Our Mission

Chicago House empowers persons living with or vulnerable to HIV/AIDS to lead healthy and dignified lives through housing and compassionate, client-centered support services.

Our Vision

Chicago House aims to play a critical role in eliminating new infections and Getting to Zero by 2030 and believes that housing is essential to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Building on decades of service, Chicago House celebrated 35 years of responding to the needs of those impacted by HIV/AIDS in Chicago in 2020. A passionate group of activists founded Chicago House in 1985 at the height of the AIDS epidemic, and as our understanding of HIV and the needs of those impacted by HIV have changed over the last 35 years, so have our services.

Annually, we serve more than 2,000 individuals in Chicago across four mission-critical pillars of housing, health, employment support, and the TransLife Care program. In January 2020, Chicago House unveiled our new strategic vision, priorities, and plan that aligns us with the Getting to Zero Illinois movement and carries us through 2030.

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Priority 1

Align Chicago House with the HIV epidemic in Chicago

Chicago House will create strategic alliances with local community groups and lawmakers, and physically re-locate to the city’s South side to better reach and serve these most impacted communities.

Priority 2

serve as illinois’ reliable housing provider

Chicago House will position itself as a critical housing and services provider to the most vulnerable in Illinois and the Midwest, leveraging partnerships to address social determinants of health and end the HIV epidemic.

Priority 3

implement getting to zero

Chicago House will create and implement innovative strategies around housing, wraparound services, and PrEP usage to support the Getting to Zero Illinois Plan.

Priority 4

diversify funding sources

Chicago House will develop strategic financial, fundraising, and operating models to ensure continued organizational success.

Priority 5

address the needs of populations UNIQUELY vulnerable to hiv

Chicago House will address the the needs of the uniquely HIV-vulnerable populations in Chicago and Illinois through expansion of current programs and partnerships, making assessments to understand these communities’ needs.