Mentoring/tutoring

The Winnetka Youth Organization’s mission is to foster individual development in adolescents by providing adult-to-youth mentoring with opportunities for leadership, citizenship and education within a positive, encouraging environment. Through its diverse positive youth development initiatives, it empowers adolescents to become more active community members and leaders, while also giving them opportunities to develop confidence in their own talents and skills.

 Education, Mentoring/Tutoring, Support Groups / 723 views

Youth Job Center envisions a future where all young people have the support to build a meaningful career and fulfill their potential, and for the last 35 years the agency has worked to make that vision a reality. It provides work-readiness training, personalized career advising, job placement, and support to over 2,000 youth per year across Evanston, Chicago, and Cook County.

 Education, Job Services, Mentoring/Tutoring / 687 views

The mission of Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) is to improve life through employment and productivity, and recognize that personal development is a lifetime endeavor. Its services include career counseling, job skills training, job referrals, financial literacy, small business development and more.

 Education, Job Services, Mentoring/Tutoring / 745 views

Youth & Opportunity United (Y.O.U.) is a youth development agency that provides services and leadership to meet the emerging needs of young people and their families in its community. Y.O.U. closes the opportunity gap by preparing youth for post-secondary and life success. It partners with families, schools, and the community to provide academic, social, and emotional support to 1,600 youth and their families each year.

 Crisis, Education, Food, Housing/Shelter, Immigration Assistance, Job Services, Legal Aid, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Mentoring/Tutoring, Support Groups, Transportation, Women, Children, Child Care / 761 views

Haven Youth and Family Services has been serving youth and their families since 1976. Haven began as an outreach program for youth and has continued to grow and develop throughout the years. Programs such as crisis response and prevention activities were added, as well as the counseling program, which has become one of its most frequent methods of delivering service to the community. Haven responds to the physical and emotional needs of youth and their families by providing emergency housing services, individual, group, and family therapy, 24-hour crisis intervention, daily outreach to area schools, psycho-educational workshops, youth leadership positions, and service-learning opportunities.

 Crisis, Education, Housing/Shelter, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Mentoring/Tutoring, Support Groups / 889 views

The Bridge Youth & Family Services started as a safe place for youth in its community to gather has evolved into a comprehensive mental health resource for youth and their families in the Northwest Suburbs. Today the Bridge provides a continuum of services including family and individual counseling, mentoring, social skills and trauma recovery groups, parenting workshops, and more.

 Crisis, Education, Mental Health, Mentoring/Tutoring, Recovery, Support Groups / 675 views