At Youth Guidance, we believe that no matter what challenges a young person faces, they are more likely to succeed when they have many caring adults in their lives. Our highly trained staff works directly with schools, parents and families to meet kids where they are—physically within schools, socially and emotionally—and help them break cycles of violence, overcome life and academic obstacles, make positive choices, and remain on the right path towards life success. Youth Guidance serves more than 12,000 students in Chicago’s schools. More than 95% of our students are African-American and Hispanic/Latino. Most reside in low income communities.
Youth Guidance
To volunteer/donate, visit: youth-guidance.org
How you chose to help:
Donate
Health/Trauma Counseling
Health programs include Becoming a Man and Working on Womanhood, which provide counseling and work with at-risk youth to help them navigate difficult circumstances which threaten their future; school-based counseling; and the STRIVE program, which helps youth in the foster care system deal with trauma and neglect.
Visit: youth-guidance.org
Other ways you can help this organization:
Donate
Volunteer On-Site
Areas served:
- Far North Side
- Far Southeast Side
- Far Southwest Side
- North Side
- Northwest Side
- South Side
- Southwest Side
- West Side
