Chicago Child Care Society (CCCS)

The early childhood services division serves children from birth to 5 years of age. The Society operates early childhood education centers in the chicagoland area with total capacity to serve 277 children. The Society also provides homes based early childhood services to support children and their families from prenatal to 3 years - funding capacity for 158 families through its early head start and isbe prevention initiative programs. The home based programs work to support the parent-child attachment through various activities facilitated by home visitors/family advocates. Home based services are offered through the chicagoland area and across south suburban cook county.

The youth and Family empowerment division provides multiple levels of support to help families stay intact and thrive in their communities. Beginning with educational support to young parents and their children from prenatal to age 3 with a capacity to serve 167 clients, to a summer arts program for youth living in a Chicago housing authority building, to in-school mentorship and community based services for youth in the 7th through 10th grades, to services to youth ages 18-24 who are either disconnected from or never attended high school. Services also include supports to extended families - support for relative caregivers to obtain legal authority and financial support to keep the extended Family intact, and housing advocacy for youth ages 16-23 who are wards of the state - assistance with locating and attaining housing when they age out of the dcfs system.

Kinship/Housing/Advocacy Program

Community Center

Other Program Service