| Non-profit organization Details : |
| Agency Name |
The Night Ministry |
| Address1 |
4711 N. Ravenswood Avenue |
| Address2 |
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| City |
Chicago |
| State |
IL |
| Zip |
60640 |
| Main Phone Number |
773-506-6015 |
| Fax No |
773-784-9350 |
| Web Url |
www.thenightministry.org |
| Mission |
The Night Ministry was created out of diverse religious traditions to build relationships with vulnerable youth and adults on the nighttime streets. Today, we build relationships in a variety of settings. Through these relationships and the provision of outreach, housing, health, spiritual, and social services, we seek to empower people of all ages to meet their own needs. Recognizing the uniqueness, dignity, and value of each person, we accept individuals as they are, in an affirming and compassionate manner. We call the larger community to the same mission.
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| Description |
The Night Ministry connects youth and adults in need to resources and opportunities for support, housing, employment, education, and more - regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or social status.
Outreach & Health Ministry Program
Nurses, Outreach Professionals, and Rapid HIV Testing Workers travel with our specially equipped Health Outreach Bus six nights a week, building relationships and bringing services to six Chicago neighborhoods year round. In fiscal year 2007, we made nearly 80,000 contacts with families, adults and youth, reaching approximately 6,200 individuals.
We provide free health care and education, rapid HIV testing and prevention counseling, referral assistance and a listening ear to adults and youth.
Youth Services
Our Youth Outreach Team provides supportive services and referrals to homeless and at-risk youth on Lakeview's streets and provides a wide range of services and supplies from the Broadway Youth Center five afternoons a week.
Our Youth Housing Programs serve youth who are not wards of the State, and their children. We are the only Chicago agency with interim housing for pregnant and parenting youth as young as 14.
٠120-Day Interim Program at Open Door-West Town. This 16-bed housing and supportive services program serves male and female homeless youth, ages 14-20, and their children. More than a bed for the night, our staff work with youth individually to secure stable housing, return to school, achieve financial independence and access medical care. The program annually serves about 200 youth and their infants/toddlers.
٠ 120-day Response-Ability Pregnant & Parenting Program at Open Door Youth Shelter-Lakeview. This program provides supportive services in the community to tenuously housed teens, as well as an 8-bed, 8-crib shelter for homeless teen moms. Staff work to help youth reduce subsequent pregnancies, gain life and parenting skills, increase education and employment opportunities, and gain stable housing.
٠ Transitional Living Program at Open Door Youth Shelter-West Town. This 8-bed program works intensively with youth, ages 16 to 20, over a longer period of time as they move through graduated levels of independence.
٠ Our Continuing Care Program provides encouragement and practical resources to help youth maintain stable housing and life situations once they've left our housing programs.
Youth Shelter Network
Provides leadership and technical assistance to other youth service agencies.
Sponsors workshops, programs, and conferences that focus on youth issues.
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| Director Name |
Paul Hamann |
| Director Title |
President |
| Director Phone |
773-784-9000 |
| Director Email |
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| Volunteer Manager Name |
Gail Bernoff |
| Volunteer Manager Title |
Volunteer Manager |
| Volunteer Manager Phone |
773-506-6015 |
| Volunteer Manager Email |
gailb@thenightministry.org |
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