Heartland Alliance believes that all of us deserve the opportunity to improve our lives. Each year, we help ensure this opportunity for more than one million people around the world who

are homeless, living in poverty, or seeking safety.

Our policy efforts strengthen communities; our comprehensive services empower those we serve to rebuild and transform their lives.

Because of this 125-year commitment, Heartland Alliance has evolved into an organization that is uniquely:
 

Holistic:

Because the causes of poverty, injustice, and lack of opportunity are interrelated and interlocking, our programs are similarly comprehensive and integrated, allowing us to achieve an unusual synergy in meeting our clients’ needs.

Far-reaching:

Each year, in Chicago, the Midwest, and around the world, our services help more than one million struggling people secure the most basic of human needs — housing and health care, jobs and justice.

Change-driven:

In addition to direct service, we partner with lawmakers and organizations to shape public policies that fit the needs of everyone, ensuring that even the most vulnerable can realize a brighter future.

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights helps people living in poverty or danger improve their lives and realize their human rights. From a refugee fleeing violence and torture to a resident of public housing trying to escape the cycle of poverty, Heartland Alliance helps people in the toughest of circumstances—who often have no place else to go.

We bring a human rights perspective to our work.  We believe human rights are both about issues abroad as well as issues in our own backyard—including freedom from poverty, access to health care, a roof over your head, and fair treatment in the justice system.

For more than 100 years, Heartland Alliance has provided hope, opportunity, and solutions—through both services and advocacy. Our work spans across four key areas, creating paths from crisis to stability and on to success:

 

 

Housing:

We build and advocate for safe, high-quality housing and supportive services for people experiencing homelessness, poverty, or chronic illness.

Health Care:

We work to ensure comprehensive health care—medical, dental, mental health, and substance use treatment-- is fully available to people experiencing poverty or trauma.

Economic Opportunities:

We help people threatened by poverty build the skills and gain the tools to improve their well-being and enjoy the success of reaching their goals.

Justice:

We provide legal protection for people in danger, including refugees, migrants, victims of trafficking and other vulnerable populations facing discrimination or violence. 

 

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights is an independent, non-sectarian, non-profit organization serving more than 1 million annually.

With relationships across the Midwest region, nation, and world, Heartland Alliance creates hope for a hurting world.  Invest in our efforts to assure human rights for all