WELCOME
Youth Guidance welcomes the interest of prospective schools, school districts, and local stakeholders to explore partnership in implementing our programs.
Please take a moment to review more detailed information about our various programs and then fill out the Service Interest Form below to start the conversation. We understand that the need for services is great and are working hard to expand services as quickly as capacity, funding, and partnerships allow.
BECOMING A MAN (BAM) AND WORKING ON WOMANHOOD (WOW)
Information Sheet & FAQ's
Thank you for your interest in Youth Guidance’s Becoming a Man (BAM) and Working on Womanhood (WOW) programs.
BAM and WOW are in-school, group counseling programs that provide critical social-emotional competencies to students in grades 6 through 12. Currently BAM and WOW are serving more than 8,000 Chicago area students.
SCHOOL-BASED COUNSELING
Information Sheet & FAQ's
Thank you for your interest in Youth Guidance’s School-based counseling programs.
Youth Guidance school-based counselors provide full-time individual and group counseling services in a designated school and can work with any age group.
PROJECT PREPARE
Information Sheet & FAQ's
Thank you for your interest in Youth Guidance’s Project Prepare program.
Project Prepare is an in-school workforce development program that empowers youth with the key life skills and resources necessary to obtain crucial work and/or internship experience while in high school and make a successful transition into the postsecondary education or employment opportunity of their choice. Project Prepare is offered to students ages 16 and above.
EVOLVE
Information Sheet & FAQ's
Thank you for your interest in Youth Guidance’s EVOLVE program.
Evolve is Youth Guidance’s premier social-emotional learning (SEL) Educator Program designed to cultivate a district-wide culture of support and trauma-informed engagement by delivering training and resources to school-based staff to implement the most effective components of the organization’s most renowned programs – BAM and WOW.