10.04.22

Duckworth Touts Support for Humboldt Park’s Kedzie Recovery Home

[CHICAGO, IL] — U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today visited the Gateway Foundation’s Kedzie Recovery Home (KRH) in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood and held a roundtable with the Foundation’s leadership to emphasize her support for their work in helping Chicagoans lead healthy, fulfilling lives during recovery. Duckworth and the group also discussed the importance of the Home’s work in the face of the nation’s opioid crisis, as well as the Senator’s successful efforts in securing $1.33 million for KRH to become one of the few ADA-accessible recovery homes in Chicago. The Senator was joined by ­­­­various leaders including State Senator Omar Aquino (IL-02) Gateway Foundation Interim CEO and President Marc Turner, Senior Executive Director of Operations for Chicago Programs Dr. Ciuinal Jones Lewis and Kedzie Recovery Home Program Director Karen Elliot Clark.