Sarah’s Circle

Located in Chicago’s Uptown community, Sarah’s Circle has served women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness since 1979. Sarah’s is the only agency in Uptown solely dedicated to serving women who are homeless.

Over their thirty year history, Sarah’s has evolved from a drop in center only to a multi-faceted agency with comprehensive services and permanent supportive housing.

In 1979 Sarah’s Circle served approximately 10 women a day with very basic services. Today they serve approximately 68 women a day, with a total of 917 for 2010.

Beyond simply providing life-sustaining physical services for women who are homeless, they do so in a healing environment and in conjunction with other services geared towards improving women’s long-term health, well-being, and self-sufficiency.

Their ultimate goal is to end homelessness for the women they serve.

We gave them £5,200 through our Americas Funding Panel towards core funding to offer services to homeless women.