New CDC Report Shows Teen Girls in US “Engulfed in Growing Wave of Violence and Trauma” A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease…
YC Counseling Staff Receive Peace Circle Training Youth Crossroads’ clinical staff received training this month to run Peace Circles to help address violence in our…
Support Youth Crossroads This Holiday Season! Over the past several months, Youth Crossroads has been awarded several large grants from the State of Illinois and Cook…
There are countless students who have shared with me that their childhood friends and family members were shot and killed before they even finished eighth…
I started at Youth Crossroads when I was a freshman at Morton East High School. I didn’t want to just come home after-school and do…
Jacqueline sought counseling support from Youth Crossroads as a sophomore at Morton East High School to deal with anxiety, depression and trauma. Two areas of…
Congratulations to Elida “Eli” Ortiz who was recently named Director of the Cicero Community Collaborative (CCC), a consortium of 60 community organizations working together to…
Richard is a Community Solutions Program Fellow, which is a U.S. State Department sponsored professional development program for global community leaders working on issues related…
Earlier this month, students in the Youth Leadership Program (YLP) took a four-day Service and Social Justice Trip to Flint and Detroit Michigan to discover…
Last year was extremely challenging for Youth Crossroads staff and interns. Students returned to the classroom after 18-months of remote learning with unprecedented mental health…