength-based services.
- Integrity: We foster a culture of respect, honesty and fairness.
- Accountability: We commit to each other and those we serve in the delivery of client-centered services in a safe and motivating environment.
VISION:
We work on the basis of accountability. LPCS staff, Guests, volunteers, stakeholders, and donors are a micro-community with common interests and goals that hold each responsible to the other.
Together, we work within Lincoln Park Community Services and with the larger community to ensure our members receive the support, respect, and understanding they need to empower their lives.
- We will provide a holistic continuum of services that removes barriers and increases self-sufficiency.
- We will be a leader and innovator in creating solutions to homelessness in our community.
- We believe that every person in our community has a stake in and can contribute to ending homelessness.
LPCS is primarily privately funded, supported largely by community donations. Truly a community-based organization, LPCS has always been operated by the pool of more than 1,700 volunteers each year who serve our community in a variety of ways.
Please visit our staff page to contact us directly. To learn more about our stakeholders, view our Board of Directors or Associate Board member list.
History
Impact
We strive to make a difference in as many lives as possible. See how well we’re doing in our Annual Reports.
Homelessness in Chicago
In 2016, the City of Chicago released a report stating that on January 26th, 2016, 5,889 individuals are homeless in the limits of Chicago. 21% of these were not staying in shelters.
Homelessness effects individuals and families across all genders, ethnicities, and age. Not all are unemployed, they simply can’t afford Chicago’s rents. Many are veterans. Many are victims of domestic violence.
All need the support and love from the communities they live and work in.
That’s where we step in.
Facts Behind the Faces
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless’s report provides national, state, and local statistics and data about affordable housing, family status of homeless households, living wage jobs, tax inequality, un- and under-employment, the poverty rate, and other exacerbating factors that feed into and exacerbate homelessness. Facts Behind the Faces
PIT Survey
The City of Chicago’s point-in-time count and survey of Chicago’s homeless population in January 2017. City of Chicago Homeless Survey
Homeless FAQ
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless FAQ page about current status of Chicago’s homeless population and on going effort to address the issue. FAQ