For nearly 50 years, BUILD has worked in
some of Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods to stem the violence that takes away
the positive potential – and, far too often, the very lives – of our
youth. In 1969, BUILD started working with fewer than 200 gang-affiliated teens
in one neighborhood and today BUILD serves nearly 3,000 youth annually,
offering targeted services to enhance our impact in four priority communities -
Austin, East Garfield Park, Humboldt Park and Logan Square - while continuing
to provide support in other Chicago neighborhoods and throughout Cook County.
BUILD’s programs are designed to meet
both the immediate problem of preventing at-risk youth from joining gangs as
well as working with gang-involved youth to develop alternatives to this
destructive lifestyle. Our service population also includes youth who have come
in contact with the justice system to prevent and/or provide alternatives to
detention and assist with successful re-entry into their communities.
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Source: BuildChicago.org
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