Everybody needs a little help sometimes..
ALMOST HOME
Almost Home Chicago’s aspiration is to be the hands, feet, and voice of hope by providing food, clothing, survival items, and love to those who need it most.
OUR MISSION
Our organization is aimed at helping those populations often forgotten by our society.
We serve the homeless, food-insecure, and addicted members of our community by providing access to survival items, food, mental health services, harm reduction, mentoring, and a community where they are valued, acknowledged, and supported.
OUR IMPACT
Our impact grows even while our team sleeps! We serve food-insecure individuals 24/7/365. For so many of our friends on the street, our services are intangible. Our unsheltered friends are offered, fellowship and support no matter the day of the week.
2024 Highlights
We provided direct assistance 3,372 times to more than 300 community members in need.
Through our Loaves and Fishes Closet program we have provided thousands of personal essential items across 5 locations. In 2024 alone more than $40,000 worth of donated items had been distributed.
For some friends their car serves as their shelter. We prioritize those friends’ car repairs, gasoline needs, and car payments to avoid repossession.
Living expenses are greater than the government aid allotted to most of our friends. We helped with rent/mortgage aid, security deposits, as well as disconnection assistance for utilities.
Dangerously cold weather kills. $15,200 was used to pay hotel expenses to keep our houseless friends out of the deadly elements.
Almost Home Chicago, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. EIN 81-1096932
ALMOST HOME MINISTRIES
Almost Home’s service area includes, Burbank, Chicago Ridge, Evergreen Park, Hometown, and Oak Lawn.
We offer a variety of programs we feel address the struggles of our friends and families in our neighborhoods.
GET INVOLVED
We are often asked, “How can I help?” We’ve compiled a few ways you can get involved with Almost Home and support our mission of bringing help to those who need it.
sign up to fill a blessings box
Emergency food supply is made available through stand alone mini food-pantries. We keep these boxes stocked with non-perishables that require constant monitoring to ensure each are stocked; and stocked appropriately.
You can email Jamie Viravec for more info AlmostHomeChicago2015@gmail.com
Volunteer opportunities
Follow us on our Facebook Page @AlmostHomeChicago. Whenever we are planning an event, we put out a call for volunteers!
You can also email to get added to a Volunteer Communication list AlmostHomeChicago2015@gmail.com