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In 1995 the Jump Start Program began, which recruits volunteers to act as tutors and mentors for incarcerated youth in the Illinois Youth Centers. LVI began by working with four national programs. Today, it provides resources and services to staff, tutors, and students in approximately 100 adult literacy programs statewide. [3]
826 National is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students, ages 6–18, improve their expository and creative writing skills. [1] The organization's eight chapters include 826 Valencia in San Francisco, 826NYC in Brooklyn, 826LA in Los Angeles, 826CHI in Chicago, 826Michigan (serving Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Ypsilanti), 826 Boston in Boston, 826DC in Washington, DC, 826 New Orleans ...
Learn To Be is a U.S. non-profit organization that recruits volunteers to offer free online tutoring to students in underserved communities. In February 2011, the Learn To Be Foundation was featured on Philanthroper.com, [1] a website that features a different non-profit every day to encourage philanthropy as a daily habit. By this time, Learn ...
Construction for the Illinois Youth Center in Lincoln is being held off as they are set to receive funds from the governor’s new budget. It was announced in February 2021 that the former Lincoln ...
Volunteers of America (VOA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1896 that provides affordable housing and other assistance services primarily to low-income people throughout the United States. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia , the organization includes 32 affiliates and serves approximately 1.5 million people each year in 46 states ...
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The Serve Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service (or simply Serve Illinois) is a 40-member, bi-partisan board appointed by the Governor.Its mission is to improve Illinois communities by enhancing traditional volunteer activities and supporting national service programs.
The complaint alleges the abuse happened at youth centers in locations all over the state, including Chicago, St. Charles and Harrisburg. Several detention center locations have since closed.