ABOUT
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IMPACT Family Center, is a human service organization dedicated to creating social change in low socio-economic areas by improving social and emotional well-being of youth, and families through educational, technological, mentoring, business, arts and wellness programs.
Media & Mentoring helps to change the trajectory of teen lives from communities Englewood to Roseland on Chicago's Southside. The IMPACT Teen Newsroom is buzzing with stories for and about the communities and issues that matter to them. Students represent programs with After School Matters, One Summer Chicago, the City of Chicago, and the Chicago Housing Authority. |
THE IMPACT EFFECT
The IMPACT Effect® is like nothing else in any community. We are one of only a few programs that reach
youth/young adults using innovative mentor supported training, hands-on activities in digital media/technology,
and old fashioned nurturing to meet 21st century standards and benchmarks. There is a successful effort to
restore a moral foundation to transform a generation. This is our foundation and is a gateway for opportunities
in college, job preparation, social/emotional healing, and productive societal engagement. Our staff and board
of directors’’ genuine dedication to the mission surpasses funding and programming obstacles.
IMPACT involves nearly 1,000 youth in programs, in-school workshops, and community events annually.
●Including adults, we reach and connect to over 1,500 annually.
Past apprentices and interns have done the following after participating in our programs:
●65% attended 2 or 4 year college
●23% completed trade school
●10% created their own businesses
●92% secured jobs
All participants report changes in opinions regarding the involvement of violence and crime in their lives.
youth/young adults using innovative mentor supported training, hands-on activities in digital media/technology,
and old fashioned nurturing to meet 21st century standards and benchmarks. There is a successful effort to
restore a moral foundation to transform a generation. This is our foundation and is a gateway for opportunities
in college, job preparation, social/emotional healing, and productive societal engagement. Our staff and board
of directors’’ genuine dedication to the mission surpasses funding and programming obstacles.
IMPACT involves nearly 1,000 youth in programs, in-school workshops, and community events annually.
●Including adults, we reach and connect to over 1,500 annually.
Past apprentices and interns have done the following after participating in our programs:
●65% attended 2 or 4 year college
●23% completed trade school
●10% created their own businesses
●92% secured jobs
All participants report changes in opinions regarding the involvement of violence and crime in their lives.
