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2017 North Mendell Street, Chicago, IL 60642
Chicago Hearing Society's Youth Program provides structured, creative activities that give youngsters opportunities to exercise responsibility, leadership, and independent living skills. Children learn while having fun, make friends, and develop good feelings about themselves that will last a lifetime.

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1018 North Laramie Avenue, Chicago, IL 60651
Passport to Manhood teaches responsibility to boys ages 11 to 14 with sessions focusing on a specific aspect of character and manhood through highly interactive activities.

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4242 South Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization's Boys 2 Men program brings together young Black peers in leadership development and community service activities.The program is designed to assist young Black men in resisting the lure of risky behavior, provide college and career exploration, increase their sense of community/civic engagement and enhance their self-image.

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3630 South Wells Avenue, Chicago, IL 60609
The Union League Boys & Girls Clubs' SMART Girls is a small-group program focused on health, fitness, prevention and education, and self-esteem enhancement, designed to meet the developmental needs of girls ages 8 to 18 across three age groups. Through dynamic sessions, participatory activities, field trips, and mentoring opportunities with adult women, Club girls explore their own and societal attitudes and values as they build skills for eating right, staying physically fit, accessing quality health care, and developing positive relationships with peers and adults.

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211 Metro Chicago
201 Canterbury Lane, Suite C, Bolingbrook, IL 60440

Serves middle school and high school teens who are experiencing challenging times. The staff builds relationships with youth through tutoring, support groups, and one-on-one mentoring.

Seeks to build better schools and a healthier community by reaching out to every hurting, lost, or at risk teen in the community and build caring relationships with them and offer opportunities for life transformation.

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United Way of the Midlands
1100 West Cermak Road, Suite B414, Chicago, IL 60608
WestCare Illinois (WCIL) recruits youth at Olive-Harvey, as well as receiving referrals from school personnel. Mentoring services occur on the school campus during, and after hours, throughout the school year. WCIL staff provides group and individual mentoring services that utilize the evidence-based model, The Seven Challenges, addressing drug and alcohol problems as well as violations of school policies.Mentees are provided with mindfulness activities and opportunities to participate in gatherings like sporting events, bike riding, yoga, and weekend art endeavors that support the mentor/mentee therapeutic relationship as well as promote the youth's socio-economic needs.

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70 Ken Hayes Drive, Bourbonnais, IL 60914
Support group and mentoring program for young moms. Provides intensive one-on-one mentoring to help moms become self-supporting.

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United Way of the Midlands
151 North Main Street, Decatur, IL 62523

Intensive support to high-risk children in foster care to stabilize placements and prevent entry into higher levels of care. Services offered include:

-- Brief individual and family counseling.

-- Placement stabilization services.

-- Crisis intervention.

-- Community linkage.

-- Foster parent support.

-- School intervention and tutoring.

-- Court advocacy.

-- Mentoring services.

-- Enrichment activities.

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United Way of the Midlands
4031 West Dayton Street, Mchenry, IL 60050

Provides a structured one-on-one relationship that focuses on the needs of the youth.

Mentors help guide the youth through a wide range of tasks such as emotional well-being, social skills, self-esteem, and other areas the youth may be struggling with. The mentor helps the youth to overcome obstacles, set limits, and reach goals.

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United Way of the Midlands
5076 Ames Avenue, Omaha, NE 68104

Long term residential placement for youth 10-18 years of age. Outpatient substance abuse treatment and therapy services available for youth placed in the long-term residential program.

Behavioral health services for youth 5-18 years of age depending on the program or service.

Volunteer mentoring program for 3rd through 12th grade in math or reading skills.

Family preservation services in Iowa and Nebraska.

Educational programs for professionals working with youth.

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United Way of the Midlands
300 South 15th Street, Springfield, IL 62703

- Provides youth development programs and leadership skills opportunities to children in the area.

- Offers mentoring and assistance for youth who face challenges such as poverty, difficulties in school, and more.

- Provides free school supplies in the fall to children registered at the Boys and Girls Club.

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United Way of the Midlands
936 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
The Union League Boys & Girls Clubs' Passport to Manhood is designed for young boys ages 8 to 14 to help them develop and mature into young men. Passport to Manhood engages young boys in discussions and activities that reinforce character, leadership, and positive behavior. Each participant receives a "passport" to underscore that he is on a personal journey of growth and maturation. Each of the program's 14 sessions uses interactive activities to focus on a specific aspect of character and manhood. Passport to Manhood culminates in a service project where boys learn the importance of service to their community.

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211 Metro Chicago
3415 West 13th Place, Chicago, IL 60623
Chicago Youth Centers (CYC) provides the Teen Leadership Development (TLD) program. The center incorporates social activities that encourage members to develop existing strengths, gain new ones, and apply them to foster positive outcomes within communities, schools, organizations, peer groups, and families.

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211 Metro Chicago
4248 West 47th Street, Chicago, IL 60632
The Union League Boys & Girls Clubs' SMART Girls is a small-group program focused on health, fitness, prevention and education, and self-esteem enhancement, designed to meet the developmental needs of girls ages 8 to 18 across three age groups. Through dynamic sessions, participatory activities, field trips, and mentoring opportunities with adult women, Club girls explore their own and societal attitudes and values as they build skills for eating right, staying physically fit, accessing quality health care, and developing positive relationships with peers and adults.

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151 North Bruns Lane, Springfield, IL 62702
Intensive Placement Services (IPS) is a community and home-based therapeutic mentoring program provided to youth who are wards of the state and are identified by their DCFS/POS caseworker as needing more intensive services to stabilize their current placement in foster care.

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United Way of the Midlands
2 North Road, Suite A, Chester, NJ 07930
Offers one-on-one peer mentorship support to adults with cancer, and their caregivers. Program matches client with peer mentor who has survived a similar cancer experience. Provides emotional support, information, and effective coping methods.

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Lake County 211
1340 West 71st Street, Chicago, IL 60636
The Union League Boys & Girls Clubs' SMART Girls is a small-group program focused on health, fitness, prevention and education, and self-esteem enhancement, designed to meet the developmental needs of girls ages 8 to 18 across three age groups. Through dynamic sessions, participatory activities, field trips, and mentoring opportunities with adult women, Club girls explore their own and societal attitudes and values as they build skills for eating right, staying physically fit, accessing quality health care, and developing positive relationships with peers and adults.

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211 Metro Chicago
101 West Washington Street, Clinton, IL 61727

Provides the opportunity for the mentor (Big) to visit their Little in the child's school, after school program, or at another youth-serving agency. This allows for the mentor to meet in a more structured environment than out in the community, usually for about an hour per week.

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United Way of the Midlands
1807 West Sunnyside Avenue , Chicago, IL 60640
Alternative Schools Network provides academic and mentoring services to out-of-school youth. Students are enrolled and linked to an on-site mentor who provides them with counseling, assessment, support services and advocacy. The goal of the program is for each student to obtain academic success, high school graduation, and future planning and achievement.

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211 Metro Chicago
100 North Franklin Street, Danville, IL 61832

Provides the opportunity for the mentor (Big) to visit their Little in the child's school, after school program, or at another youth-serving agency. This allows for the mentor to meet in a more structured environment than out in the community, usually for about an hour per week.

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United Way of the Midlands
136 West Main Street, Urbana, IL 61801

Provides the opportunity for the mentor (Big) to visit their Little in the child's school, after school program, or at another youth-serving agency. This allows for the mentor to meet in a more structured environment than out in the community, usually for about an hour per week.

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United Way of the Midlands
3605 West Fillmore Street, Chicago, IL 60624
Phenomenal Woman is a female mentoring program, the name of which is inspired by a Maya Angelou poem. This program is offered as a means to help young ladies navigate the sometimes difficult journey into womanhood. Through participation in group mentoring workshops, young ladies will strengthen their self-esteem, learn how to approach relationships in ways that are healthy and supportive and have access to an adult coach.

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211 Metro Chicago
2001 North Halsted Street, Suite 302, Chicago, IL 60614
Imerman Angels connects Support Seekers with their very own cancer confidante at no cost. They work to match participants with the right Mentor Angel - someone with the same cancer type, cancer mutation/risk, and life experience - for one-on-one support.

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211 Metro Chicago
1015 Ekstam Drive, Bloomington, IL 61704

Provides the opportunity for the mentor (Big) to visit their Little in the child's school, after school program, or at another youth-serving agency. This allows for the mentor to meet in a more structured environment than out in the community, usually for about an hour per week.

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United Way of the Midlands
1440 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607
H.E.N.R.Y. Community Services offers a six-month mentoring program that engages youth and young adults in an individualized and community-based process, facilitating growth toward greater self-sufficiency and successful goal achievement through a guided series of exploration, life skills training, mentoring, and futures planning. Monthly mentoring sessions are scheduled individually by each mentoring pair. The program offers a hybrid mentoring format (virtual, phone, and/or in-person) based on the comfort level of each individual mentoring pair.

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