LGBTQ+ SUPPORT PROGRAM | YOUTH OUTLOOK

Offers safe, supportive, and respectful environments for children, adolescents and their families, provides wellness Education, leadership development, and community education. Youth Outlook Drop-In Centers meet weekly to support each other and discuss topics of interest to the participants. Other offerings include: - Rainbow Sprouts, a social program for children K-6 and their parent/family/guardian. - Youth Leadership Program: provides opportunities to help run drop-in centers, assist with volunteer training, organize special projects, participate in community education, and advise the agency board through the Youth Advisory Board. - Transcend: a program for transgender youth, provides a forum to discuss issues such as gender identity, hormone injections, legal issues, etc. - THRIVE: a support group for parents, foster parents, guardians, and full-time caregivers of LGBTQ+ teens. This is an adult-only group and provides a confidential space for parents to share their stories, find commonalities, and get some of their questions answered. Organizations may request YO speakers to give presentations about LGBQ+ issues and an annual fundraising banquet is held to raise funds for YO and LGBTQ+ issues.

Date of Last Formal Update

12/09/2024

Data provided by

PATH Inc. 211

Physical Address

No Street Address Available, Naperville, IL 60563

Voice

(815) 754-5331

Main | Not staffed. Messages are returned.

Fee

No fees.

Eligibility

Queer youth.

Service area

Whiteside County, Illinois DuPage County, Illinois DeKalb County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois LaSalle County, Illinois Cook County, Illinois

Agency info

YOUTH OUTLOOK