Listen "The Scramble To Help Chicago’s Asylum Seekers, Unhoused As Temperatures Drop"
Episode Synopsis
Temperatures are dropping in the Chicago area and there are thousands of asylum seekers and unhoused without adequate shelter. The Johnson Administration recently announced sending warming buses to locations around the city, but what else is needed?
Reset checks in with leaders and volunteers working directly to provide services to new arrivals and the existing homeless population in Chicago to talk about the current situation, how we should be talking about the needs of these two groups and future solutions.
If you want to listen to previous conversations about this crisis in Chicago, check out wbez.org/reset.
Reset checks in with leaders and volunteers working directly to provide services to new arrivals and the existing homeless population in Chicago to talk about the current situation, how we should be talking about the needs of these two groups and future solutions.
If you want to listen to previous conversations about this crisis in Chicago, check out wbez.org/reset.
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