Emotional Support Services

Crisis intervention:

Y.O.U. responds 24 hours a day when a child runs away or has been locked out. These intense family situations often involve emotional and/or physical abuse. Crisis workers have to make quick decisions that protect youth and facilitate family stability. The workers intervene and use the crisis to involve the family in a process that promotes growth and lasting change. This process continues past the crisis through the provision of individual and family counseling.

Case Management:

Y.O.U. assists families who struggle with problems such as abuse, neglect, homelessness, unemployment, financial hardship, and substance abuse. We help them access and navigate other agency and governmental services that can provide the support they need.

Individual, group, and family counseling:

Licensed Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists provide individual, group, and family counseling to youth and their families who need help in coping with chronic family conflict, the difficult transitions of adolescence, loss, depression, development of social skills, and anxiety.

Mentoring:

At the Saturday Morning Breakfast Club, students in small groups share their hopes and dreams with adult mentors and get guidance on how to achieve them. In the Transition to High School program, eighth-graders spend a day at Evanston Township High School, each one shadowing a junior or senior to learn what to expect and what they need to be ready for high school.

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