Youth Programs

10 organizations offer youth programs to Westside residents:

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Access Living
Lutheran Family Mission
Mad Dads Inc.
Mid-Austin Steering Committee
Trinity Resources Unlimited, Inc.
Urban Family and Community Centers
Westside Health Authority
Westside Youth Tech Entrepreneur Center & Business Incubator
Youth Outreach Services

Access Living Westside DAWN

Address:
310 South Peoria, Suite 201
Chicago, IL 60607-3554
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Telephone: (312) 226-5900

Fax: (312) 226-2030

Email: eredmon@accessliving.org

Mission: Access Living is a non-residential, non-profit center for independent living which advocates on behalf of and provides services to anyone with any kind of disability. Staffed by a majority of people with disabilities, we have been helping people reach their goals of independence since 1980. Access Living deals with issues of housing; health care reform and personal assistance; youth; civil rights; and empowerment zones. We work toward the full inclusion, empowerment and equality of people with disabilities in all aspects of life. Access Living's efforts focus on:

• Peer-oriented independent living services
• Community outreach and education
• Advocacy
• Community organizing
• Civil rights

Lutheran Family Mission

Address:
1140 N. Lamon
Chicago, IL 60651
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Telephone: (773) 287-2921

Fax: (773) 287-5181

Web Site: www.lfm.net

Mission: We help families on Chicago's West Side transition through economic challenges into mainstream. Our basic philosophy remains: Investing in Family Futures.

Services:

• Assisting the education and social development of low-income children
• Childcare
• Family support services
• Professional guidance to child care providers

MAD DADS Inc., Chicago Chapter

"Men Against Destruction Defending Against Drugs and Social DIsorder"

Address:
6110 W. North Ave
Chicago, IL 60639-3928
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Telephone: (773) 287-1960

Fax: (773) 287-1980

Email: maddads-chi@msn.com

Meetings:
Every 1st and 3rd Saturday at 6 PM at
6110 W. North Ave
Chicago, IL 60639

Mission: The mission of Mad Dads is to bring about positive change. We seek out, encourage, motivate, and guide committed men in the struggle to save all children, all communities, and ourselves from the social ills that presently plague all neighborhoods.

Mad Dads employs strategies to engage men in the intervention and prevention of community problems, and is designed to attract, challenge, and prepare men to be vocal, visible, and vigilant in restoring safe communities.

Services:

• Being surrogate fathers and big brothers to Community youth
• Counseling and showing a genuine interest in youth
• Teaching youth to become responsible adults by example
• Tutoring and assisting youth in obtaining job training and employment
• Working with law enforcement agencies to make neighborhoods safe from criminal elements.
• Showing parental concern in the community to offer hope, and visible resistance to those elements that are destroying the social order within communities.
• Providing information and referral services to youth and families
  
  We also sponsor a Community Walk, where Mad Dads walk the community to discourage violence and drug dealing. Contact us for more information.

Mid-Austin Steering Committee

Address:
816 North Laramie St.
Chicago, IL 60651
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Phone: (773) 287-5717 or (773) 287-7043

Fax: (773) 287-9418

Mission: Our programs are directed toward providing developmental services for Youth and adults living in the mid-Austin area. We work with young people between the ages of of 5 and 21.

Services:
 

• Homework resources: Begins directly after school every Monday Through Thursday at 2:30 P.M. until 4:00 P.M.
• Tutoring
• Educational & Recreational Movie Day
• Arts and Crafts
• 4-H club
• Educational competitions
• Game Room
• Youth Counseling
• Juvenile Delinquent Services
• Youth Leadership Development
• Peer Leadership Sessions
• AIDs awareness sessions
• Job Development Services

Trinity Resources Unlimited, Inc.

Address:
5900 W. Iowa
Chicago, IL 60651-2527
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Telephone: (312) 626-0322

Fax: (312) 626-7202

Mission: To promote the development of Christian values and support the mental, educational,and spiritual well being of children and families. Trinity Resources Unlimited Inc. provides quality programs and services through it's board, staff, and volunteers. Collaborative partnerships with others churches and community agencies are an integral component of programs planning and implementation.

Goals:

1. Develop each child's ability to make choices and decisions about what to do and do it using his or her own time and energy effectively.
2. Develop in children and parents the discipline and the ability to identify, pursue, and complete self chosen goals and tasks with originality and responsibility.
3. Develop the ability of families in group planning, cooperative efforts, and shared leadership.
4. Develop in each child and parent the ability to express thought's ideas, and to dramatically and graphically represent experiences in order to communicate them to others.
5. Develop Christian values, responsible citizenship, and create leadership within families.
6. Collaborate with local agencies to enhance community development activities.
7. Implement a leadership development programs that would increase the skills of both staff and volunteers.
8. Develop a financial campaign plain that would provide for long term growth and financial stability.

Services:

• Day Care for working parents
• Four Head Start Centers (half day and full day)
• Youth Net--Youth Recreation organization, housed at Austin High School

Urban Family and Community Centers

Address:
P.O. Box 24337
4241 W. Washington Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60624

Telephone: (773) 722-8333

Fax: (773) 772-1334

E-Mail: b.bell@tufcc.org

Mission: To offer comprehensive, high quality programs and services to the adults and children of Austin, Chicago.

Services:

• Food service (hot meal program)
• Primo Women's Center, a transitional shelter for women and children
• Day care program
• After School program
• General client services

Westside Health Authority

Address:
5437 W. Division
Chicago, IL 60651

Phone: (773) 378 0233

Fax: (773) 378 5035

Email:  info@healthauthority.org

Web site: http://www.healthauthority.org

Mission: The Westside Health Authority (WHA) acts as a vehicle for citizens on the Westside of Chicago to use in building their individual and community capacity in order to lead wholesome, healthy, and prosperous community lives.  Our mission is to use the capacity of local people to improve the health and well-being of westside residents, and to preserve existing institutions associated with health services.

Services: Please visit our web site for up-to-date information on our services offered and activities.

Westside Youth Tech Entrepreneur Center (WYTEC) & Business Incubator

Address:
4213 West Madison
Chicago, Illinois 60624

Phone: (773) 533-3500

Fax: (773) 533-3507

Mission: Westside Youth Tech Entrepreneur Center (WYTEC) mission is to provide youth and young adults with entrepreneurial, technological training and development of social skills and knowledge will lead to self-sufficiency and empower communities as a whole to build better businesses and a capable workforce that can effectively compete in today's global market.

Programs:

Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O)

Leadership development class that focus on fundamentals of developing and operating a business. Participants learn how to apply the principles of entrepreneurship and complete a business plan. This class can be designed for youth as 8 years to mature adults.

Career & Etiquette

This program is designed for youth and adults. This six-week course will culminate with a fashion show that will give participants an opportunity to be (role) models. Each session will offer hands on activities that focus on social graces, poise, walking, skin-care, make-up and photography.

Special features of the program:

• Strong emphasis on use of technology and computers
• Mentoring
• Field experience
• Participation in bazaar/fashion show production
• All Participants complete portfolio---resume, employment application, & photos (Career & Etiquette program)
• Career assessment/inventory

Availability/Schedule

• After school/In-school, churches and organizations
• Workshop/conference presenter
• Summer program
• Weekends

Fees:

C.E.O class: $179.00. Cost includes textbook and materials.

Career & Etiquette: $95.00 plus $25.00 registration. This includes all class materials and photos.

Please note that field trips are not included in fees. Classes are starting soon! CALL (773) 533-3500 To reserve your seat!

Youth Outreach Services

Address:
4910 W. Division St.
Chicago, IL 60651

Telephone: (773) 777-7112

Fax: (773) 777-7611

Web site: www.yos.org

Mission: To enhance the strengths and potential of children and youth. We do this by working with youth, families, and communities to promote environments where young people can thrive.

Services:

• Field trips for troubled youths, led by counselors
• Gym nights
• Work with street children
• Child counseling
• Work with DCFS crisis workers to assist children in crisis