Margarita Inn
Connections for the Homeless
Opening June 2025!
Address: 1566 Oak Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Geographic Service Area: North Suburban Cook County
Bed Count: 5
Demographics of Population
Single Adults
All Gender
Families
Couples
Minors (may be considered depending upon the situation)
Facility Configuration
Co-located Medical Respite program within another shelter building; Shared rooms (2 persons for single adults, double rooms for couples, family rooms for families) - single rooms available for privacy or medical isolation
Physical Accessibility
N/A
Eligibility
Homeless: Unsheltered/sheltered, at-risk of homelessness
Medical: Must be recovering from an acute medical condition although concurrent active chronic medical conditions are allowable.
Primary diagnosis must be medical.
Secondary diagnosis may include mental health or substance use
Required: Independent with Activities of Daily Living
Ineligible/Contraindications
Active homicidal or suicidal
People with sex offense conviction/registry
Medical Respite Model (National Institute for Medical Respite Care)
Integrated Clinical Care: medical care and mental health services onsite (MD, PA, and LCSW onsite weekdays); referrals to community-based substance use programs.
Common Medical Conditions include but are not limited to:
Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
Surgical and pathologic wound care
Preop stabilization
Protective isolation (patients on antineoplastic treatment, case-by-case HIV/AIDS, advanced DM, etc)
End of life (only with close coordination with palliative medicine)
HCV antiviral
Maternal Child Health (case-by-case to make sure we have necessary resources to support adequately)
Public health isolation (case-by-case basis)
Acute Exacerbation of a Chronic Illness (example - stabilization of chronic diabetes after hospital admission for Diabetic Ketoacidosis)
Common Referral Sources or Special Referral Partnerships
Partnerships in development
Formal Medical Partnerships
In development
Social Services Staffing
Shelter case management
Housing Processes
Complete a housing assessment for entry into the Suburban Cook Coordinated Entry System
Medical Respite Points of Contact
Pooja Louis PA-C
medicalrespite@connect2home.org
More Information
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Last Updated: June 5, 2025