Youth Development Center

The Youth Development Center at Westside Health Authority provides a safe place for local youth and their families to explore their talents by encouraging positive relationships, providing dynamic programming and advocating for community improvement. Through WHA’s powerful network of local resources, the Youth Development Center provides opportunities to youth and their families that help them develop the skills and habits needed to complete school successfully and become positively engaged citizens in their community.
The Youth Development Center provides opportunities for young people to learn and grow while having fun and making friends.

Program Initiatives

Academic Enrichment
Bread for the Head Book Club
Field Trips
Life Skills Education and Social Development
Nutrition and Fitness
Parent Advisory Council

Positive Adult Mentoring
Recreation, Sports, Cultural and Artistic Activities
Service Learning
Summer Camp
Technology
Tutoring

Partnership/Collaborations

Adler School of Professional Psychology
Austin Coalition for Youth Justice
Bread for the Head
Central States SER
Christ the King College Preparatory High School
Ella Flagg Young Elementary School
Empowerment Through Education and Exposure
First Defense Legal Aid

Greater Chicago Food
Habilitative Systems, Inc.
Illinois Violence Prevention Authority
Milton Brunson Specialty School
New Birth Christian Center
Rape Victims Advocates
The Peace Corner
Youth Outreach Services

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