Champion for Chicago’s Most Vulnerable Children

Be a Champion

Champion for Chicago’s Most Vulnerable Children

BE A CHAMPION

Champion for Chicago’s Most Vulnerable Children

Be a Champion

We’re building a secure and hopeful today, so children facing health issues and poverty succeed tomorrow

Our Approach

Children’s Place Association intervenes at critical points in a child’s development by stabilizing the most vulnerable children and families, crafting personalized plans for their well-being and providing comprehensive services that break the cycle of poverty and illness.

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Voices of Impact

“Children’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

April 7, 2021

Children’s Place 30 Year Journey: A Look Back and Beyond…

Dear Friends of Children’s Place, In 1990, when I was hired as Executive Director of Children’s Place Association, this fledgling not-for-profit didn’t yet have a staff or an office or…

Shantal Alonso

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Gala Once Upon a Time

April 5, 2021

The Power of Empathy with Alex Kotlowitz and Maria Woltjen.

Join journalist, filmmaker, and author of the bestseller ‘There Are No Children Here’ - Alex Kotlowitz - from the comfort of your home on Thursday evening, April 29th for Children’s…

Shantal Alonso

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