Youth Violence Prevention - 41 results

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Youth Development Program - Westside Health Authority - Youth Department Office

5463 West Division Street, Chicago, IL, 60651

https://healthauthority.org/programs/youth-development/

Westside Health Authority (WHA) offers youth development programs for participants ages 14 through 24 focused on working with young residents to help them realize their potential in becoming agents of change within their community. Current programs include:Career Pipeline Programs/ApprenticeshipsWorkforce Development/Job Placement ProgramsViolence Prevention/Intervention Programs including Mentoring/Court AdvocacySubstance Use CounselingYouth Focus Groups (Roundtable Discussions)

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Adult/Child Mentoring Programs Drug Use Disorder Counseling General Youth Employment Programs Youth Violence Prevention Alcohol Use Disorder Counseling Job Search/Placement

Violence Prevention - Main Office

1900 North Austin Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60639

https://ccpama.org/outreach

Chicago Cultural Performing Arts & Media Alliance has developed a comprehensive violence prevention strategy where neighborhood institutions and community leaders come together to coordinate resources and services to make a safer community. Street outreach workers will be employed to mediate conflicts and prevent retaliatory violence between those who are at risk to commit or to become the victims of firearm violence. Victim services workers/advocates helps families and victims of violence recover from physical and emotional trauma caused by the violence by empowering them with skills, services, and opportunities. Case management services also offered.

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General Crime Victim Assistance Youth Violence Prevention

Youth Mentorship & Violence Prevention - Kids Off the Block - Main Office

11623 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60628

https://www.kidsofftheblockchi.org/programs

Kids Off The Block's (KOB) Mentoring Initiative champions a community-driven strategy to combat violence, crime, educational setbacks, and poor health outcomes. By offering targeted mentoring, violence prevention, skill enhancement workshops, health and wellness programs, parental guidance, and leisure activities, they aim to foster a safer, healthier, and more prosperous community.

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Adult/Child Mentoring Programs Youth Violence Prevention

Justice Advisory Council Recidivism Reduction Program (JAC) - Lawrence Hall - Workforce Development and Community Wellness

1818 East 71st Street, Chicago, IL, 60649

https://www.lawrencehall.org/our-programs/community-wellness/

Lawrence Hall's 13-week JAC program offers a variety of supports to youth ages 14-24 who have been involved with the justice system. After a selective enrollment process, youth take part in group and/or individual therapies, mentoring, employment services, and educational support that help prevent the reoccurrence of high-risk behaviors and violence.

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Youth Violence Prevention

YMEN - Young Men's Educational Network - Main Location

1241 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL, 60623

https://www.ymenchicago.com/who-are-we

Young Men's Educational Network's (YMEN) comprehensive programs offer a wide range of educational support, mentoring from positive role models, spiritual and emotional guidance, vocational classes in the arts, career-based and entrepreneurial education, sports and recreational activities, family supportive services, and service learning to more than 300 students annually.

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Community Gardening Subject Tutoring General Youth Employment Programs Youth Violence Prevention Leadership Development General Household Goods Provision Adult/Child Mentoring Programs Food Pantries

Youth Leadership Council - Brighton Park Neighborhood Council - Main Office

4477 South Archer Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60632

https://www.bpncchicago.org/copy-of-youth-leadership-council

The Youth Leadership Council is a group of youth leaders from neighborhood schools in Brighton Park and surrounding neighborhoods who are in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Youth leaders are trained on violence prevention, educational justice, immigrant rights and organizing. They meet weekly to help organize the Annual BPNC Youth Summit and to make a change in their community through awareness and Intervention.

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Youth Community Service Programs At Risk Youth Youth Violence Prevention

Violence Prevention - Lawndale Christian Legal Center

1530 South Hamlin Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60623

Lawndale Christian Legal Center provides a holistic violence prevention program.

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Youth Violence Prevention

Violence Prevention - Angel of God Resource Center, Inc. - Riverdale Site

14527 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL, 60627

https://angelofgodresourcecenter.org/violence-prevention

Angel of God Resource Center, Inc. (AOGRC) Violence prevention education is designed to teach individuals, particularly students, the knowledge and skills to prevent violence. They provide information about violence, challenge negative attitudes towards it, and develop essential interpersonal skills, including emotional control, conflict resolution, and empathy. Taught in a variety of methods, including classroom lessons, role-playing, group discussions, and interactive activities, and have age-appropriate curricula that address issues like bullying, healthy relationships, and sexual abuse.

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Youth Violence Prevention

Youth Violence Prevention | Riverbend Family Ministries

144 East Ferguson Avenue, Wood River, IL , 62095

https://riverbendfamilyministries.com/

The Youth Violence Prevention Program offers youth alternatives to violence through attending a 15-week Youth Violence Prevention group. This psycho-educational group uses an interactive format that includes discussion, audio/visual forums and group activities to promote respect and provide youth with the tools to make non-violent choices.

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Youth Violence Prevention

Youth Violence Prevention | Barak Christian Church

7370 North Hanley Road, Hazelwood, MO , 63042

https://www.barakchristianchurch.org

Youth Abstinence: Offers classes and workshops for youth on subjects such as abstinence and anti-violence, etc.

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Youth Violence Prevention

COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY-BASED YOUTH SERVICES (CCBYS) | AUNT MARTHA'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS

3003 Wakefield Drive, Carpentersville, IL, 60110

https://www.auntmarthas.org/community-support/

Provides a 24-hour crisis response and intervention program for youth ages 11-17. The CCBYS team talks with youth and their families to understand the challenges at home. They work quickly to make sure everyone is safe and then make a plan to support the whole family. CCBYS can help with youth in crisis, youth at risk of involvement with DCFS, and youth at risk of involvement in the juvenile justice system. Call for youth who are locked out and their parents will not allow them to return, a youth beyond the control of their parents and in immediate physical danger, a run-away, or a homeless youth without their parents.

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Youth Centers Runaway/Homeless Youth Counseling Runaway/Homeless Youth Helplines Youth Violence Prevention

PREVENTION PROGRAMS | HOYLETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES

8 Executive Drive, Suite 100, Fairview Heights, IL, 62208

https://www.hoyleton.org/programs/community-outreach

Offers prevention programs to increase community education
- Substance abuse prevention.
- Violence prevention.
- Teen pregnancy prevention

Offers educational curriculum style courses (for youth between the ages of 11 and 17 years old within the community or in DCFS residential facilities).

The curriculum is provided in school settings with approval from school administrators.
Teen Pregnancy Prevention is also provided in DCFS residential centers.

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Dating Violence Prevention Youth Violence Prevention Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention Birth Control

TEENREACH | SPRINGFIELD URBAN LEAGUE

9 Brandon Drive, Springfield, IL, 62703

https://springfieldul.org/program/teenreach

Helps youth achieve positive growth and development, improve expectations and capabilities for future success, and avoid and/or reduce risk-taking behavior.

Offers academic enrichment, life skills education, parental involvement, recreational/cultural opportunities, positive adult mentors, and community service.

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Youth Violence Prevention Youth Enrichment Programs Life Skills Education

COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM | ANEW: BUILDING BEYOND VIOLENCE AND ABUSE

18137 Harwood Avenue, Homewood, IL, 60430

https://anewdv.org/

School-based domestic violence prevention program that provides education to help students understand healthy family and dating relationships and how to practice nonviolent behaviors.

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Youth Violence Prevention Dating Violence Prevention Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention

COMMUNITY-BASED YOUTH SERVICES | ONE HOPE UNITED

218 East Main Street, Olney, IL, 62450

https://onehopeunited.org

Provides community-based youth services. Services include a 24-hour crisis response for homeless, runaway, and "locked out" youth individuals ages 11-17. Home-based family counseling, assistance in accessing community resources, anger management and life skills support groups is provided as a component of services.

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Youth Violence Prevention Youth Outreach Programs

COMMUNITY-BASED YOUTH SERVICES | ONE HOPE UNITED

4805 Broadway Street, Suite C, Mount Vernon, IL, 62864

https://onehopeunited.org

Provides community-based youth services. Services include a 24-hour crisis response for homeless, runaway, and "locked out" youth individuals ages 11-17. Home-based family counseling, assistance in accessing community resources, anger management and life skills support groups is provided as a component of services.

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Youth Violence Prevention Youth Outreach Programs

Community Healing Resource Center - Apostolic Pentecostal Church of Morgan Park Inc. - Food Distribution

11401-13 South Vincennes Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60643

https://livefreeillinois.org/community-healing-resource-center

Apostolic Pentecostal Church of Morgan Park Inc. Community Healing Resource Center provides holistic healing services and trauma-informed care to people impacted by gun violence and other forms of violence, directly or indirectly, free of charge. The model not only serves victims of violent crimes and their families but the entire community as well. They can provide: 1) Trauma-Informed Clinical Case Management: Assistance accessing victim services and violence reimbursement application funds, crisis intervention, service coordination, safety planning, and self-care guidance. 2) Outpatient Clinical Counseling and Medication Management: Individual and family counseling services for adults and children. (Some services require insurance and/or Medicaid/Medicare). 3) Community Outreach and Education: Community education for trauma-informed care, safety and self-care guidance, and resiliency responses to trauma and violence. 4) Community Healing Advocacy: Public speakers bureau, legal advocacy, community memorials, and pop-up peace events.

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Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention Workplace Violence Prevention Long Term Case/Care Management Trauma Informed Organizational/Practitioner Perspective Youth Violence Prevention Family Counseling Individual Counseling

Reimagine Youth Development - SGA Youth & Family Services - Cicero

5620 Cermak Road, Cicero, IL, 60804

https://sga-youth.org/what-we-do/programs-services/education-support-services.html

Reimagine Youth Development takes a comprehensive approach to reducing firearm violence through targeted community investments. The program builds protective factors around youth of color to decrease risk-taking behaviors related to gun and community violence and works to strengthen the caregiver-child relationship among families who have been traumatized by community violence. Services provided include mentoring, support groups, counseling, youth leadership development, after-school services, and life skills education.

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Youth Violence Prevention

Bridges over Blocks Violence Prevention and Community Support Team - Self Theory, LLC - Main Office

770 North Halsted, Suite 306, Chicago, IL, 60642

https://www.selftheoryllc.com/our-services/

Self Theory, LLC provides a boots-on-the-ground approach to ending violence before it starts. They mediate conflicts, support at-risk individuals, and collaborate with local partners to create safe, thriving neighborhoods-block by block.

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Youth Violence Prevention

Community Safer Space and Violence Prevention Program - TaskForce - Chicago Office

https://www.taskforcechicago.org/programs/

Their community safer space operates on a drop-in basis on weeknights to provide a safe harbor for neighborhood youth and young adults to freely express themselves via dance and bolster community connectedness. In addition to providing a safer space at their center, they also actively intervene in violence within the community via the peer-to-peer violence prevention intervention program

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Drop In Centers Youth Violence Prevention

Violence Prevention - Angel of God Resource Center, Inc. - Coppin Community Center

5627 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637

https://angelofgodresourcecenter.org/violence-prevention

Angel of God Resource Center, Inc. (AOGRC) Violence prevention education is designed to teach individuals, particularly students, the knowledge and skills to prevent violence. They provide information about violence, challenge negative attitudes towards it, and develop essential interpersonal skills, including emotional control, conflict resolution, and empathy. Taught in a variety of methods, including classroom lessons, role-playing, group discussions, and interactive activities, and have age-appropriate curricula that address issues like bullying, healthy relationships, and sexual abuse.

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Youth Violence Prevention

Youth Violence Prevention Services - Brightpoint - Mitzi Freidheim Child & Family Center

1701 West 63rd Street, Chicago, IL, 60636

https://www.brightpoint.org/thriving-children/youth-services/youth-counseling-services-referral/

The program aims to provide high-risk youth with evidence-based intervention services that reduce involvement in the criminal and juvenile system, increase school attendance, and when necessary, refer high-risk youth into therapeutic programs that address trauma recovery and other mental health improvements.

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Youth Violence Prevention

Bridging the Divide - YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago - Crown Family YMCA/Main Office

1030 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL, 60607

https://www.ymcachicago.org/community-services/youth-safety-violence-prevention/

The Bridging the Gap program was developed to help facilitate an understanding between youth, law enforcement officials, and other community members. Through this program, the YMCA and community partners offer opportunities for dialogue through cafés, peace circles, and the exchange of photos and stories. The importance of healthy youth-police relationships is what continues to encourage the Y and local police departments to build and sustain effective partnerships through Bridging The Divide.

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Youth Violence Prevention

Restorative Justice - Habilitative Systems, Inc. - Main Office

415 South Kilpatrick Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60644

https://habilitative.org

The Restorative Justice Program focuses on reducing recidivism among offenders, diverting at-risk youth from the court system, and reducing incidences of violence by increasing competency and building community relationships. The Restorative Justice Program provides services that include life skills, mentoring, homework assistance, tutoring, leadership skills, community service projects, and conflict resolution through peace circles.

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Youth Violence Prevention

Violence Intervention and Prevention Services - UCAN - Riverdale

13700 South Indiana Avenue, Riverdale, IL, 60827

https://www.ucanchicago.org

UCAN's Violence Intervention and Prevention Services empowers young people to create life-changing opportunities that ensure safer futures. It offers coaching/mentoring, clinical case management, outreach opportunities and safe passage.

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Youth Violence Prevention