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.
Services
Date of Last Formal Update
12/09/2024
Data provided by
PATH Inc. 211
Physical Address
No Street Address Available, Naperville, IL 60563
Website
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