About · HETAC
HETAC is the Illinois Homelessness Education & Training Technical Assistance Center, a statewide resource that develops and oversees a portfolio of work strengthening the homeless-services field. A program of SHPA.
Our story
Established in 2022 through the Illinois Office to Prevent and End Homelessness, HETAC was created to develop, fund, and support work across the state’s homelessness response. [copy pending SHPA review]
The center develops and oversees a statewide portfolio of partner projects spanning data and quality, prevention, veterans, Medicaid, youth, workforce, public benefits, system alignment, and crisis response, alongside training, technical assistance, and published resources. [placeholder]
Our work is grounded in a simple belief: a stronger, better-coordinated field means more people moving from crisis toward stability. [placeholder]
Our history
The Illinois Office to Prevent and End Homelessness is created, following the Governor’s Executive Order to fight homelessness. [placeholder]
The center launches, sponsored by SHPA, to support implementation of the statewide Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. [placeholder]
The partner-project portfolio expands across data, veterans, prevention, youth, and more, reaching organizations across Illinois. [placeholder]
A new brand identity, public site, and partner portal carry the center into its next program cycle. [placeholder]
A program of SHPA
HETAC operates as a program of the Supportive Housing Providers Association, Illinois’s statewide membership organization for providers committed to ending homelessness. [placeholder]