Agency Programs

United Way works to ensure that every dollar we invest addresses critical community needs and delivers measurable, lasting results. In other words, we're not as interested in how many kids attended one of our after school programs; we want to know how many of those kids actually improved their grades, stayed in school and graduated. We're not as interested in how many people received meals at a soup kitchen; we want to know how many of those people no longer rely on the soup kitchen because they've become independent.

In 2007, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago invested nearly $55.6 million in more than 700 effective programs at the following agencies across our region:

A Safe Place
Access Community Health Network: Administrative Office
Access DuPage
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
Access to Care
Acorn Housing Corporation Ada S. McKinley Community Services
AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
Albany Park Community Center, Inc.
Alexian Center for Mental Health
Allendale Association
American Red Cross of Greater Chicago
Aspire of Illinois
Association for Individual Development
Association House of Chicago
Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center
Avenues to Independence
B.U.I.L.D., Inc.
Barrington Youth & Family Services
Beacon Therapeutic Diagnostic and Treatment Center
BEHIV (Better Existence with HIV)
Berwyn/Cicero Council on Aging
Bethel New Life
Better Boys Foundation
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Lake County
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of McHenry County
Blue Cap
Boy Scouts of America: Calumet Council
Boy Scouts of America: DesPlaines Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America: Northeast Illinois Council
Boy Scouts of America: Northwest Suburban Council
Boy Scouts of America: Three Fires Council
Boys' and Girls' Club of Dundee Township
Boys' and Girls' Club of Lake County
Boys' and Girls' Club of West Cook County
Boys' Club of Cicero
Breaking Free
Bremen Youth Services
Bridge Community Services
Bridge Youth and Family Services
Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic
Camp Fire Boys & Girls: Illinois Prairie Council
Career Resource Center
Carole Robertson Center for Learning
Casa Central
CASA Cook County
CASA DuPage County, Inc.
CASA Kane County
Catholic Charities Diocese of Joliet
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
CEDA-Center for Community Action
CEDA-Northwest
CEDA-Southeast
Center for Enriched Living
Center for Independence through Conductive Education,The
Center of Concern
Center on Halsted
Centers for New Horizons, Inc.
Centro de Informacion
CEP Youth Leadership
Chicago Area Project
Chicago Child Care Society
Chicago Commons Association
Chicago House and Social Service Agency
Chicago Urban League
Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation
Chicago Youth Centers
Child Care Center of Evanston
Child Care Network of Evanston
Childhood Trauma Treatment Program
Children's Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook County
Children's Center of Cicero-Berwyn
Children's Home + Aid
ChildServ
Chinese American Service League, Inc.
Chinese Mutual Aid Association
Christopher House
Circle Family Healthcare Network f/n/a Circle Family Care
Clearbrook
Community Adult Day Care
Community Career Center
Community Center Foundation
Community Crisis Center
Community House, The
Community Mental Health Council
Community Nurse Health Association
Community Support Services
Connections for Abused Women and Their Children
Connections for the Homeless
Counseling Center of Lake View
Countryside Association
Crisis Center for South Suburbia
DuPage P.A.D.S.
DuPage Senior Citizens Council
E.S.S.E. (Ecumenical Support Services for the Elderly)
Easter Seals of the DuPage and Fox Valley Region
Eastern Will County Senior Services
Ecker Center for Mental Health
Ecumenical Adult Care of Naperville
El Hogar Del Nino/Cuidar
El Valor Corporation
Elgin Catholic Social Services
Elk Grove Township Community Day Care Center
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago
Erie Neighborhood House
ESNI Epilepsy Services for Northeastern Illinois
Esperanza Community Services
Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago
Evanston Community Defender Office
Evanston Day Nursery
Evergreen Park Tween Club
Family Counseling Agency of Trinity Services
Family Focus
Family Matters
Family Rescue
Family Service and Mental Health Center of Cicero
Family Service and Mental Health Center of Oak Park-River Forest
Family Service Association of Greater Elgin Area
Family Service Center of Wilmette, Glenview, Northbrook and Kenilworth
Family Service of Glencoe
Family Service of Winnetka-Northfield
Family Service: Prevention, Education and Counseling NFP
Family Shelter Service
Fox Valley Volunteer Hospice
Gads Hill Center
Garden Center Services
Gilda's Club Chicago
Girl Scouts - Prairie Winds, Inc.
Girl Scouts of Chicago
Girl Scouts of the USA: Illinois Crossroads Council
Girl Scouts of the USA: South Cook County Council
Girl Scouts of the USA: Sybaquay Council
Glen Ellyn Youth and Family Counseling Service
Glencoe Jr. High Project
Glencoe Youth Services
Glenkirk
Good Shepherd Center
Grand Prairie Services
Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association
Greater Wheeling Area Youth Outreach
Habilitative Systems, Inc.
Harbour, The
Harkness House for Children
HAVEN Youth & Family Services
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, The
Helping Hand Rehabilitation Center
Hephzibah Children's Association
Highland Park Community Nursery School and Day Care Center
Hinsdale Community Service
Hope Community Services
Horizon Hospice and Palliative Care
Housing Options for the Mentally Ill in Evanston
Howard Area Community Center
Howard Brown Health Center
Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
Indo-American Center
Infant Welfare Society of Evanston
Inspiration Corporation
Institute for Latino Progress
Jane Addams Hull House Association
Jane Addams Resource Corporation
Japanese American Service Committee
Jayne Shover Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
John Howard Association
Jones Memorial Community Center
Josselyn Center for Mental Health
Journey from PADS to Hope
JUST of DuPage
Juvenile Protective Association
Kenneth Young Center
KidsMatter
Korean American Community Services
L.E.A.D. (Linking Efforts Against Drugs)
Lake County Center for Independent Living
Lake County Haven
Lawrence Hall Youth Services
Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing, Inc.
Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
Lester And Rosalie Anixter Center
Leyden Family Service and Mental Health Center
Life Span
LifeLink
LINKS-North Shore Youth Health Service
Literacy Volunteers of DuPage
Little Friends
Loaves and Fishes Community Pantry
Lutheran Child & Family Services of Illinois
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois: Behavorial Health in the Northwest Suburbs
Maine Center, Inc.
Mental Health Association of the North Shore
Metropolitan Family Services
Mobile C.A.R.E. Foundation
Mujeres Latinas En Accion
NAMI of DuPage
Naperville CARES
National Able Network
National Able Network
National Kidney Foundation of Illinois
NCO Youth & Family Service
Near North Health Service Corp. (Winfield Moody Health Center)
Neopolitan Lighthouse
New Hope Center
North Avenue Day Nursery
North Shore Senior Center
Northern Illinois Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Northwest CASA
Northwest Suburban Day Care and Toddler Center
Northwestern University Settlement
Oak Park and River Forest Day Nursery
Oak Park-River Forest Infant Welfare Society
Oak/Leyden Developmental Services
Omni Youth Services
Open Door Clinic of Greater Elgin
Orchard Village
Organization Of The North East (ONE)
Outreach Community Ministries
PADS Crisis Services, Inc.
Palatine Township Senior Citizens Council
Parenthesis
Park Lawn
Peer Services
PLOWS Council on Aging
Police Neighborhood Resource Center
Prairie State Legal Services: Service Office
Presbyterian Homes
ProCare Centers
Proviso-Leyden Council for Community Action
Ray Graham Association
Reba Place Day Nursery
Renz Addiction Counseling Center
Resources for Community Living
Respond Now
Restoration Ministries
Rogers Park Community Council
Safer Foundation
Salvation Army Metropolitan Division, The
Salvation Army: Golden Diners Club
Samaritan Interfaith Counseling Center
Sarah's Inn
Seguin Services
Senior Citizens Center of Oak Park & River Forest
Senior Home Sharing
Senior Service Associates, Inc.
Seniors Action Service
Seniors Assistance Center
Serenity House Counseling Services
Sertoma Centre
Sertoma Speech & Hearing Center
SGA Youth & Family Services
Shelter, Inc.
SHORE Community Services, Inc.
South East Alcohol & Drug Abuse Center
South Suburban Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
South Suburban Family Shelter
South Suburban P.A.D.S.
SouthStar Services
Southwest Suburban Center on Aging
St. Leonard's Ministries
Suicide Prevention Services
Teen Living Programs, Inc.
Teen Parent Connection
The Pillars
Together We Cope
Tri-Con Child Care Center
Trinity Services
Turning Point - Behavorial Health Care Center
United Service Organizations of Illinois, Inc. (USO of Illinois)
Unity Parenting
Vision of Restoration
Volunteer Center of Lake Forest/Lake Bluff
Volunteer Center of New Trier Township
Volunteer Center of Northwest Suburban Chicago
Volunteer Center, The
Warming House Youth Center, The
Way Back Inn, The
Wayne/Winfield Area Youth and Family Services (WAYS)
Well Child Center
Wesley Child Care Center
West Suburban P.A.D.S.
West Suburban Senior Services
Westside Holistic Family Center
White Crane Wellness Center
Wings Program, The
Winnetka Youth Organization
Women's Treatment Center, The
World Relief Chicago
World Relief DuPage
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Chicago
Young Men's Christian Association(YMCA): Alfred Campanelli
Young Men's Christian Association(YMCA): Elmhurst
Young Men's Christian Association(YMCA): Heritage Group
Young Men's Christian Association(YMCA): Indian Boundary
Young Men's Christian Association(YMCA): Leaning Tower
Young Men's Christian Association(YMCA): McGaw YMCA in Evanston
Young Men's Christian Association(YMCA): Network
Young Men's Christian Association(YMCA): Nicholas M. Lattof
Young Men's Christian Association(YMCA): Oak Park-River Forest-Forest Park
Young Men's Christian Association(YMCA): PAV in Berwyn
Young Women's Christian Association(YWCA): DuPage
Young Women's Christian Association(YWCA): Elgin
Young Women's Christian Association(YWCA): Evanston/North Shore
Young Women's Christian Association(YWCA): South Suburban District
Youth Connection
Youth Crossroads
Youth Guidance
Youth Job Center of Evanston
Youth Organizations Umbrella (Y.O.U.)
Youth Outreach Services
Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center