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To increase positive awareness of Down syndrome through national campaigns, educational programs, and by empowering individuals with Down syndrome, their families and the community.

Chapel Haven Schleifer Center, Inc. provides lifelong individualized services for people with developmental and social disabilities, empowering them to live independent and self-determined lives.

Mental Resource Referrals, Consultation, Education

At 26Health, we believe healthcare is a right, not a privilege, and people deserve medical services regardless of their ability to pay. We provide affordable and accessible care to ALL communities. Health equity and inclusion are at the heart of our mission. Our tagline, "care for every letter," boldly affirms our commitment to supporting *all* members of our community, regardless of race, gender, identity, citizenship, sexuality, age, ability, religion, or veteran status and any other label - assumed or assigned - that people may identify with. Our primary activities are: Primary Care - Sexual Health - Women's Health - Behavioral Health - Adoption Services - Spa - Mobile Healthcare Unit

Active Minds mobilizes young people to change how mental health is discussed and prioritized. The organization supports student-led chapters, education, advocacy, and programs that reduce stigma, promote help-seeking, and build supportive communities for teens and young adults.

The National Domestic Violence Hotline creates access by providing 24-hour support through advocacy, safety planning, resources and hope to everyone affected by domestic violence. We answer the call to support and shift power back to those affected by relationship abuse. We envision a world where all relationships are positive, healthy, and free from violence.

The Ruth Ellis Center (REC), incorporated in 1999, is a youth social services agency with a mission “to provide short-term and long-term residential safe space and support services for runaway, homeless, and at-risk lesbian, gay, bi-attractional, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.” As LGBTQ youth continue to be disproportionately affected by homelessness, the Ruth Ellis Center remains dedicated to ensuring that these vulnerable youth and young adults receive the services and inherent protections available to all citizens. While the Center emphasizes serving LGBTQ youth who are often ostracized, shamed, and denied services by other agencies, no youth, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation is turned away or denied services

Our mission is to provide high-quality, accessible mental health services to empower children, young adults, and families in the Chicago area. This will be accomplished through collaboration with local communities to identify the services they need, the building of a therapeutic milieu, and a focus on connection. We firmly believe in the idea of inclusivity and aim to maintain diversity of staff and clients as a priority.

The Home's mission is to help vulnerable children and their families build permanent, positive change. Each year, our community-based programs and residences meet the needs of more than 15,000 diverse youngsters and family members. These children are often society’s most vulnerable, victims of trauma, violence or shattered family lives. We ensure their emotional, social, educational and physical well- being from birth to age 26 through a dedicated team of professionals and a wide range of critical services. As a result, disadvantaged kids have safe surroundings, loving relationships and a secure path toward tomorrow.

Mercy Home offers abused or neglected youth who seek a new beginning hope and promise of a healthy and successful future, safety, respect and opportunities for growth. Mercy Home seeks benefactors who believe in the miracle of God's mercy and in the integrity of those who care for the health and safety of our children. Mercy Home is committed to raising public awareness of the plight of all of society's at-risk youth in order to encourage support of programs that would enable them to begin their own process of healing.

The mission of Casting for Recovery (CfR) is to enhance the quality of life of women with breast cancer through a unique program that combines breast cancer education and peer support with the therapeutic sport of fly fishing. The retreats offer opportunities for women to find inspiration, discover renewed energy for life and experience healing connections with other women and nature. CfR’s retreats are open to breast cancer survivors of all ages, in all stages of treatment and recovery, and are free to participants. On a physical level, the gentle, rhythmic motion of fly casting is similar to exercises often prescribed after surgery or radiation to promote soft tissue stretching. On an emotional level, women are given the opportunity to experience a new activity in a safe environment amongst a supportive group of peers. The retreats provide resources to help address quality of life issues after a breast cancer diagnosis, and a new outlet – fly fishing – as a reprieve from the everyday stresses and challenges of their cancer.

SBP solves the challenges facing at-risk communities by bringing the rigor of business and innovation to reduce risk, create resilient communities and streamline recovery.SBP works across the disaster preparedness and recovery continuum to drive direct impact and by sharing knowledge, people and funding. By taking a holistic approach, SBP shrinks the time between disaster and recovery in three intersecting ways—advocate, build and prepare.SBP advocates for policy and system change and advises state and local leaders to run disaster recovery programs more efficiently and effectively to create transformational change and scale impact.SBP builds resilient communities efficiently and effectively.SBP prepares individuals, communities and organizations to mitigate risk and speed recovery.