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The Boulevard of Chicago provides high quality, cost-effective medical respite care, holistic support and housing services to help ill and injured homeless adults break the cycle of homelessness, restore their health and rebuild their lives.
The Boulevard is an ADA-accessible residential facility accepting homeless adults who need time and a safe, clean place to complete their recovery from an acute medical condition. Individuals with an acute medical condition with a secondary mental illness or substance abuse history may be accepted.
Main Facility: 3456 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624. Admin: 542 S Dearborn St, Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60605. 773-533-6013
We pioneered the model of adapting medical respite for homelessness services, becoming the third such facility in the U.S. in 1994. Today, The Boulevard is a 64-bed medical respite care center, which includes an on-site clinic that is staffed by PCC Wellness.
Thirty years ago, our founders witnessed thousands of people with medical injuries entering shelters across Chicago with nowhere else to go. To break the cycle of homelessness, these individuals needed a place to recover and the opportunity to move on to stable housing.
Main Facility: 3456 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624. Admin: 542 S Dearborn St, Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60605. 773-533-6013
Main Facility: 3456 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624. Admin: 542 S Dearborn St, Ste 300, Chicago, IL 60605. 773-533-6013
The Boulevard is one of eleven community organizations in Illinois receiving funds from The Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI) to increase access to medical respite care services for people experiencing homelessness.
The Boulevard is a residential facility accepting homeless adults who need time and a safe, clean place of respite to complete their recovery from a medical condition under the care of their referring institution.
clinic, hospital, and homeless shelter partners learned many lessons about providing health care to acutely ill people dependent on the homeless shelter system. This medical respite initiative grows out of and will build on those experiences.