Chicago Help Resources
The National Runaway Switchboard
1-800-RUNAWAY
*24 hour hotline
Teen Living Programs
1-866-803-8336 ext. 10 (or just press 0)
*We deliver comprehensive, long-term solutions to youth without homes who strive for self-sufficiency and community connection. Teen Living Programs offers housing, job training, educational support, mental health counseling, holistic health care, and life skills training within a community of professional and passionate support. TLP’s comprehensive, long-term approach to youth homelessness reduces the number of youth who might otherwise become homeless adults. TLP also limits youth homelessness from taking root through its outreach and prevention programs in neighborhoods and schools. http://www.teenliving.org/2.1/index.cgi/about/about.html
The Night Ministry
Open Door Youth Shelter - West Town
Toll-free number for youth: 1-877-286-2523
Open Door Youth Shelter - Lakeview
Toll-free number for youth: 1-773-506-3120
*The Night Ministry connects with Chicago’s vulnerable youth and adults, providing basic supplies, self-care supplies, free healthcare, housing and supportive services for youth, referrals to other resources, and more. We offer services at the moment of need on the street, a mobile health bus, and our shelter and supportive services programs for homeless youth. http://www.thenightministry.org/
Youth Outreach Services
773-777-7112 (M-TH 9-8; F 9-5)
24 Hour Crisis Intervention: (708) 547-1091
*Youth Outreach Services (YOS) is a community-based social service agency, which since 1959, has helped almost 300,000 youth in the Chicago area find safe homes, stay in school, avoid substance abuse and gang involvement and make positive choices that strengthen themselves, their family and their community. http://www.yos.org/aboutus.aspx
Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline
1-888-293-2080
*24 hour hotline
LGBT Violence Hotline
773-871-CARE (2273)
*24 hour hotline
Suicide Hotline
1-800-273-TALK
*24 hour hotline
*Will route caller to closest suicide hotline
Chicago Al-Anon/Alateen Info Service
312-409-7245
*Support groups for families of alcoholics
Alternatives
4730 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60640
773-506-7474 (M-Th 8:30-8:30; F 8:30-6; Sat 9-4)
www.alternativesyouth.org
*Counseling/Therapy
*Child Abuse Support Groups
*Drug Dependency Support Groups
*Employment Assistance/Counseling
Community Counseling Centers of Chicago
4740 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640
773-769-0205 (M-Th 8:30-8:00; F 8:30-6:30) (this line will lead to a crisis line during other hours)
www.c4chicago.org
*Community Counseling Centers
*Individual and Family Support Services
-Child Abuse Support Groups
-Bereavement Support Groups
-Crime Victim Support Groups
-Drug Dependency Support Groups
-Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
-Parenting Education
*Outpatient Substance Abuse and Alcohol Treatment
Young Women’s Empowerment Project
2334 W. Lawrence, Suite 209
Chicago, IL 60625
773-728-0127
If you receive a voicemail box please leave a message.
www.youarepriceless.org
*Work with young women impacted by the sex trade and street economics
*Counseling/Therapy
*Support Groups
City of Chicago Domestic Violence Help Line
1-877-863-6338 (24 hours)
Established in 1998, Mayor's Office on Domestic Violence contracts with the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network to operate the Help Line. Callers to the Help Line are provided with general domestic violence information, referrals to appropriate domestic violence services and a three-way phone linkage between the caller and the domestic violence services. Trained domestic violence advocates – Victim Information and Referral Advocates (VIRAs) – staff the phones 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. VIRAs provide victims with immediate information about their options, information on safety planning, referrals to community based providers including: shelters, counseling, legal advocacy, and civil legal services.
