Everyone deserves
an address.
Not a bed number. Not a case file. An address.
The Journey
Four stages. One direction.
Every resident moves through the program at their own pace. There is no timer. There is no deadline for becoming yourself again.
The moment someone walks in.
A garbage bag on the floor. A child asleep on a chair. The intake form asks for an emergency contact, and there isn't one. We skip that line. We start somewhere else — with a cup of coffee and the question: what do you need right now?
"I came in with nothing. They didn't look at me like I was nothing. That's the part I keep thinking about."
— Denise R., resident 2023
The key ceremony. The first grocery run.
We call it a ceremony because it is one. A key handed across a table. A door that locks from the inside. The first night you sleep through without one ear open. Then the grocery run — your list, your cart, your name on the mailbox.
"My daughter asked me if this was really ours. I said yes. She said, 'Even the kitchen?' I said yes. She made us scrambled eggs."
— Maria T., resident 202273%
of residents maintain stable housing two years after leaving the program.
Job training. Financial literacy. The long work.
A resume that doesn't have a three-year gap to explain. A bank account with your name on it. Learning what a credit score means and watching yours move, slowly, in one direction. The workshops aren't mandatory — people come because they want to.
"I hadn't worked in four years. My case worker helped me write a cover letter. She said to be honest. I got the job."
— James O., resident 2024
The lease signing. The goodbye dinner.
We have a dinner the night before move-out. Nothing fancy — someone usually brings a casserole, someone else brings bread. Residents sign their new lease at the table, surrounded by people who know what it cost to get there. Nobody times the toasts.
"I signed my name at the bottom and my hand was shaking. Not from fear. From something else. I still can't name it."
— Aaliyah W., resident 2023By the numbers
have walked out of Threshold with a key in their hand and their name on a lease.
Fundraising Gala · March 15, 2026
Reserve Your Seat at the Table.
Join us for an evening that begins with stories and ends with possibility. Open-house tours of our transitional homes begin at 6:00 PM. Dinner follows at 7:30 PM.
Can't make it to the gala?
There are other ways to pull up a chair.
A monthly gift of any size keeps the lights on between galas. It pays for the coffee that's always brewing when someone walks in. It means the chair is always there.
Start a Monthly GiftThreshold is a registered 501(c)(3). All donations are tax-deductible.
Where your gift goes
$35/mo
covers a resident's first month of transit passes
$75/mo
stocks a kitchen for move-in day
$150/mo
funds one financial literacy workshop
$500/mo
covers a full month of case management support
The table is set. The coffee is on.
March 15, 2026 · Chicago, IL