Area I Programs
Area 1 – Northeastern Illinois
Guardian Angel Community Services, Joliet
An Illinois Health Cares Grantee
Phone: (815) 729-0930
Fax: (815) 744-6087
E-mail: khanson@guardianangelhome.org
Website: http://www.guardianangelhome.org
Guardian Angel Community Services runs a public education and professional training and awareness program to achieve improved health care response to sexual violence, domestic violence and elder abuse. GACS formed a coalition of local health providers and social service groups to assess the efficacy of Sexual Assault Response Teams, distribute public awareness materials in an effort to increase abuse reporting and response, and promote statewide resources for responding to abuse.
DuPage Regional Office of Education,
A Social and Emotional Learning Professional Development Grantee
Phone: (630) 495-6080
E-mail: mcave@dupage.k12.il.us
Website: http://www.dupage.k12.il.us
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Holy Family Parish, Waukegan
A Youth Led Mini Grantee
Phone: (847) 623-2655
Fax: (847) 623-9479
E-mail: lramirez.holyfamily@hotmail.com
Website: http://holyfamilyparish.org
The youth leaders at Holy Family Parish in Waukegan are using the Choose Respect Playbook, developed by the Centers for Disease Control, to increase awareness amongst their peers of teen dating violence and the importance of healthy relationships.
13th Judicial Circuit Family Violence Prevention Council, Ottawa
A youth Led Mini Grantee
Phone: (815) 431-0630
Fax: (815) 431-0637
E-mail: susan.bursztsky@mchsi.com
Website: http://familyviolence13.org
Founded in 2002, the Supporting Players is a youth drama troupe sponsored by the Council. The troupe writes and performs skits focusing on topics related to violence prevention, including teen dating violence, sexual assault, suicide, bullying, peer pressure, alcohol & drug use, and drinking and driving. This year the troupe plans to expand the number of schools involved with the Supporting Players troupes as well as provide at least 20 presentations to their peers.
Suicide Prevention Services, Batavia
A youth Led Mini Grantee
Phone: (630) 482-9699
Fax: (630) 482-9669
E-mail: spsinfo@spsfv.org
Website: http://spsfv.org
The teens affiliated with the Yellow Ribbon Program plan to continue empowering their peers by increasing awareness of the warning signs of suicide, providing training and materials on how to help a suicidal youth, and engaging adults as supporters of the initiative.
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago
A Say It Out Loud Grantee
Phone: (312) 413-4638
E-mail: mmalcome@psych.uic.edu
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Radio Arte, Chicago
A Say It Out Loud Grantee
Phone: (312) 455-9455
E-mail: Naomi@radioarte.org
Website: http://radioarte.org
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