Annual homeless count aims to bring resources to Chicago area’s unhoused

By Brenda Ruiz
Homelessness in Chicago
A homeless man Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, gathers his belongings at the Chicago Transit Authority's Clark & Dearborn bus station. On Wednesday, aldermen extended an agreement house homeless residents at a downtown hotel as the pandemic continues into the winter. Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press
Homelessness in Chicago
A homeless man Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, gathers his belongings at the Chicago Transit Authority's Clark & Dearborn bus station. On Wednesday, aldermen extended an agreement house homeless residents at a downtown hotel as the pandemic continues into the winter. Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press

Annual homeless count aims to bring resources to Chicago area’s unhoused

By Brenda Ruiz
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People experiencing homelessness face many challenges when temperatures drop quickly like they have this week.

Reset hears from two advocacy groups on an upcoming homeless count and what resources they have in frigid weather.

GUESTS: Doug Schenkelberg, Executive Director of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless

Carolyn Back, Outreach Coordinator for the Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County