Covenant House Illinois Inc

In 34 cities across five countries, Covenant House builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. We meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health care; support them to advance their goals of education and employment; and offer homelessness prevention and aftercare services to reduce the risk of a young person becoming homeless in the first place and the likeliness of recurring homelessness. Covenant House encompasses a robust network of "houses," with best-in-class services and a shared commitment to unconditional love, absolute respect, and relentless support for each young person who comes to our doors. Founded as a drop-in center in New York City in 1972, Covenant House now reaches tens of thousands of children and youth every year in our residential, outreach, drop-in, prevention, and aftercare programs. Our dedicated staff across the United States, guatemala, honduras, Mexico, and Canada employ a strength-based, trauma-informed program model that helps young people discover and develop their power to overcome adversity now and into the future. Our north star is to end youth homelessness as we know it today. Young people arrive at Covenant House with an array of lived experiences, including foster care, family trauma, substance use, mental health challenges, domestic violence, sexual abuse, displacement, and human trafficking. Youth may come to us scarred by anti-lgbtq+ discrimination and violence, or as parents of small children, or pregnant. Our staff meet them where they are, help them stabilize their situation, and accompany them through our high-quality services on their journey to wholeness and independence.