We’re proud to share Cornerstone Community Outreach’s Annual Report, highlighting the impact we made together over the past year. From families finding permanent housing to individuals receiving critical care and support, each story reflects our mission in action. We invite you to take a moment to explore the report and see how your support is changing lives every day.
2024 Annual Report by Ellen Raedeke
Click here to view the 2024 Annual Report
To Submit Bed ReportLog in to : https://webapps1.chicago.gov/shelterbedreporting/
Log Bed Counts Between
12am and 2am I 8am and 10am I 4pm and 6pm
• Log in with your credentials
• Chose Site you are reporting for
• Enter available beds, and any relevant notes to availability.
• Successful entry will create a green box, red if fail.
Directions are available here:
http://ccolife.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dfss-bed-count-app-signup-directions_05132025.pdf
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At Cornerstone Community Outreach, our mission is to do more than provide shelter—we strive to restore dignity, agency, and a sense of belonging to every person who walks through our doors. That’s why we’re exploring a new framework to deepen our impact: the Civic Identity Hub.
Civic identity is more than paperwork or a mailing address. It’s the ability to be seen, counted, and heard in society. It’s how someone knows they belong—not just to a system, but to a community. For people experiencing homelessness, this identity is often lost or stripped away, leading to a cycle of invisibility and disconnection from public life.
The Civic Identity Hub is a vision born out of our frontline experience at Cornerstone and our commitment to innovation in care. It is a space—physical, relational, and digital—where individuals can begin to recover what has been taken from them:
-Healthcare integration (linkages to Medicaid, primary care, and behavioral health)
-Legal identification (state IDs, birth certificates, benefits enrollment)
-Access to civic life (voter registration, census participation, mail services)
-Restored agency (support to reclaim voice, purpose, and social participation)
While our Medically Integrated Shelter model addresses physical and mental health, the Civic Identity Hub expands that care to include social and civic health—the foundational structures of belonging and participation.
This is not a new building; it’s a new way of seeing people. A way of helping each person become known again—to themselves, their community, and the systems that shape their lives.
As we develop this vision, we invite civic leaders, policymakers, and neighbors to imagine with us:
What would it look like if housing, healthcare, and civic identity were restored in the same space?
What kind of city might we become?
Let’s build it—together.
We are excited to share with you the preview of the Cornerstone Community Outreach History Wall, being unveiled at our upcoming celebration. We are thankful for all the supporters that have made history, and continue to create the future! Send a donation today to keep the vision moving forward!
Cornerstone Community Outreach History Wall 2025 by Ellen Raedeke
(PDF Version)
Below please find the Letter of Intent for the Washington Square Health Foundation.
Become a sponsor for our many services and events that CCO provides to our clients. We have sponsorships available for services such as laundry, transportation, toiletries, bedding, and meals. CCO also hosts several events and celebrations throughout the year that provide joy and encouragement to our residents. We need your help to purchase food, decorations, prizes, gifts, and other supplies.
Choose what level of sponsorship that fits in your budget and with a tax deductible donation, you can partner with CCO by providing funds towards a specific event or service.
Become a Diamond Sponsor with a tax deductible donation of $10,000 or more. Diamond Sponsors receive:
• Recognition in our E-newsletter to volunteers and donors
• Your Logo or name on ALL printed material for events that calendar year.
• Personalized plaque recognizing your organization or an individual.
• Organization or individual name on sponsorship page with clickable logo linked to your website.
• Social Media “Thank You!” Post
Become a Platinum Sponsor with a tax deductible donation of $5000-$9999. Platinum Sponsors receive:
• Personalized plaque recognizing your organization or an individual.
• Organization or individual name on sponsorship page with clickable logo linked to your website.
• Social Media “Thank You!” Post
• Recognition in our E-newsletter to volunteers and donors
Become a Gold Sponsor with a tax deductible donation of $2500-$4999. Gold Sponsors receive:
• Appreciation gift
• Recognition in our E-newsletter to volunteers and donors.
• Organization or individual name on sponsorship page with clickable logo linked to your website.
• Social Media “Thank You!” Post
Become a Silver Sponsor with a tax deductible donation of $1000-$2499. Silver Sponsors receive:
• Recognition in our E-newsletter to volunteers and donors.
• Organization or individual name on
cornerstone sponsorship page.
• Social Media
”Thank You!” Post
Become a Bronze Sponsor with a tax deductible donation of $250-$999. Silver Sponsors receive:
• Organization or individual name on
cornerstone sponsorship page.
• Social Media
”Thank You!” Post
Thank you for your interest in partnering with CCO to make a joyful Christmas experience for our families and single residents. You can choose to give financially, purchase gifts through our official Amazon Wish List, or make an appointment to drop off new gifts at our Donation Center.
If you would like to give a Christmas gifts to Families and Single residents at CCO, go to our Amazon Wish List and see gift ideas from individuals, children, and parents. If you would like to purchase gifts from other retailers, contact our donation center, by email at donate@ccolife.org, about gift ideas and schedule a time when you can drop off your newly purchased gifts.
Please send new un-wrapped gifts to:
Cornerstone Community Outreach – Christmas Elves
4615 N Clifton Ave
Chicago, IL 60640
