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The Tea Room, TPAN's drop-in youth center, is a safe space for young adults to congregate and find help and community. The Tea Room is open several days a week. Here, you will find a washer-dryer for your use, snacks, TV, video games, a computer, and easy access to services, including medical care and case management.
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LGBTQ2+ Youth
Drop In Centers
At the Tree House Drop-In Centers, individuals have access to same-day results for those seeking to update their HIV status. No matter the outcome, individuals are either connected to a case manager to navigate their HIV diagnosis or linked to a care coordinator focused on immediate linkage to HIV prevention services (PrEP). Snacks and drinks will be provided.
Services
Drop In Centers
Confidential HIV Testing
Drop-in centers on the north, west, and south sides of Chicago offer rapid response HIV and STI screening, access to an on-site healthcare team, case workers, and more for individuals who identify as transgender.
Services
Drop In Centers
Community Legal Clinics
Confidential HIV Testing
Female to Male Transgender Individuals
Male to Female Transgender Individuals
Chicago Lights offers drop-in services. Resources include clothing, toiletries (soap, toothpaste, lotion, incontinence products, menstruation products), housing and shelter information, public benefits information, referrals to other agencies, access to a guest phone, and information about neighborhood food pantries and meal services.
Breakthrough's Daytime Support Centers connect adults to a variety of resources including food, safe space, showers, laundry, clean clothing, access to computers, and more. Individuals are connected to medical and mental health resources, employment training, and housing assistance to reduce crisis and homelessness while building stability.
Youth Lounge is an initiative to co-create a safe, joyful, and youth-run after-school space for youth ages 14 to 19 to ensure youth have resting space, a warm meal, and homework support. The space is equipped with cozy furniture, video games, free Wi-Fi, music, computers, printers, art materials, and a TV. No prior registration is necessary.
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Drop In Centers
The Salvation Army's STOP-IT operates a drop-in center in Chicago for female-identified folks between the ages of 14 and 29 who have experienced exploitation and/or trafficking; co-leads the Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force; and conducts training for professionals serving vulnerable populations.
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Sex Trafficking Victims
Forced Marriage Victims
Child Trafficking Victims
Victims of Trafficking for Organ Trade
Labor Trafficking Victims
Drop In Centers
Breakthrough's Daytime Support Centers connect adults to a variety of resources including food, safe space, showers, laundry, clean clothing, access to computers, and more. Individuals are connected to medical and mental health resources, employment training, and housing assistance to reduce crisis and homelessness while building stability.
STEM Saturday programming encompasses a wide variety of topics, professions, and interests and is a pivotal stepping stone in getting children insured in STEM careers.
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Youth Enrichment Programs
Drop In Centers
STEM Curriculum Issues
USO Midway Center offers convenience on-the-go, with computers, printers, and free WI-FI access. USO Midway's kitchenette is stocked with snacks and beverages and has a compact lounge area with a big-screen TV, as well as books and magazines, movies, board games, and an XBOX gaming system. For those traveling with children, there is also access to a children's play area and games.
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center - El Rescate Transitional Living Program provides a safe and supportive environment for individuals to drop in to get advice or help informally. The Puerto Rican Cultural Center - El Rescate Transitional Living Program's drop-in shelter or day shelter is located at 2736 W. Division St. Chicago, IL 60622.
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Drop In Centers
Their community safer space operates on a drop-in basis on weeknights to provide a safe harbor for neighborhood youth and young adults to freely express themselves via dance and bolster community connectedness. In addition to providing a safer space at our center, they also actively intervene in violence within the community via our peer-to-peer violence prevention intervention program
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Drop In Centers
Youth Violence Prevention
At the Tree House Drop-In Centers, individuals have access to same-day results for those seeking to update their HIV status. No matter the outcome, individuals are either connected to a case manager to navigate their HIV diagnosis or linked to a care coordinator focused on immediate linkage to HIV prevention services (PrEP). Snacks and drinks will be provided.
Services
Drop In Centers
Confidential HIV Testing
Weekly drop-in center for youth to meet other LGBTQIA+ young individuals to discuss various topics of mutual interest. Also offers virtual and text-based drop-in centers.