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Every Child Deserves Support

Our Mission: Building a secure & hopeful today, so children facing health issues & poverty succeed tomorrow.

Serving Children & Parents since 1991.

Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, Illness, Violence & Racial Injustice

Children’s Place Association provides essential and comprehensive services that are lacking in disinvested neighborhoodsβ€”early education, trauma therapy, support groups, basic healthcareβ€”by crafting personalized plans for a child’s and their family’s well-being.

Our goal is to surmount the barriers to thriving that many children and families in impoverished areas experience, and to help them achieve the resiliency, health and knowledge they need to navigate life’s challenges successfully.

Every Child Deserves Support

Our Mission: Building a secure & hopeful today, so children facing health issues & poverty succeed tomorrow.

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Our Equity-Based Framework for Systemic Change

Community Led

We believe people who live and work in underserved communities best understand their own needs and solutions, and, thus, we are guided by their goals and approaches.

Collaboration

We work alongside community members as equals, drawing on a shared vision while leveraging our unique strengths to make the greatest impact.

Strengths-based Approach

We strive to see the whole child, family, and community – not just their vulnerabilities. We avoid negative stereotypes and outdated β€œcharity” models.

Sustainability

We strive to sustain projects until community goals are achieved, recognizing that real change takes time, commitment, and continued resourcing.

Helping Chicago’s Children and Their Families

Since 1991, we’ve been providing care for children and families facing extreme poverty, health issues, violence, housing insecurity and hunger.

What sets us apart:

  • We focus on whole family support, knowing that the health of the family is the health of the child.
  • We offer a comprehensive, evidence-based service model integrating needed trauma therapy, health services, social services, early education, after school programs, foster care/adoption, family support and supportive housing.
  • Our approach is based on the conviction that the community, including its youth, is the expert on its own challenges and that community people are the most likely to propose and shape effective interventions.
  • Our early learning program specializes in integrating comprehensive health services and enrolling children with special needs and disabilities other preschools can’t accommodate.
  • We focus on neighborhoods challenged by violence, lack of investment, extreme poverty, and poor resources.
  • We’re able to be a resource for families without sufficient income – many earn less than $5000 annually.
  • We actively hire people who reflect the community we serve. Persons of color make up 86% of our management team and 79% of direct service staff.

Imagine a future where every child has access to the developmental support they need to experience a quality of life that elevates their perception of who they are and creates a pathway of hope and resilience – regardless of circumstances or zip code.

Help us keep Chicago’s children safe and growing beautifully with the assistance of our Children’s Place programs.

OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

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Child Thrive

Concentrating on the West Humboldt Park neighborhood, Child Thrive is community-directed, providing education, counseling, mentoring, afterschool programs, and health services in a high-need area of Chicago’s westside struggling with gun violence, economic uncertainty, and the impacts of structural racism.

Taking on the Toughest Cases

Children’s Place doesn’t shy away from challenging problems. We thrive in turning the most difficult situations into the most successful outcomes!

From Surviving to Thriving

Personal Success Stories

Our Story

β€œChildren’s Place made an incredible impact in my life. It gave me a childhood I didn’t expect I would ever have… and a foundation that has allowed me to grow.”

Dominique, Former Children’s Place client and HIV survivor University of Illinois Springfield, Class of 2016

Making a Real Impact on Children’s Lives since 1991

BE THERE FOR CHICAGO’S CHILDREN

Children’s Place Association needs you to help us build a secure and hopeful today so children facing health issues and poverty succeed tomorrow.

  • Volunteer

  • Become an Advocate

  • Attend an Event

  • Become a Foster Parent

$30 DONATION PROVIDES

  • 1 Week of Meals for a Child

  • Field Trips for youth

  • Grocery Cards for families

CHILDREN IN CHICAGO

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Live with Gun Violence

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CHILDREN’S PLACE IMPACT IN 2023

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CHILDREN IN CHICAGO

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Let Us Help You

Children’s Place Association provides critical assistance to children and their families in four key areas: health, education, family support and financial stability.

Children’s Place International

Children’s Place International works with local partners to benefit thousands of children and youth affected by HIV/AIDS, pediatric cancers, malnutrition, water-borne illnesses, and mental health issues.

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