This page is currently being constructed. In the meantime,here are some resources and hotlines that you may find useful.
Howard Brown Health Center
4025 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60613
773-388-1600, www.howardbrown.org
Midwest's largest LGBT health organization, providing counselingand medical care for transgender youth
Horizons Community Services
773-472-6469
www.Horizonsonline.org
PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
PFLAG National Office: 202-467-8180 www.pflag.org
PFLAG Chicago/Lakeview helpline: 773-472-3079 www.dpliv.com/pflag
PFLAG Western Suburbs/Hinsdale helpline: 773-472-3029
PFLAG Western Suburbs/Hinsdale meetings: 630-968-9060 or 630-415-0622
PFLAG Glenview/North Suburban Chicago helpline: 773-472-3079 pflagw@aol.com
DuPage Questioning Youth Centers
630-415-2053
www.Qyconline.org
Pride Youth
847-441-6191
www.linksyouth.org
Drop in groups for LGBTQ youth in the north and northwest suburbssponsored by LINKS - Northshore Youth Health Service.
Prism/Spectrum Info-line & Messages
708-848-0273
www.opalga.org
Oak Park Area Lesbian and Gay Association 's drop-in groups forLGBTQ youth/young adults in Oak Park.
Horizons Helpline
773-929-HELP (4357)
Drop-in, counseling for gay, lesbian, bisexual youth
Trevor Hotline 1-866-4-U-TREVOR 1-866-488-7386
24-hour crisis hotline for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgenderand Questioning youth.
GLSEN: Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network
National telephone: 212-727-0135
GLSEN Chicago 312-409-1835
www.glsen.org
A national network of parents, students, educators and othersending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expressionin K-12 schools.
Project Vida
773-277-2291
www.projectvida.org
including The LINX Program : A Discussion/Support Group for YoungGay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Down Low Latinos andAfrican-American Men Ages 15-25.
PROSTITUTION
Young Women's Empowerment Group
773-764-0987
Support services for young women ages 11-24 on the run, tradingsex for money or survival.
Genesis House
773-533-8701
Housing and counseling for women in prostitution
Prostitution Alternatives Round Table (part of the ChicagoCoalition for the Homeless)
www.chicagohomeless.org/PART/Parthome.htm
SHELTER
Community Supportive Living Sytem
773-881-1767
www.csls.org
CSLS provides a continuum of supportive housing services for thoseyouth (ages 18-25),
single adults, and families who lack the resources to make a fulltransition to self-sufficiency.
Connections for the Homeless
847-475-7070
www.connectionsforthehomeless.org
Provides Evanston and Northfield Township with outreach, familyhousing services, and a shelter for homeless adults.
Heartland Alliance
312-660-1300
www.heartland-alliance.org
Emergency services, housing, healthcare, legal services for verylow-income individuals.
Latino Youth, Inc.
773-277-0400
www.latinoyouthinc.com
Services include an alternative high school, counseling for Latinoyouth and their families, and housing, life skills and other supportservices for Latino wards of the state ages 11-17.
Neon Street
773-271-6366
Heartland Alliance's drop in center for youth ages 18-21 withsome emergency housing with counseling and medical referrals,some job assistance
Open Door Youth Emergency Shelter
1-877-286-2523 (toll free)
The Night Ministry's shelter for homeless and runaway non-wardyouth ages 14-21 and their infants and toddlers. This is the onlyemergency shelter in Chicago that takes pregnant and parentingminors.
SERVICES FOR ADULTS
Department of Human Services
Telephone: 311
www.cityofchicago.org\humanservices
Childhelp USA
National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-4ACHILD (1-800-422-4453)
24 hour crisis hotline acess to 140+ languages. Anonymous andtollfree.
Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-25-ABUSE
National Runaway Switchboard
1-800-621-4000
www.nrscrisisline.org
Referrals, messages, crisis interventions for runaway youth, youthwho are considering running away, and their parents.
SERVICES FOR YOUTH
National Runaway Switchboard
1-800-621-4000
www.nrscrisisline.org
Referrals, messages, crisis interventions for runaway youth, youthwho are considering running away, and their parents.
Alternatives, Inc. (YES Member Agency)
773-506-7474
www.alternativesyouth.org
Counseling, job skills, and other services.
Asian Human Services
773-728-0280
www.asianhumanservices.org
Free mental health services and referrals for homeless youth ages13-17.
Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-25-ABUSE
Latino Youth, Inc.
773-277-0400
www.latinoyouthinc.com
Services include an alternative high school, counseling for Latinoyouth and their families, and housing, life skills and other supportservices for Latino wards of the state ages 11-17.
New Moms
773-252-3253
Provides housing to young mothers ages 18-21. Parenting supportgroups for young mothers in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Young Moms Together/Young Parent Mentor Program
847-441-6191
www.linksyouth.org
Individual and educational support for pregnant and parentingadolescents in the north suburbs.
Christopher House
773-472-1083
www.christopherhouse.org
Services for low income children and pregnant and parenting teens.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Al Anon and Alteen
312-409-7245
www.niafg.org
Alcoholics Anonymous
312-346-1475
www.chicagoaa.org
Chicago Recovery Alliance
773-471-0999
CRA Youth Exchange pager: 773-201-3222
www.anypositivechange.org
Harm reduction outreach and needle exchange program
Haymarket Detox Center
312-CAN-HELP
www.hcenter.org
Men and Women who experience problems with alcohol and/or drugsmay be referred to the Detox Unit at Haymarket Center. This unithas no limit on beds available for its services.
Narcotics Anonymous
708-848-4884
www.chicagona.org