OUR PROGRAMS
Founded in 1898, Gads Hill Center is a community based non-profit organization that works with more than 4,000 children and their families throughout Chicago. Gads Hill Center creates opportunities for children and their families to build a better life through education, access to resources, and community engagement. Gads Hill Center supports working families through comprehensive programs and services that connect them to resources that meet their education, employment, and health-related goals.
CHILDREN SERVICES
Our children’s programs bridge the gap by offering research-based early childhood education with a bilingual and culturally competent curriculum grounded in the framework of Head Start and Early Head Start. Our staff, including dedicated teachers, clinicians, and family support workers, promote mental wellness for the whole family by monitoring developmental milestones and providing access to therapeutic services.
We Offer:
Home-Based Early Childhood Education
Center-Based Early Childhood Education
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION THROUGH PARTNER NETWORKS
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600
The number of children that enroll at Gads Hill Center annually and are ready to succeed in pre-school upon program completion
YOUTH SERVICES
Our youth programs provide a rigorous academic support curriculum during out- of-school time that ensures students of all ages perform at grade level or above and provides them with the tools they need to achieve academic success through high school graduation, college acceptance, and beyond. Programs are tailored to fit each age group and anchored by research-based educational curricula that emphasize science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
We Offer:
Building Leaders
Junior Building Leaders
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100 %
The percentage of youth that attend our building leaders program, graduate from high school
Community Wellness
Research reveals that strong networks and access to resources result in a measurable improvement in community health outcomes. This access strengthens family health and their capacity to support children to succeed academically and beyond. We promote holistic family health by partnering with parents, schools, and organizations to provide physical and mental wellness services, foster civic engagement to advance social change, and strengthen families to support their children’s educational success.
We Offer:
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
HEALTHY MOVES
FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT
PLAYSTREETS
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15000
The number of families that receive culturally and linguistically relevant information on health and nutrition.
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Research-based mental health interventions positively influence students’ academic and social-emotional development and can help them overcome psychosocial stressors in their environment such as community violence, poverty, and systemic racial barriers. Gads Hill Center addresses these issues through multi-tiered mental health services for children and youth including: individualized, family, and group therapy, crisis intervention, school staff professional development, and psycho-educational workshops.
We Offer:
SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES
EARLY HEAD START
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -
A LA CARTE SERVICES
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500
The number of Chicago Public Schools (CSP) students and their families that benefit from our mental health services.