Center For Housing & Health

Center For Housing & Health, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is a federal grant recipient that provides permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, case management, and substance-abuse and mental-health treatment services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness across the Chicago metropolitan area. The organization operates as a subsidiary of the Aids Foundation of Chicago and acts as a prime recipient on 59% of recent federal grants and a sub-recipient on 41%, with all work performed in Illinois.

Center For Housing & Health's grant footprint centers on two federal agencies accounting for 100% of recent awards. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development has funded 18 awards under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), which funds permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and Homeless Management Information Systems operation. The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded 8 grants under the Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse program, with the organization serving as a sub-recipient under the Illinois Department of Human Services. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a single $1.3 million project grant on August 31, 2026, under the Social Services Research and Demonstration program (CFDA 93.647), funded through August 30, 2027, to provide housing subsidies and case management services to 46 households with minor children identified as high utilizers of crisis systems by healthcare partners.

Recent activity shows growth from one award in 2023 to seven awards in 2024, followed by two awards in 2025 and four in 2026. The organization has received combined obligated dollars of $44.5 million across 27 grants since 2013, with the most recent award in August 2026. Three grants carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months. In its sub-recipient role, Center For Housing & Health manages Coordinated Entry System access points and assessment processes for Chicago's homeless services system under a Corporation for Supportive Housing prime grant dating to December 2021, and delivers substance-abuse prevention and treatment services through multiple Illinois Department of Human Services sub-awards issued between December 2024 and August 2026.