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1030 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL 60607

The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago's Bridging the Divide program was developed to facilitate understanding among 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 photo and story exchanges. 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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4477 South Archer Avenue, Chicago, IL 60632

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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5330 West Division Street, Chicago, IL 60651

Mildred Franks Community Development Corporation's (MF-CDC's) Violence Prevention services are a public health approach to reducing community violence through outreach, conflict mediation, trauma-informed care, and skill-building. Focused on changing behaviors and eliminating the conditions that allow violence to spread. Confidential and community-centered.

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1901 South 4th Street, Suite 213, Effingham, IL 62401

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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United Way of the Midlands

474 North 12th Street, David City, NE 68632

Offers short and long term support for women and children who are victims of domestic violence.  Youth violence prevention education coming soon.

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United Way of the Midlands

18137 Harwood Avenue, Homewood, IL 60430

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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United Way of the Midlands

3003 Wakefield Drive, Carpentersville, IL 60110

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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United Way of the Midlands

250 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines, IA 50265

Offers a community based participatory justice process. Provides repair for victims and holds youth offenders accountable, while increasing their competencies and anchoring them to the community. It offers an alternative and supplement to the court based justice system.

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United Way of the Midlands

3026 4th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408

Community-based prevention and intervention activities regarding violence, crime, and drug abuse. Chapter memberships available for adult men and women.

Resources for housing and jobs.

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United Way of the Midlands

7370 North Hanley Road, Hazelwood, MO 63042

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

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United Way of Greater St Louis 211

144 East Ferguson Avenue, Wood River, IL 62095

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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United Way of Greater St Louis 211

1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329

Provides youth violence prevention information.

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United Way of Greater St Louis 211

9 Brandon Drive, Springfield, IL 62703

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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United Way of the Midlands

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

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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United Way of the Midlands

300 Shelton Street, Chadron, NE 69337

Eight week program for the prevention of substance abuse, juvenile delinquency, school failure, child abuse and neglect, mental health problems, and violence. FAST consists of a team of community members (teachers, community partners, parents, and volunteers) who run the program each week.

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United Way of the Midlands

420 Kellogg Avenue, Ames, IA 50010

Offers programs designed to prepare youth to make healthy choices through prevention, education, and enrichment activities. These services aim to provide early awareness, intervention, and out-of-classroom support to equip children and adolescents with the tools they need to stay on a positive path. Programs address a variety of critical issues, including:

- Substance Use Prevention

- Smoking and/or Vaping Cessation

- Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention

- Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

- Suicide Prevention

- Youth Violence Prevention

- Juvenile Delinquency Prevention

- Human Trafficking Prevention

- Child Abuse Prevention


Additionally, youth enrichment programs are offered to promote healthy social interaction and help participants maximize their social, emotional, physical, and academic potential. These programs may include arts and crafts, academic workshops, sports, reading clubs, and other recreational, cultural, and civic activities.

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United Way of the Midlands

770 North Halsted, Suite 306, Chicago, IL 60642

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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211 Metro Chicago

13700 South Indiana Avenue, Riverdale, IL 60827

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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211 Metro Chicago

5463 West Division Street, Chicago, IL 60651

Westside Health Authority's (WHA) Youth Innovation Center offers individuals between the ages of 14-24 programming within the following areas:Youth Career and Workforce DevelopmentEducation and Academic SupportCivic Engagement and LeadershipLife Skills and Personal DevelopmentMentor and Relationship BuildingFamily and Community EngagementSafety, Healing, and Trauma

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211 Metro Chicago

1900 North Austin Avenue, Chicago, IL 60639

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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211 Metro Chicago

4457 West Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60624

Westside Health Authority (WHA)'s Good Neighbor Campaign is a community-based movement that connects neighbors, empowering them to share their abilities and talents, i.e., gifts, with one another in order to realize a shared vision of a healthy, loving, and supportive community. The Good Neighbor Campaign is a coming together of concerned citizens, local churches, neighborhood institutions, and youth with a mission to build a village by connecting with neighbors in the Austin community.

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211 Metro Chicago

3605 West Fillmore Street, Chicago, IL 60624

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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211 Metro Chicago

Address Confidential, Chicago, IL 60613

Offers students a safe, confidential way in which to share information that might help prevent suicides, bullying, school violence or other threats to school safety.

Also offers support and resources for the following:

- Abuse.

- Bullying.

- Depression.

- Self injury.

- Suicidal Thoughts.

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United Way of the Midlands

4110 North Water Tower Place, Mount Vernon, IL 62864

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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United Way of the Midlands

125 South 3rd Street, Ames, IA 50010

Offers programs designed to prepare youth to make healthy choices through prevention, education, and enrichment activities. These services aim to provide early awareness, intervention, and out-of-classroom support to equip children and adolescents with the tools they need to stay on a positive path. Programs address a variety of critical issues, including:

- Substance Use Prevention

- Smoking and/or Vaping Cessation

- Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention

- Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

- Suicide Prevention

- Youth Violence Prevention

- Juvenile Delinquency Prevention

- Human Trafficking Prevention

- Child Abuse Prevention


Additionally, youth enrichment programs are offered to promote healthy social interaction and help participants maximize their social, emotional, physical, and academic potential. These programs may include arts and crafts, academic workshops, sports, reading clubs, and other recreational, cultural, and civic activities.

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United Way of the Midlands