Have you or someone you know been affected by violence in your community? The following is a list of resources in Chicago that are ready to help.

The foremost thing adults can do is connect youth and families to these resources, providing options rather than stripping them away. Chicago’s young people aren’t a problem to solve.

In 2009, Eric Holder came to Chicago to discuss youth violence and the Derrion Albert beating. In 2008 there was a "clampdown" after shootings of CPS students increased over the previous year.

Homelessness, literacy problems and violence are among them. The issues and statistics are sobering, yet new research shows Chicago youth can be resilient if they get the help they need.

IMPD Chief Chris Bailey appeared in a video post Friday afternoon on X, once again calling for parents to step up.

CHICAGO (CBS) – A 13-year-old Chicago middle school student put her sadness over youth violence into words and won national recognition for her writing.

The recent incidents have sparked conversations about the need for collective action in addressing the violence that affects ...

Because gender-based violence survivors’ problems are not seen as “community issues,” they are treated like an afterthought.

Young people are being impacted by gun violence, directly and indirectly. Some young people in the Chicago area are taking action to try to reduce gun violence. The teens say they are talking to ...

CHICAGO — November is National Homeless Youth Awareness month, a time to recognize what some experts call an “invisible problem” in Chicago, where 12,000 young adults find themselves without ...

This Mix of Therapies Is Helping to Stop Youth Violence in Chicago A violence prevention program is pairing cognitive behavioral therapy with other support to keep high-risk teens out of jail.

The last few years have not been easy for Black and Latinx Chicago youth. School closings, police violence, the COVID-19 pandemic and continued divestment of neighborhoods have only compounded ...