Chicago’s pivotal social service organization struggles with potential division
Chicago’s Heartland Alliance, a prominent social service organization dedicated to aiding migrant, unhoused, and low-income communities, finds itself at a crossroads as financial challenges threaten its existence.
Heartland Alliance has been a vital pillar, offering healthcare and housing support to diverse communities, including asylum seekers. However, the organization’s sustainability is now in jeopardy as two of its integral divisions, housing and health, grapple with financial turmoil. The attempt to sell an Edgewater property has hit roadblocks, complicating decisions amidst the ongoing migrant crisis plaguing the city.
Housing resource specialist Michael Brieschke, also an advocate for Heartland Alliance’s workforce, faces uncertainty as the organization approaches a potential division. Heartland Human Care Services and the National Immigration Justice Center are slated to become independent entities, leaving Heartland Alliance Health’s fate uncertain.