What You Need to Know About Homelessness

For most families, the school year is about getting back into a routine. For the families we serve, it’s about having the stability to create one.

Many of our clients are already employed. Our workforce development program helps the unemployed find jobs and current workers find better ones.

This Pride Month, we’re exploring why safe and affirming housing matters through the words of young adults in our programs.

Housing stability, dignity, and the ability to age safely in the community should not be out of reach for older adults in Illinois.

Older adults should be able to live where they choose, with the people they choose, and with the ability to participate fully in their communities.

Suburban Cook County communities face dangerously cold temperatures over the next few days – with wind chills projected as low as -25 degrees Fahrenheit. People experiencing homelessness who live outdoors risk frostbite, hypothermia, respiratory illnesses, and death. BEDS Plus, Inc. operates an Emergency Walk-In program at its Summit Service Center (7666 […]

Together, we can continue to meet the growing need in our community and ensure that everyone has the opportunity to feel at home.

If you rely on SNAP (food stamps), benefits for November may be delayed or unavailable due to the federal government shutdown. Here is important information and resources to help you and your family access food.

Family violence has a long-term impact on housing stability—individuals and families who experience abuse are disproportionately represented among those experiencing homelessness and face a higher risk of losing housing due to the trauma of abuse. Family violence is an all-too-common cause of homelessness. Nearly 38% of domestic violence survivors lose […]

This July marked the 38th anniversary of the McKinney-Vento Act — a landmark law passed just six months before BEDS Plus was founded. The Act ensures that students experiencing homelessness have equal access to public education, regardless of their housing situation. It’s a milestone worth celebrating, especially as so many […]