What We Do
La Casa Norte has rapidly grown over the past ten years to meet the increasing needs of poverty and homelessness throughout Chicago.
Homelessness affects a diverse population and our clients come from all walks of life, from homeless families, single parents, victims of domestic violence and abandoned youth. In our first 10 years, we have helped more than 20,000 homeless and at-risk individuals in more than 43 neighborhoods around Chicago.
How do we do it? In many different ways, depending upon the needs of our clients, but in each case, by not only giving them the most basic needs – a bed, something to eat, but also by giving them the tools to improve their situation, and change their lives for the better.
Housing
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Support services
We have an extensive network of collaborative human service organizations throughout the city, that we refer our clients to for services such as mental health, substance use treatment, medical healthcare, day care, legal and employment training. |
Case management & advocacy
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Clothing assistance
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Outreach
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We provide scattered site permanent supportive housing for homeless youth and families. Clients live in private apartments located throughout the city. We offer many support services to accompany their needs. This includes life skills training, therapy, community building and the basic needs of food, clothing, and transportation. 
We also provide temporary housing for up to 16 homeless male youth at Solid Ground, Chicago’s first bilingual, male-intentional supportive housing program for homeless youth, ages 16-21. These youth have their own private room with shared common space, including a kitchen, dining room, community and workout room and computer lab. Solid Ground provides support services for life skill training, education, mentoring, employment services and therapy.
Many of our youth and families need resources to accompany their transition from homelessness into housing with the goal of creating long-term stability. In addition to our services of life skills training, case management and therapy, we also provide the basic needs of food, clothing and transportation.
We offer homeless youth and families free bilingual and culturally sensitive case management, housing advocacy, and homeless prevention services. In addition, we provide community access to a computer lab, a clothing closet, food donations, phone and fax along with counseling and life-goal planning.
Through the generosity of individual donors, La Casa Norte makes available gently used clothing for men, women and children of all ages.
Casa Corazon is a homeless youth engagement program that works with youth who are experiencing homelessness and/or housing instability in Chicago. Casa Corazon offers outreach services coupled with a drop-in center and case management resources, to help move youth from the streets and into stable housing, employment and educational achievement. 
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