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The Prince Home — Closed to New Residents While It Is Reimagined

READ THIS FIRST: the Prince Home is TEMPORARILY CLOSED to new admissions. It is a 15-bed facility with private rooms on the veterans department's Manteno campus, providing housing and supportive and therapeutic services to homeless Illinois veterans diagnosed with a clinical disorder or a physical disability. The department is reimagining it as a centre for unhoused WOMEN veterans. Ask what the current position is before travelling.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

READ THIS FIRST: the Prince Home is TEMPORARILY CLOSED to new admissions. It is a 15-bed facility with private rooms on the veterans department's Manteno campus, providing housing and supportive and therapeutic services to homeless Illinois veterans diagnosed with a clinical disorder or a physical disability. The department is reimagining it as a centre for unhoused WOMEN veterans. Ask what the current position is before travelling.

What it's worth: Housing and supportive services at Manteno — currently closed to new admissions

  • IT IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO NEW ADMISSIONS. That is the first thing to know and the reason this record exists in its current form.
  • The department is reimagining the facility as a centre for unhoused WOMEN veterans, so what it reopens as may differ from what is described here.
  • It is 15 beds with private rooms on the veterans department's Manteno campus.
  • It provides housing and supportive and therapeutic services.
  • Eligibility as published is homeless Illinois veterans diagnosed with a clinical disorder and/or a physical disability.
  • Ring before travelling. A closed facility is a wasted journey for someone who may have no way to make it.

Who is entitled to it

  • You served in the U.S. armed forces.
  • You are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
  • You are in Illinois.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1RING FIRST. The home is closed to new admissions and the position may have changed either way since this was written.
  2. 2Ask what has replaced it in the meantime — the department will know where homeless veterans are currently being placed.
  3. 3Ask specifically about provision for women veterans, which is the direction the facility is being taken in.
  4. 4Contact a county Veterans Assistance Commission as well. They hold local emergency provision that does not depend on this home reopening.
Form
Enquiry to the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs
File with
Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Known gapThe facility is temporarily closed to new admissions and is being reimagined as a centre for unhoused women veterans. What it reopens as, and when, is not established. The record is published with the closure stated rather than withheld, because the population it serves cannot afford a wasted journey.

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