Yes, there is such a great need for halfway houses, for parloees in Chicago. There are so many homeless parolees living in alleys and abandoned buildings as well as those who paroles were violated because .they had no where to live.
Here's a list that's focused on halfway houses for alchol and drugs: http://www.sober.com/directory/Halfway+Houses/Illinois/Chicago-Page1.html
You can find information about halfway houses on recoveryconnection.org.
Halfway houses are places where people go to so that they can reintegrate with society but still get the monitoring and support that they need.
You can find information about halfway houses in the Los Angeles, CA on the following website: http://www.sober.com/Directory/Halfway+Houses/California/Los+Angeles-Page1.html. They have a lot of houses listed.
There are several great halfway houses in Los Angeles. An online search can help you locate the nearest halfway house.
You can find information about halfway houses in Anaheim, CA on the following website: http://www.ourhousesoberliving.com/. It is a fantastic halfway house.
The jail and prison systems have lists of them. There addresses are usually not advertised or published. And, of course, law enforcement knows where they are.
Halfway houses are not as effective as Rehab Centers. Addicts join halfway houses after rehabs to come back into their normal life. So it's more like a port from Rehab back to life.
Halfway houses allow people to begin the process of rejoining society. Usually people go to them after substance abuse problems.
The halfway point between Chicago Illinois and Winnsboro Texas is Portageville, Missouri.
Van Buren Point, New York is halfway between Chicago & Montpelier
You can find information online about halfway houses on the following website: http://www.recoveryconnection.org/health/halfway_houses.php. They have a lot of useful information.