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Young Voices, Powerful Stories: Watch the YS3 Student PSA Announcements
Students from Alternative Schools Network’s YS3 Program and Project 9 created original public service announcements that use storytelling, creativity, and film to raise awareness about issues that matter to young people and their communities. Click the link to watch their powerful work.
YS3 Film Festival 2026: Youth Voices. Real Stories. Bigger Futures.
The YS3 Film Festival 2026 showcases original short films created by Alternative Schools Network high school students involved with DCFS. Hosted at SoHo House Chicago, the festival celebrates youth storytelling, skill development, and community support. Schools, families, and partners are encouraged to register to attend and uplift our youth.
$80 Million of State Funding Will Stop Youth Violence
CHICAGO – A report, A Normalized Crisis: Youth and Young Adult Joblessness and Disconnection in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and the U.S., 2019–2024” conducted by the UIC Great Cities Institute documents how teenage unemployment exceeded 10 percent in 74 of the last 78 years, while the same threshold was crossed only once for prime-age workers. The analysis concludes youth joblessness is not cyclical, temporary or self-correcting — it is a long-standing policy failure.
Youth Employment Data Brief - May 2025
Racial and Geographic Inequities in Youth and Young Adult Joblessness and Disconnection in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and the U.S. (2019-2023)
In May 2024, Great Cities Institute (GCI) published a report on youth employment on the uneven recovery following the COVID-19 recession. The 2024 report demonstrated that:
Chicago continues to have far higher jobless and out-of-school & jobless rates for Black (non Hispanic or Latino) 16- to 19-year-olds than Illinois and the U.S.
Joblessness and disconnection among Black (non-Hispanic or Latino) 20- to 24-year-olds in Chicago dropped sharply from 2021 to 2022, signaling meaningful post-pandemic recovery, but longstanding racial/ethnic inequalities persist.
Covid-19 Preparedness
As global concern about the current COVID-19 outbreak grows, we’re doing our best to keep everyone healthy and safe in the workplace while also minimizing the disruptions to our day-to-day operations.
We’re closely monitoring the situation and know that misinformation and fear can spread more virulently than the virus itself, and we want to discourage false information from circulating. If you’re looking for trusted, up-to-date information, we recommend visiting the specific coronavirus websites of the CDC or the WHO...
ASN Prep GED Program: HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
Out-of-School Youth Ages 17 to 24
Holiday Open House Party
Thursday, December 19, 2019
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Northeastern Illinois University
Center for Inner City Studies, 700 E. Oakwood Blvd – Lower Level
(Near 39th Street and Cottage Grove)
Chicago, IL 60653
RSVP to 773-849-7194 … by Monday, December 16, 2019
Bring out-of-school friends, ages 17 to 24, and receive a special gift if they enroll at ASN Prep Institute
Music, Games, Prizes, Food and Fun, Fun, Fun!