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Options for Youth supports vulnerable adolescents in Chicago and helps them\u00a0create positive options for their futures.<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Options for Youth’s\u00a0mission is to expand opportunities for adolescents in underserved neighborhoods through programs that build upon the strengths and maximize the potential of each young person and help to break the cycle of poverty in their lives and communities.\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Supporting Chicago’s Vulnerable Youth<\/h2>\n

Through two intense programs<\/span>, Options for Youth focuses on helping first-time adolescent mothers and adolescent male students make healthy lifestyle choices<\/span>,\u00a0become self-sufficient<\/span>, and maximize their potential<\/span>.<\/h4>\n

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See the reach of Options for Youth<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

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Your Summer Starts Here!<\/strong>
Chicago Youth Works <\/em><\/strong>
\ud83c\udf1fApplications are open!<\/a>\ud83c\udf1f<\/strong>
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For youth ages 14\u201315, to gain real-world skills, explore careers, and earn this summer.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcc5 June 22 \u2013 July 31
\n\u23f0 Up to 20 hours\/week
\n\ud83d\udcb5 $80\/week stipend<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc49 <\/a>Don\u2019t Wait\u2014Apply Today<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc49 <\/a>Learn More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For 20 years, OFY has worked with two of the most vulnerable populations of adolescents in under-resourced communities on the South and West sides of Chicago: teen mothers who have a baby before the age of 18 while still in high school and teenage boys growing up and going to school in underserved and dangerous neighborhoods.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Help us as we work to break the cycle of poverty in these young lives!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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