Housing Resources
Basics on COVID 19 Prevention, Screening, and Infection Control in Homeless Shelters (2020)
The Illinois Department of Human Services in partnership with the Illinois Public Health Institute and healthcare and social service experts hosted a webinar for Illinois homeless shelter staff that provided an overview of basic prevention, screening, and infection control recommendations for the operation of homeless shelters during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The full webinar covered the following topics:
Examples of coordinated approaches between healthcare, social services, non-profit agencies, health departments, and local government agencies aimed at addressing the needs of the homeless population;
Screening, testing, monitoring, isolation, and quarantine protocols;
Infection control practices; and