REVIVE CENTER FOR HOUSING AND HEALING

SOCIAL SERVICES: REVIVE PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF CRESSEY HOUSE AND TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN SCATTERED SITE HOUSING WHO ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. THE GOAL OF THESE FLEXIBLE AND PERSON-CENTERED SERVICES IS TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ADDRESS THEIR INDIVIDUAL BARRIERS TO HEALTH, STABLE HOUSING AND INCREASED INCOME. REVIVE EMPLOYS EVIDENCE-BASED BEST PRACTICES IN ITS SERVICE PROVISION INCLUDING MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, HARM REDUCTION, TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, AND STRENGTH BASED PRACTICE. SERVICES INCLUDE: INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT; GOAL SETTING; CREATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL SERVICE PLAN; CASE MANAGEMENT; COUNSELING; ADVOCACY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; NAVIGATING AND APPLYING FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS; HOUSING ASSISTANCE, LEGAL ASSISTANCE REFERRAL; PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE REFERRALS AND ON-SITE CLINICS; SUBSTANCE-USE TREATMENT REFERRALS AND ON-SITE SUPPORT GROUPS; FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND TRANSIT CARDS; EMPLOYMENT READINESS; LIFE SKILLS WORKSHOPS; AND COMPUTER USE/INTERNET TRAINING. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE ENCOURAGED BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN HOUSING.

SUPPORTIVE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING: CRESSEY HOUSE OFFERS 28 UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. SINGLE MEN, WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN LIVE IN CRESSEY HOUSE WHICH SERVES CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR CHILDREN. DISABILITIES INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS, HIV/AIDS, AND DEVELOPMENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. CRESSEY HOUSE OFFERS LOW BARRIERS TO ADMISSION, GOAL DRIVEN SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND PERSISTENT ENGAGEMENT TO ASSIST TENANTS IN HOUSING RETENTION, IMPROVED HEALTH, INCREASED INCOME AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE. AS A MEMBER OF CHICAGO'S CONTINUUM OF CARE, PROSPECTIVE TENANTS ARE REFERRED TO CRESSEY HOUSE BY THE CHICAGO COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM. REVIVE ALSO OFFERS 20 ADDITIONAL UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CHICAGO, TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY UNHOUSED OR WHO HAVE RECENTLY BEEN UNHOUSED. REVIVE PROVIDES LEASING ASSISTANCE AND HOLISTIC SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. MANY OF THE TENANTS IN THESE UNITS USED TO LIVE IN HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.