At Heartland, immigrant children who crossed the U.S. border have received residential and medical care, education and legal services before being connected with permanent homes.
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Due to federal funding cuts, the nonprofit Heartland Human Care Services is closing three Chicago shelters that have been used to house unaccompanied minors coming to the U.S.
Dozens of Chicagoans trained to recognize and respond to opioid overdoses in their communities have distributed more than 7,000 naloxone kits across the city since March.
 

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