Mission
Options for Youth’s mission is to expand opportunities for adolescents in underserved neighborhoods through programs that build upon the strengths and maximize the potential of each young person and help to break the cycle of poverty in their lives and communities.
Supporting Chicago’s Vulnerable Youth
Through two intense programs, Options for Youth focuses on helping first-time adolescent mothers and adolescent male students make healthy lifestyle choices, become self-sufficient, and maximize their potential.
🌟Chicagobility 🌟
Thanks for joining us for a summer of growth, creativity & achievement!
What an incredible summer!
Our Chicago Youth Works participants spent the past six weeks exploring new interests, building valuable skills, forming friendships, and preparing for bright futures. From coding and electronics to mural design, career exploration, financial literacy, and team-building activities, every day was filled with learning, creativity, and fun.
Thank you to our students, families, staff, volunteers, and community partners for making another successful summer possible. We can’t wait to see what these young people accomplish next!
Field trip for Path to Careers group!
The Subsequent Pregnancy Program helps first-time adolescent mothers graduate from high school and become self-sufficient before deciding to have another child.
Changing lives for over 20 years!
What’s Up with Manhood? helps young men growing up in Chicago’s most vulnerable neighborhoods think critically about “what it means to be a man” in their community.
