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Auditorium Theatre offers a unique performing arts camp that brings together young people between the ages of 7 and 14 who have experienced the death of a parent to encourage the healing power of creative play. Through the exploration and creation of dance, theatre, and music, Hearts to Art inspires communication and collaboration, fosters emotional growth, and provides friendship, compassion, and community. Through interaction with young people who have experienced a similar loss, campers understand they are not alone. Small group creative activities are facilitated by professional healing counselors, providing campers with a safe time and place to express and share their feelings with peers. There are also healing counselors on-site throughout the duration of camp.

"You Matter" is a culturally relevant, trauma-informed therapeutic support model designed specifically for formerly incarcerated individuals who've served long-term prison sentences. The model offers individualized services by adhering to the three evidence-based principles of risk, need, and responsivity. By using an asset-based approach, the "You Matter" model will help this neglected population cultivate and engage in prosocial relationships and activities, including intimate-domestic relations, parenting, employment, and civic-religious organizations, consequently promoting successful reentry to society, and reducing recidivism.

Chicago Public Schools - James N Thorp Elementary School offers formal education for children between the ages of 3 and 4 years old. The cluster program is an early childhood program in which children with developmental disabilities combine learning with play in a program run by professionally trained adults. Free transportation services are available for children enrolled in the Cluster program

Greenlight Family Services has been providing legal guardianship services since 2003. Guardianship is legal custody that allows the caregiver to make decisions for the child in their care. It differs from adoption because the biological parents' rights are not terminated. Guardianship allows the caregiver to make legal, medical, educational, and financial decisions for the child or adult in their care.

The City of Chicago Office of the Clerk is where all Chicago residents who drive, park, lease, or own a vehicle for which they are responsible in the City of Chicago are subject to the Chicago Wheel Tax and must purchase a Chicago City Vehicle Sticker. This includes Chicago residents who maintain their registration outside the City of Chicago but use the vehicle in the City. You must purchase a Chicago Vehicle Sticker within 30 days of residing in the City or acquiring a new vehicle to avoid late fees and fines.

ACCESS Community Health Network (ACHN) operates a number of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that provide support for individuals with opioid use disorder. Services provided included weekly visitation, group support sessions, behavioral health services and counseling, and prescribed medication such as buprenorphine or vivitrol.

Erie Family Health Centers operates a number of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), also known as Community Clinics (CHCs), that offer short-term individual therapy and group therapy to children, teens, and adults. If a person needs long-term behavioral health support, they facilitate a connection with external partners.

RUSH Physical Therapy's occupational therapists help patients participate in activities that are important in their lives. They use a variety of treatment options to help improve their activity level and quality of life. They treat patients of all ages and offer occupational therapy in their centers and in-home, depending on patient needs.

Family Guidance Centers, Inc.'s medication-assisted treatment, also known as MAT, combines medication with therapy to offer a comprehensive approach to opioid addiction recovery. Family Guidance Centers provides MAT using all three federally approved medications for opiate use disorder, which are methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone), and injectable naltrexone (Vivitrol).

UIC Mile Square Health Center (MSHC) - Englewood provides individuals with short-term, acute and intensive day mental health services.

Bremen Township buildings operate as a warming or cooling center during periods of extreme weather.

Belmont Village provides staffed facilities with private apartments or rooms where residents receive assistance from staff with activities of daily living.

Chicago Public Library - Hall Branch assists individuals with finding job openings or placement with an employer. Employment and career development events focus on job readiness, job skills, and resume help.

Illinois Worknet - North Suburban Cook County American Job Center provides individuals with a multi-week industry-based training module that provides role models, training, and hands-on experience in the manufacturing sector.

Chicago Public Library - Hall Branch assists individuals with finding job openings or placement with an employer. Employment and career development events focus on job readiness, job skills, and resume help.

Urban Growers Collective provides two apprenticeship programs under Farmers for Chicago. The Grower Apprenticeship is a 3-year practical adult education training program that guides participants towards commercially viable farm operations via cooperative growing, aggregation, and profit sharing. The Herbalism Apprenticeship requires a 100-hour commitment as participants learn to cultivate herbs, identify and observe the wild plants 'volunteering' alongside those intentionally planted.

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) offers the Peer Jury Program, designed to provide a remedial approach to handling selected juvenile offenders without referring them to the Juvenile Court of Cook County.

Chatham Park South Cooperative provides and manages housing specifically for the elderly populations.

Kiddie Academy facilitates early childhood education and development for toddlers.

University Church operates a resale shop with used clothing, shoes, kitchen, and small household items for sale at very low prices. The resale shop is open the first Friday and Saturday of each month.

Saint Sabina Employment Resource Center offers case management, soft skills and job readiness training and career development workshops, mock interviews, vocational workshops, hiring events, and job clubs. Subsidized and unsubsidized employment opportunities are also available.

City of Chicago Department Of Family And Support Services has Community Service Centers that act as cooling centers during periods of extreme heat.

The Illinois Child Care Assistance Program provides financial assistance to qualifying families for child care. Parents must meet the State of Illinois' income and family size guidelines.

VITAS Healthcare provides health and general care for individuals who are in the last stages of their lives. Hospice care is available at home as well.

Chicago Neurobehavior Specialists, LTD provides psychological services related to brain health, including assessments related to brain injury, developmental disorders, autism spectrum disorders, dementia, etc.