About Humboldt Park Social Services
Humboldt Park Social Services (HPSS) has served the neediest persons in the Logan Square & Humboldt Park communities since 1989. Incorporated as a non-profit community service agency by its sponsoring organization, Humboldt Park United Methodist Church of Chicago, HPSS serves approximately 1,800 people each year with a range of programs.
The history of this community service organization has been written on the pages of the hundreds of lives that have been turned around for the better, leaving behind years of homelessness and hopelessness, and moving forward into healthy, productive and independent living. A large share of the credit for this success is due to the staff of HPSS. These dedicated and talented persons have learned to accomplish so much with so little physical resources. This front line of staff and volunteers is backed up by a working board of directors, hundreds of donating churches and individuals, committed principal funders, and cooperative networking agencies.
HPSS faces the future challenge of eliminating homelessness in our community with the confidence built on this solid track record of service.
Population
Client demographics for 2008
In 2008, Humboldt Park Social Services, through the Center for Changing Lives served:
- 1364 individuals accessed the Center 5724 times.
- Those 1364 individuals were part of 998 households.
- Over 21,002 meals were served through the soup kitchen, approximately 67 clients per day.
- Number of clients served includes those served through Employment Services, Housing Services, Case Management, Rep Payee, Reentry Services, Warming Center and Interim Housing program.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Humboldt Park Social Services symbolizes the connectional ministry of the United Methodist Church under whose auspices it was founded. Support from different boards of the Church and individual churches have been essential to the agency’s existence. United Methodist churches connect with each other, combining their financial and human resources to serve people who are homeless, hungry, living in poverty, suffering from addictions and/or mental illness, and who are victims of domestic and street violence.
Individual United Methodists connect with the agency in many different ways. Many make up the membership of the Board of Trustees. We would like you to meet them:
| Name | Affiliations |
|---|---|
| McCoy, Deborah, Board President |
Business Manager, San Jose Obrero Mission |
| Nichol, Harry, Board Vice President |
President, UMC Foundation |
| Prueitt, John, Board Treasurer |
Supervising Engineer, ComEd |
| Kauffman, Ruth, Board Secretary |
Professor, Trinity International University |
| Brown , Edith Juanita | Attorney at Law, Private Practice |
| Flores, Jessica | Corporate Sales professional |
| Gamez, Manuel | CEO, Gamez and Associates |
| Jackson, Helen | Consumer Liaison |
| Kuhn, Linda | Community Initiative Coordinator, Family Service Highland Park |
| Vanni, Bill | Structural Design Corporation |
| Viana, Daniel | Director of Imports/ Exports, Tampico Beverages |
