2016 ANNUAL REPORT

Get IN ’s mission is to identify, fund and rigorously evaluate evidence-based programs that lead to a sustainable reduction in violence for individuals and communities most aff ected by violence and poverty.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letters From Leadership ...... 3 Board of Directors ...... 9 Supporters and Collaborators ...... 11 Call to Action ...... 15 Recommendations in Practice ...... 16 Our Youth ...... 17 Our Approach ...... 18 Our Support ...... 19 Program Areas Core: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ...... 21 Core: Mentoring ...... 23 Core: Parent Leadership ...... 25 Technical Assistance and Capacity Building ...... 27 Community Impact: Sports ...... 29 Community Impact: Technology ...... 31 Community Impact: Special Opportunities ...... 33 LETTER Violence is still the number one societal problem in Chicago and in 2016 the number FROM THE of murders reached a 19-year high. Centered in a handful of communities on the South CO-CHAIRS and West Sides, 762 people died violent deaths last year, more than 10 times the number collectively killed in Columbine, Fort Hood, Aurora and Sandy Hook!

Dear Partners in Reducing Youth Violence,

Quite simply, it is unacceptable that we have a world-class city that is dangerous and unlivable for so many fellow Chicagoans. In “The City That Works,” many organizations are focused on fixing this deeply embedded problem, including Get IN Chicago. We formed

Tom Wilson Get IN Chicago four years ago to create a privately funded, non- political approach to finding innovative solutions for existing non-profit and government programs. We built this from the ground up with a desire to make a difference and the singular mission of building a better Chicago. Many people have contributed to the progress made by Get IN Chicago, from those providing funding or services to those who have helped build the intellectual capacity to find a sustainable answer to this vexing problem. Thank you!

As we have discussed in our prior updates, what a ride this has been! Get IN Chicago’s work really began to take hold in 2016, and there are important learnings and innovations that are making a difference.

Jim Reynolds First, we learned that more resources need to be focused on acutely high-risk youth, a definition developed by Get IN Chicago. These overwhelmingly are young men who have experienced violence, have a parent who is or has been in jail, have had multiple experiences with the juvenile justice system and are chronically truant, if they are in school at all. These are not today’s shooters, but they will grow into them if we do not intervene. The challenge is they are hard to engage and harder to help. Highly effective school-based programs are not serving these young men since they are often absent. In addition, many of the programs are not intense enough. In medical terms, the “dosage” of many mentoring and therapy programs is too low to help acutely high-risk youth.

3 Second, just as we have underinvested in Strategic Subjects/ Young Adults many of these neighborhoods, community-based (CPD focus) Risk Factors: justice-involved, organizations have been working without 40%+ absenteeism, mental health issues, Acutely substance abuse, currently or High-Risk Youth infrastructure support in a market where demand previously incarcerated parent (Get IN Chicago Demographic) is accelerating and far exceeds supply. Existing social service and non-profit agencies do not At-Risk Youth have cutting edge capabilities or the capacity to (Need academic support but don’t necessarily display disciplinary problems) handle the number of acutely high-risk youth in Chicago.

As a result, we have funded two new initiatives Economically Disadvantaged Youth (Low-income but relatively high-functioning) to address these issues. We shifted some funding from direct services for at-risk youth to build capabilities and capacity among non-profits. This included a wide range of capability development – from the most effective ways to mentor acutely high-risk youth to the best way to measure success. SYNC Providers AUSTIN Primo Center for Women and Children The second initiative is creating and funding Public Westside Health Authority Defenders ENGLEWOOD Strengthening Youth through a Network of Care Children’s Home + Aid Chicago School of Professional Psychology Chicago Urban League or SYNC. SYNC is an operating system where One Hope United Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. acutely high-risk youth are identified, referred HUMBOLDT PARK Healthcare Alternative Systems to programs and provided case management Metropolitan NORTH LAWNDALE Juvenile Family BBF Family Services services that facilitate and monitor the Chicago School of Professional Psychology Justice Services Case Primo Center for Women and Children Management UCAN processes in place to shift youth away from ROSELAND Healthcare Alternative Systems the path of increased violence. SYNC works in One Hope United Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. alignment with public systems and obtains SOUTH SHORE KLEO Cook referrals from public defenders, juvenile courts, Chicago One Hope United County WEST ENGLEWOOD Police Probation Children’s Home + Aid the Chicago Police Department and Cook Chicago Urban League One Hope United County’s Juvenile Probation Department in Youth Advocate Programs , Inc. seven neighborhoods. As part of the initiative, Metropolitan Family Services will provide a case manager for each youth for two years. The case managers will work with 11 non-profits to provide mentoring and social and emotional learning services to their participants. Other essential services will be accessed from non-Get IN Chicago funded organizations so we address all the youths’ needs.

getinchicago.org 4 Your belief that the capabilities and resources of the private sector can help reduce violence was correct. Over the last four Get IN Chicago years, Get IN Chicago has provided over $33 million to 60 non- profits and helped over 10,000 youth in Chicago. Using these INVESTMENT IN YOUTH learnings to identify those most likely to commit violence, we have $33 million built intake and delivery systems that lead to measurable results, and helped non-profits build capabilities that will create sustainable SERVICES PROVIDED TO change. The dialogue around reducing violence in Chicago is more 10,000 Youth informed, and historical practices are being openly questioned and subsequently improved. PARTNERS 60 Non-profits Get IN Chicago was formed to be a catalyst for change and innovation, and it has accomplished this goal. At times, this resulted in a desire for rapid progress, conflicting alternate approaches and anxiety. Despite this, the organization and board held to its commitment to you to focus on saving lives by driving change.

The board is now considering what role Get IN Chicago should play in driving further progress in the battle to make all of Chicago’s neighborhoods more livable. It is unlikely that we will wind down the organization after five years, which was our original intent, since the magnitude of the violence problem has grown. If the SYNC system is effective and efficient, it would be worthwhile to expand it beyond the initial seven neighborhoods. Similarly, additional investments in building capabilities and capacity of non-profits will be necessary until we can break the cycle and culture of violence.

Thank you for your continued support of Get IN Chicago. Your generosity has made a difference!

Jim Reynolds, Board Co-Chair Tom Wilson, Board Co-Chair

5 Dear Friends, Our youth in Chicago are a bellwether for our city as a whole. LETTER Their high unemployment rates reflect our need for workforce development; their truancy is an extension of our under, and FROM THE inequitable, funding of schools; and their violence is a reflection of the socio-economic conditions in our communities. We want to EXECUTIVE change their lives and we’ve found that in many instances it means we need to change our own. DIRECTOR Get IN Chicago has charted an ambitious course to support innovative and effective approaches to address the decades-old problem of violence affecting our most vulnerable youth. And it has been a groundbreaking year. Among other things, Get IN Chicago issued Five Key Learnings, which provide a framework for substantial change in our work and led to the creation of Strengthening Youth through a Network of Care (SYNC). To advance SYNC, we established three cohorts of solid community-based organizations to implement evidence-based programs, develop a curriculum and provide capacity-building training so that organizations can better meet the needs of our youth. We also funded Metropolitan Family Services to execute an intake and case management system, and partnered with the Cook County Dr. Toni Irving Public Defender, Juvenile Probation Department and Chicago Police Department to launch a referral pipeline for acutely high-risk youth. We also increased the awareness of, and public and private resources deployed for, young people at high risk for violence. Our violence prevention strategies cross multiple domains, are mutually reinforcing and are funded for several years to provide sustainable impact. In less than four years, our private funder collaborative is approaching a sea change as our efforts continue to gain traction and take root. Our police/youth baseball leagues are a compelling example of the power of comprehensive community interventions. These initiatives hold promise for prevention because they involve collaboration and address multiple risk factors in families and communities. Initially created in partnership with the Chicago Park District, the Chicago Police Department’s 7th District and Teamwork Englewood, Get IN Chicago’s baseball leagues are approaching their third summer and have expanded to the 11th District in North Lawndale and the 15th district in Austin with the help of BBF Family Services and Westside Health Authority, respectively. The data are in, and this kind of innovative place- based work not only shows promise for violence reduction but also empowers citizens, builds community efficacy and increases trust. getinchicago.org 6 Our data is validated every week by some new lived reality. One Hope United therapists share stories of young men making strides after their sessions, managing anger in healthier ways and emerging as leaders. Youth Advocate Program (YAP) case notes are filled with young people setting and achieving goals they themselves did not believe were possible. After completing the Youth Guidance parent leadership program one parent shared, “Now, I’m better equipped to handle my 13 year old. I set more boundaries and schedules, and I speak to him with more respect… I’m modeling these behaviors for him, and I see him modeling them for my younger kids. And I see how these positive behaviors can start to go on and on.” Everyone can’t be born on third base, but when we take the time to mentor, counsel and support a young person the outcomes far exceed our investments. Our work is not just about making program grants. Every day, we think creatively about how to help community organization leaders who have built interventions but in many cases lack access to the technology and resources to further their impact. In our current constrained budgetary environment, what was sufficient 10 or 20 years ago may not reflect the breadth and depth required to run a high-caliber, data-driven program that effectively meets the needs of acutely high-risk youth. With the support of Get IN Chicago- funded technical assistance, our grantees are more familiar with the requirements for using data and better positioned to demonstrate outcomes during evaluations of their programs. We are working to model a shift from simply counting youth served to serving those with the highest needs in a way that leads to measurable outcomes – a process change that is in service to a larger culture change. Providing a specific program to 100 youth means little if they don’t get what they need to lead better lives. Shifting from outputs to outcomes focuses us on the change we wish to see. Not a box checked, but a life improved. Since our inception, across our grantee portfolio we’ve documented a 30% increase in organizations’ abilities to meet outcome goals.

7 For Get IN Chicago, as well as our grantees, continuous quality improvement has been a real test of our agility and persistence. Our work would falter if not for the energy, insights and investments of our established learning communities. Getting in sync has been no small feat, but we’ve made it easier to reach common ground with our long-term commitment to our SYNC partners and their work. We still have significant work to do. We will continue to build stronger sustainable recruitment systems, deepen our capacity- building work and normalize a system of service delivery driven by outcomes versus outputs. We also will continue to cultivate an intake infrastructure that identifies youth needs, matches young people with appropriate programs and provides the case management services crucial to ensuring they have safer lives and brighter futures. I am blessed to work with Chicago youth and their families, a phenomenal board, a tight-knit staff and a strong group of community-based organizations on the frontlines. As we all know, a small private fund alone can’t independently foster sustained systems change in a statistically significant and sustainable way. We thank our supporters for all they do to make this work possible. We invite you to take a deeper dive into community conditions and learn more about our mission on our website, Getinchicago.org. The success of our city depends on all of us getting involved, invested and inspired. Onward,

Toni Irving, Ph.D., Get IN Chicago Executive Director

getinchicago.org 8 Board of Directors OUR Get IN Chicago benefi ts from an invested and dedicated Board of Directors who generously contribute their time, energy and talents PARTNERS in leading a vision of safer communities and brighter futures.

Jim Reynolds Tom Wilson

Christopher Crane Kelly Mannard

Diane Geraghty Mark Walter

Don Thompson Michael Cassel

Gery Chico Paula Wolff

Isiah Thomas Richard Price

Jesse Ruiz Sam Scott III

9 Jim Reynolds (co-chair) Chairman & CEO, Loop Capital

Tom Wilson (co-chair) Chairman & CEO, The Allstate Corporation

Christopher Crane President & CEO, Corporation

Diane Geraghty Director, Civitas ChildLaw Center and Co-Director, Center for Criminal Justice Research, Policy, and Practice

Don Thompson CEO, Cleveland Avenue

Gery Chico Partner, Chico & Nunes

Isiah Thomas Founder, Mary’s Court Foundation, Chairman & CEO, Isiah International, and President, New York Liberty

Jesse Ruiz Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Kelly Mannard Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, North- ern Trust Corporation

Mark Walter CEO, Guggenheim Partners

Michael Cassel Director of Global Corporate Citizenship - Great Lakes Region, The Boeing Company

Paula Wolff Director, Justice Project

Richard Price Chairman & CEO, Mesirow Financial

Sam Scott III Retired Chairman & CEO, Corn Products International

getinchicago.org 10 Supporters FOUNDERS Our work would be impossible without the generous support of our donor community, which includes many of Chicago’s most infl uential, innovative and conscientious individuals and Allstate Insurance Company corporations. We are grateful for their investments. Aon Bank of America BMO Harris Bank The Boeing Company CVS Health Discover Exelon GCM Grosvenor Guggenheim Partners ITW JPMorgan Chase Loop Capital McDonald’s Corporation Mesirow Financial Motorola Solutions Foundation Northern Trust PNC The Satter Foundation

The Satter United Foundation

Pledges and gifts of $500,000 and above received from fund launch through December 31, 2016

11 HEROES

Anonymous

Alvin H. Baum Family Fund

The John Buck Company

Chicago Board Options Exchange

Patricia O. Cox/KPW Family Foundation DeVry Education Group The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur The Duchossois Group Foundation

Jill M. Garling and Tom Wilson

KPMG

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Nicor Gas

The Duchossois Desirée Rogers Nielsen Group

Larry D. Richman, The PrivateBank Jill M. Garling and Tom Wilson Desirée Rogers

Charlie and TDS Rochelle Trotter Charles and Rochelle Trotter Walmart

Patricia O. Cox/ KPW Foundation

Pledges and gifts of $20,000- $499,999 received from fund launch through December 31, 2016 getinchicago.org 12 CHAMPIONS

Allstate - The Giving Campaign Christie Luna

Scott Ando Kieran Lynn

Don Bielinski Scott Malinowski

Latanya Blakley Laura Martinez

Vern Broders Laura McNaughton

Patrick Canning Chris McShea

Davidoff Communications, LLC Jennifer Nowacki

Susan Edwards Jerry Perez

Michelle Egner Shari Pettis

John Ellis Tom Pfluger

Fidelity Investments - PMClare & Associates, Inc. Charitable Gift Fund Maria Racho Patricia Gadau George Ranney Danielle Gifford Edward Roob David Hartney Bradley Schmit Ryan Herzog Anand Sethupathy Sarai Hoffman Amanda Snow Gregory Jackson Kathleen Staudt Lakeshore Athletic Services, Inc. Keaton Wooden Joseph Lambert

Noah Lowenthal

Pledges and gifts up to $19,999 received from fund launch through December 31, 2016

13 Get IN Chicago is appreciative of the COLLABORATIONS partners with whom we have developed long-term working relationships. Partners include the following:

The Allstate Corporation Ernst & Young

Bain & Company, Inc. IBM Corporation

Boston Consulting Group Illinois Justice Project

Burrell Communications Juvenile Justice Leadership Council Chicago Park District Hartman Publishing Chicago Police Department Leo Burnett Loyola University Chicago School of Law City of Chicago— Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation City of Chicago— Department of Family Mesirow Financial and Support Services (DFSS) Microsoft Civic Consulting Alliance The University of Chicago – Cook County— School of Social Services Office of the Public Defender Administration

Cook County Probation University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Cook County State’s Attorney Xerox Business Services DLA Piper, LLP

Edelman

getinchicago.org 14 Five Recommendations for A Anti-Violence Eff orts In 2016, Get IN Chicago announced fi ve recommendations to help CALL TO non-profi ts and funders make best use of their resources in order to reduce youth violence. The recommendations are based on ACTION Get IN Chicago’s work with diff erent stakeholders, including more than 60 community-based organizations and leading anti-violence researchers. Informed by assessments and evaluations of non-profi t best practices, funded program outcomes and community needs relating to anti-violence eff orts, the fi ve recommendations are:

Confi rm programs are serving the needs of acutely high-risk youth who are at greatest 1 risk for violence.

Ensure that organizations on the frontlines have the capacity and capabilities to collect quality 2 data and work with acutely high-risk youth.

Dedicated mentors at Lawndale Christian Legal Center, like Kim Reuter (right), work with attorneys and case management staff Review treatment dosages to verify programs are to provide legal and social services to youth in North Lawndale. 3 delivering the correct quantity of interventions.

Collect data from the start to improve outcomes 4 and share successes.

Empower communities to serve their local youth 5 in the eff ort against violence.

15 Strengthening Youth through a RECOMMENDATIONS Network of Care (SYNC) Get IN Chicago introduced an ambitious project in 2016 to put its IN PRACTICE five recommendations into practice. Strengthening Youth through a Network of Care (SYNC) focuses on providing supportive services to acutely high-risk youth in seven Chicago communities hardest hit by poverty and violence including Austin, North Lawndale, Humboldt Park, South Shore, Englewood, West Englewood and Roseland. SYNC components include establishing new pathways for services, creating centralized systems for intake and community-based case management and strengthening service providers so they can deliver evidence-based mentoring and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) programs.

SYNC

“These communities have been allowed to decay for decades ... Referrals and Intake and Case Direct Service with This isn’t something that Recruitment Management Technical Assistance happened four years ago, six years ago or 10 years ago. It’s been a steady decline. So when we look at how we Establishing partnerships Identifying individualized needs, Providing funding and can be engaged to combat it, with public systems on the linking acutely high-risk youth capacity-building assistance to it’s a multifaceted approach.” frontlines working with to services and tracking their CBT and mentoring grantees disconnected or justice-involved long-term progress. and ensuring they deliver - Jim Reynolds, Co-Chair, youth to fast-track them uniform programs Board of Directors for services. to participants. Chairman & CEO, Loop Capital

SYNC service providers also receive technical assistance to increase the quality, efficiency and reach of their programs. SYNC technical assistance ranges from certifying therapists and mentors in new interventions to training organization staffs in leadership, finance, technology, fund-raising and communication. More than 20 organizations collaborated with Get IN Chicago to develop and implement SYNC. By incorporating our anti-violence recommendations into all aspects, SYNC aims to surround acutely high-risk youth with positive connections who can support their successful transitions to adulthood.

getinchicago.org 16 Get IN Chicago focuses on acutely high-risk youth because they OUR are most likely to perpetrate or be involved in violence. While acutely high-risk youth make up a small percentage of the total YOUTH at-risk population, they account for the majority of the violence. They are often absent from school, hard to find and even harder to get into programs. While they are difficult to reach, they possess great potential and deserve our attention. Get IN Chicago has made serving acutely high-risk youth a core part of its work.

“Through our work at Get IN Chicago, we know the most acutely high-risk youth are the ones most likely to be in drawn into violence… These acutely high-risk youth are not receiving the services and support they need, and to address them, we must build programs and capacity directed specifically at them.”

- Tom Wilson, Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Chairman and CEO, The Allstate Corporation

UNDERSTANDING RISK LEVEL Get IN Chicago is focused on preventive services for acutely high-risk youth 13-18. Strategic Subjects/ Young Adults (CPD focus)

Get IN Chicago Demographic: Acutely High-Risk Acutely Risk Factors: justice-involved, 40%+ absenteeism, High-Risk Youth mental health issues, substance abuse, currently or (Get IN Chicago Demographic) previously incarcerated parent

At-Risk Youth (Need academic support but don’t necessarily display disciplinary problems)

Economically Disadvantaged Youth (Low-income but relatively high-functioning)

17 Get IN Chicago works with organizations to address the underlying, systemic issues that lead to youth violence while also supporting OUR research eff orts and funding evidence-based community programs. Get IN Chicago concentrates its investments in seven communities APPROACH that in 2016 accounted for roughly a third of the city’s homicides. These communities also have signifi cant youth populations, demonstrate capacity to successfully conduct evidence-based programs and indicate a willingness to collaborate.

FOCUS GET IN CHICAGO PROGRAM FUNDING AREAS COMMUNITIES

CORE SERVICE DELIVERY PROGRAMS Humboldt Park COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY Austin

North Lawndale MENTORING Englewood PARENT LEADERSHIP

West Englewood South Shore TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND Roseland CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAMS

COMMUNITY IMPACT PROGRAMS

SPORTS

TECHNOLOGY

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES

Get IN Chicago is a private funder collaborative of The Chicago Community Trust. The Trust hosts fund contributions and provides grant-making structures and processes. The Get IN Chicago Board of Directors oversees fund governance, grant awards, organizational operations and fi nancials. Get IN Chicago Board Co-Chair Tom Wilson gears up for the JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge with our volunteer team photographer, Lavell. Get IN Chicago was proud to again be the Chicago benefi ciary for the 2016 event.

getinchicago.org 18 Award History OUR Get IN Chicago’s Board of Directors awarded grants totaling $17,120,848 in 2016, including awards to the following SUPPORT organizations. More information about Get IN Chicago’s funding history can be found online: http://getinchicago.org/funding/funding-history/

A Safe Haven Foundation DePaul University (UECP) Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation Special Funding- Summer: Cognitive Behavioral Technical Assistance – CCRE cohort Technical Assistance – SYNC mentor Therapy (CBT) model training Family Focus Technical Assistance – SYNC mentoring cohort Alliance of Local Service Organizations (ALSO) Parent Leadership – B-PROUD Special Funding- Community Collaboration and One Hope United Resident Empowerment (CCRE) First Tee of Greater Chicago Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – SYNC Training Sports Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – SYNC Alternatives, Inc. Special Funding- Summer: Restorative Justice Gads Hill Center Primo Center for Women and Children Special Funding- Summer: Urban Arts Special Funding- Summer: Cognitive Behavioral Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – SYNC Training Therapy (CBT) Special Funding- Restorative Justice Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – SYNC

Banner Learning Corporation Goodcity Smart Chicago Technical Assistance – Summer cohort Special Funding- Workforce Training: Meta24 Technology – Youth-Led Tech

Labs Healthcare Alternative Systems Teamwork Englewood Better Boys Foundation/BBF Family Services Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – SYNC Training Sports – Police/Youth Baseball Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – SYNC Sports – Police/Youth Baseball Mentoring - SYNC Training UCAN Hektoen Institute for Medical Research, LLC Special Funding- Summer: Sports Mentoring - SYNC Special Funding- Intensive Case Management: Mentoring - SYNC Training Healing Hurt People-Chicago Catholic Charities (Peace Corner Youth Center) Mentoring - SYNC Special Funding- Summer: Sports I AM ABLE Westside Health Authority Special Funding- Community Collaboration and Chaddock Mentoring - SYNC Training Resident Empowerment Mentoring - SYNC Technical Assistance – SYNC (CBT) model training Illinois Collaboration on Youth (ICOY) Special Funding- Workforce Training: Project Chicago School of Professional Psychology Technical Assistance – SYNC CBT cohort AVERT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – SYNC Training Special Funding- Community Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – SYNC Kleo Community Family Life Center Collaboration and Resident Empowerment Special Funding- Summer: Mentoring Chicago Urban League Mentoring - SYNC Training Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. Special Funding- Summer: Mentoring - SYNC Mentoring - SYNC Special Funding- Summer: Mentoring Training Mentoring - SYNC Training Mentoring - SYNC Lawndale Christian Legal Center Mentoring - SYNC

Mentoring Chicago Youth Centers Youth Guidance Special Funding- Summer: Mentoring Metropolitan Family Services Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - B.A.M.:

Special Funding - Community Collaboration Becoming A Man Children’s Home and Aid Society of Illinois Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – W.O.W.: Special Funding- Summer: Cognitive Behavioral and Resident Empowerment Special Funding – Intensive Case Working On Womanhood Therapy (CBT) Parent Leadership – B-PROUD Special Funding- Chicago Design Competition: Management: TAKE Charge Choose to Change Technical Assistance – SYNC Intake Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – SYNC Training and Case Management Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – SYNC Parent Leadership – Parenting Fundamentals

19 Award Areas The Get IN Chicago Board of Directors has awarded more than $33 million in grants over its four-year history. The majority of awards have supported evidence-based programs in our core service delivery areas of cognitive behavioral therapy, mentoring and parent leadership. Since Get IN Chicago’s launch in 2013, the Board has increased support for technical assistance based on research funded by the MacArthur Foundation and conducted by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago revealing the capacity needs of local organizations.

CORE (CBT, Mentoring, Parent Leadership) 4% Core $8,744,907 SPECIAL 20% Special $4,158,436 SPORTS Sports $239,275 2016 1% Technical Assistance $3,329,456 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AWARDS 51% Technology $648,774 TECHNOLOGY 24% PSAC* $0 PSAC TOTAL $17,120,848

6% Core $4,769,950 9% 1% Special $3,653,285 Sports $100,000 2015 Technical Assistance $909,000 AWARDS 48% Technology $586,174 36% PSAC* $0 TOTAL $10,018,409

4% Core $3,438,344 17% Special $735,686 Sports $0 2014 Technical Assistance $0 AWARDS Technology $0

79% PSAC* $200,000 TOTAL $4,374,030

Core $0 100% Special $0 Sports $0 2013 AWARDS Technical Assistance $0 Technology $0 PSAC* $1,748,073 TOTAL $1,748,073

* Public Safety Action Committee (PSAC). Prior to adopting the name Get IN Chicago in January 2014, the organization was known as PSAC and did not designate its grants in categories. getinchicago.org 20 Core: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy PROGRAM Studies show that an overwhelming number of young people growing up in violent communities suffer from trauma. Cognitive AREAS behavioral therapy (CBT) programs have been proven to promote positive social behaviors and reduce trauma and aggression. CBT programs use individual and group sessions to help youth build coping skills, manage their emotions and improve decision-making skills. In 2016, staff from six CBT programs funded by Get IN Chicago worked with experts from Lurie Children’s Hospital to strengthen their capacity to deliver CBT programs with fidelity.

“Working with Lurie allowed us to boost our clinical piece. They helped us brainstorm how to quantify the secret sauce of the Becoming A Man (B.A.M.) program: the relationship between counselors and participants.”

- A.J. Watson, Program Director at Youth Guidance

Get IN Chicago funded training for CBT organizations on the At Orr High School on Chicago’s West Side, young men SPARCS (Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents participate in a Becoming A Man (B.A.M.) circle, which uses mentoring, role-playing, group exercises and self-expression Responding to Chronic Stress) model as part of the SYNC to help participants develop the social and emotional skills initiative. Training will continue into 2017. SPARCS is a 16-session necessary to succeed in life. (Photo provided by Youth Guidance) group intervention designed to address the needs of adolescents experiencing chronic trauma who live in, or are returning to, chaotic environments. The approach also helps adolescents experiencing interpersonal relationship problems and impulse control issues. SPARCS has been shown to produce positive impacts for high-risk populations, such as justice-involved and foster care youth.

21 SPOTLIGHT

CHILDREN’S HOME + AID

Get IN Chicago has funded multiple initiatives with Children’s Home + Aid in Englewood and West Englewood, including cognitive behavioral therapy programs and the winning Chicago Design Competition program. (Photo provided by Children’s Home + Aid)

“One of our high school students, Felicia,* was struggling “After nine months of work, with intense feelings of anger toward a teacher. During a the Lurie team noted that staff group session, she talked about beating up the teacher from all CBT programs improved their understanding or destroying the windows of her vehicle. In order to of evidence-based therapy prevent Felicia from becoming violent, our therapist programs and their ability focused on regulating her emotions using the SPARCS to deliver the models with program. She walked the group through the MAKE A fi delity. The majority of staff s LINK exercise, which helps students learn alternative made signifi cant progress on methods for communicating with others. Through at least 50 percent of program-strengthening goals.” role-playing exercises and MAKE A LINK, Felicia acted out a conversation that she wanted to have with her - CBT Technical Assistance teacher. When she fi nished, she commented that she Final Report Center for Childhood Resilience, had learned a lot from the exercise. She also believed her Lurie Children’s Hospital new skills would help her speak with her teacher without becoming aggressive.” - Staff member, Children’s Home + Aid

*name has been changed

getinchicago.org 22 Core: Mentoring PROGRAM Mentoring programs provide guidance, support and structure to acutely high-risk youth. Young people in mentoring programs AREAS improve their school attendance, performance and behavior, and they are less likely to be involved with drugs, alcohol and violence. In 2016, Get IN Chicago connected seven mentoring organizations with the Illinois Mentoring Partnership (IMP) so they could strengthen their programs and establish best practices for working with acutely high-risk youth.

“By the end of the year, all of the programs met best practice standards around mentor recruitment, mentor screening and mentor training … they are well-versed in the issues their mentees, schools and communities face, and they want to be a part of the solution. As such, they recognize that operating a quality mentoring program with caring, thoughtful and professionally trained mentors is a step closer to that solution.”

Mentoring Technical Assistance Final Report A mentor from Westside Health Authority works with students Illinois Mentoring Partnership as they gear up for a civic engagement project. Westside Health Authority will serve as a mentor partner for Strengthening Youth through a Network of Care (SYNC) (Photo provided by Westside Health Authority) In 2017, staff from grantee mentoring programs will complete training on the Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation Quantum Opportunities model. Quantum Opportunities is a proven, evidence-based, wraparound intervention for inner-city minority youth at high risk for dropping out of school or who are experiencing adverse outcomes, such as involvement in the juvenile justice system, incarceration or unemployment. Quantum Opportunities was featured in the 2016 MBK What Works Showcase at the White House, which recognizes organizations and interventions from around the country that show potential for a positive impact on kids’ lives.

23 SPOTLIGHT

CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE

Chicago Urban League mentors used individual and group sessions to connect with young men in their program. Last year, the program focused on young men in the Roseland community.

“During our Thanksgiving dinner with the mentees, each “Mentors don’t push us out of young person around the table said what he was thankful our comfort zones. Mentors for. One of the gentlemen said he was thankful for ‘our’ push us as far as they know family. He appreciated all of the mentors coming to his we can go. They set high expectations for us – but only school and working with him. He said that this dinner because they know we can means so much to him because he can be himself with achieve them.” this group, he feels safe and he knows that we care about him. He went on to say that we are his second family. - Youth participant, BBF Family Services “While his words may seem small to some, they are signifi cant in the life of an at-risk youth. The walls and barriers have come down for this young man, and he trusts his mentors, his fellow mentees and the ‘second family’ we have tried to build and encourage.” - Staff member, Chicago Urban League

getinchicago.org 24 Core: Parent Leadership PROGRAM Parent leadership programs provide primary caregivers with the tools they need to improve communication and create supportive AREAS family environments for young adults. Four organizations used Get IN Chicago support to deliver evidence-based parent leadership programs in 2016. Get IN Chicago funded two models for parent leadership. One model, B-PROUD (Black Parenting with Respect, Order, Understanding and Discipline), uses a cultural lens to develop parenting skills that contribute to academic success and healthy relationships. The other, Parenting Fundamentals, aims to promote social and emotional development of children, prevent child abuse and neglect, strengthen families and improve school readiness and achievement.

“Anecdotal and survey evidence suggests that B-PROUD likely has very good implications for reducing adolescent violence and increasing their overall well-being … Parents overwhelmingly thought that the sessions were informative, the lessons taught would work with their children and coming to the sessions would make them better parents.” Myrtis Hyman (left) and Jeneen Edwards (center), both parent leadership program graduates, discuss their experiences with B-PROUD Parent Training Program: Final Report Dr. Toni Irving at the Get IN Chicago Parental INvolvement Dr. Jelani Mandara, Northwestern University Summit in October 2016.

25 SPOTLIGHT

FAMILY FOCUS

B-PROUD graduates from the Family Focus Nuestra Familia Center in Humboldt Park show off certifi cates marking their completion of the parent leadership program. (Photo provided by Family Focus)

“Francesca* was referred by the Department of Children “Now I have a better relationship and Family Services (DCFS) due to allegations of verbal with my 16-year-old daughter. and physical abuse by her 16-year-old son. At fi rst, We are enjoying each other and Francesca had no interest in participating. However, after communicating. Parenting Fundamentals is the best thing attending a few sessions, she shared that her son was that has happened to me!” out of control, disrespectful to all authority, constantly fi ghting with his siblings and physically abusive to her. – Parent participant, Metropolitan Family Services “Using suggestions from the course, Francesca started giving her son one-on-one time. Soon, she was able to express her feelings calmly, listen and allow her son to do the same. They both apologized and have since vowed to keep the lines of communication open. Francesca has built a new relationship with her son, and she now refers our program to everyone—even in the DCFS off ice waiting room.” - Staff member, Family Focus

*name has been changed

getinchicago.org 26 Technical Assistance and Capacity Building PROGRAM Strengthening programs and non-profi ts in accountability and measurement allows them to better serve our youth, families AREAS and communities. Get IN Chicago’s technical assistance funding connects community-based organizations with expert assistance in a range of areas. Technical assistance grants have supported research and skills-based training for non-profi t staff in technology, fi nance and fundraising.

Get IN Chicago has previously funded the following technical assistance providers: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago DePaul University—Steans Egan Center of Urban Education and Community Partnerships (UECP) Goodcity Illinois Mentoring Partnership Lumity Technical assistance from Lumity helped bring youth ideas developed during the 2015 Youth Shout Out event to life. The Lurie Children’s Hospital micro jobs program explored how youth can participate in the online job market, and Lumity’s support included technology Northwestern University assessments, curriculum development and fi nancial literacy training for participating community-based organizations.

“Investments in evidence-based interventions pose a particular set of challenges for participating organizations. Evidence-based interventions depend on fi delity to a model. Without fi delity, it is much harder to say whether using the interventions pays off relative to ‘business as usual.’ Fidelity management requires most organizations to think diff erently about how they use their capacity.”

Get IN Chicago Capacity Assessment Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

27 SPOTLIGHT

SYNC CAPACITY BUILDING

Leadership sessions in the SYNC capacity- building program gave individuals the chance to apply their skills in person and exchange ideas with executive staff .

In Fall 2016, Get IN Chicago funded 11 organizations to “The need for organizational participate in comprehensive capacity-building sessions capacity grew out of the need to improve how they implement evidence-based for scale and sustainability. interventions with fi delity and measure results. With this program, we want to push Get IN Chicago’s The curriculum was designed to meet organizational impact beyond its fi ve years challenges as identifi ed through the Chapin Hall capacity of funding.” assessment and research by Get IN Chicago partners and – Teresa Prim, Training Consultant staff . Each session was meant to address and improve at Prim Lawrence Group areas of greatest need, including data use, organizational leadership, fi nancial management, fundraising, communications and technology. “Working with these community-based organizations to further support their critical programs and make them even more eff ective with the youth they serve is an im- portant step in improving youth outcomes,” said Toni Irving, Ph.D., Get IN Chicago Executive Director. “We know that these organizations are doing hard work and their resources are limited. This training will help us better reach acutely high-risk youth, track metrics and strengthen community-based organizations to have sustainable impact for years to come.” Get IN Chicago awarded grants for the following organizations to participate in SYNC training: BBF Family Services, Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago Urban League, Children’s Home + Aid, Healthcare Alternative Systems, KLEO Center, One Hope United, Primo Center for Women and Children, UCAN, Westside Health Authority and Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. getinchicago.org 28 Community Impact: Sports PROGRAM If a program hopes to engage and retain acutely high-risk youth, its strategies need to resonate with young people. Studies show AREAS that sports can boost a child’s confi dence and foster community trust and collaboration. Get IN Chicago funds sports programs to augment existing mentoring programs. In 2015, the organization launched the Englewood Police/Youth Baseball League, a program designed to build trust between the community and police. The program expanded to North Lawndale in 2016.

Get IN Chicago’s survey of youth participants in the 2015 Englewood baseball league found that youth increased their positive perception of law enforcement and expressed an increased belief in their ability to make a diff erence in their community.

Building Community Trust: The Impact of Police/Youth Baseball in Englewood Get IN Chicago

The names of the six teams in Englewood’s league, such as the DuSables, were selected by the community for their cultural and historical signifi cance.

The 2016 Police/Youth Baseball program doubled in size to serve 12 teams. Teams were coached by Chicago police offi cers and mentors from local communities. (Photo provided by BBF Family Services)

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BBF FAMILY SERVICES

The Red Tails won the championship in the inaugural season of North Lawndale’s Police/Youth Baseball League. Here, the team celebrates with coaches at BBF’s closing ceremony. (Photo provided by BBF Family Services.)

“I’m Edward’s mother – he plays on the Red Tails. He’s “My favorite part was learning number nine. I like this (baseball program) because my how to work together with kids never did anything like this before. This is Edward’s my team. My favorite coach first year in the league, and he loves it. I think it’s a good was Coach Wendy … She really helped me with my problems thing for the boys and girls … to have them outside, and baseball.” safely, even on account of violence. – Youth participant, “I’ve been here every game, me and my whole family. BBF Family Services Edward, he has met different players from different places. I’ve enjoyed the coaches – they’re nice. They let you know what’s going on between the practices and things like that. And they make sure the kids come home on time! … Next year, I hope it’ll be bigger, so every parent can come out and enjoy their kids having fun playing baseball … We’ll be back!” - Parent, BBF Family Services

*name has been changed

getinchicago.org 30 Community Impact: Technology PROGRAM Technology programs that combine mentoring components and real-world skills have disproportionate benefits for at-risk youth. AREAS In addition to closing the digital divide in a meaningful way, youth graduates of technology programs have demonstrated leadership skills, improved self-esteem and an ability to discuss their problems with adults, as well as reductions in delinquency factors. Get IN Chicago technology programs have included coding, website and app development and digital literacy. Each funded program incorporates aspects of mentoring, leadership development and socio-emotional learning support.

For its 2016 program, Smart Chicago reported that 81 percent of youth participants improved their capacity to use web-based tools by successfully creating websites using WordPress. Additionally, 80 percent of the participants who completed 84 hours of instruction increased their ability to self-regulate behavior.

Youth-Led Tech 2016: Final Report Smart Chicago

Teamwork Englewood reported that 91 percent of their coding participants either created websites or built mobile phone applications by the end of the program. Here, two participants present their final projects. (Photo provided by Teamwork Englewood)

Young people who completed the Youth-Led Tech program received laptops, giving them the opportunity to continue applying their skills after the program’s end. (Photo provided by Smart Chicago)

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YOUTH-LED TECH

Participants in the Smart Chicago Youth-Led Tech program learned skills such as coding, web development, typing and leadership in community-based settings. (Photos provided by Smart Chicago)

Prior involvement in the justice system is a key risk factor “These are skills a young person for future violence involvement. In 2016, Get IN Chicago can take to become an entrepreneur supported the expansion of Youth-Led Tech to the Nancy and make apps on the side. This can get them interested in technology B. Jefferson School, an alternative high school located careers ... these are lifelong skills.” in the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC). - Perry Gunn, Executive Director at Teamwork Englewood In July 2016, students, families and friends crowded into the school for its first Youth-Led Tech graduation ceremony. One by one, students stood up and described the process of designing and building their websites, interrupted only by cheers from supportive classmates and family members. Their websites covered a variety of topics, including entrepreneurship, advice and hobbies. Many of the projects also included a community service component. For example, one young man developed a matchmaking website that required volunteering in order to register as a member. The ceremony closed with two students performing an original rap that incorporated lessons learned from the course. Upon release from the JTDC, the 40+ graduates will receive the laptops they earned for completing the program.

getinchicago.org 32 Community Impact: Special Opportunities PROGRAM Promising programs outside of Get IN Chicago’s primary areas are eligible for special opportunity funding. Funded project areas AREAS include the following:

Chicago Design Competition: Get IN Chicago collaborated with The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation and University of Chicago Crime Lab to issue a call for innovative anti-violence projects that can be brought to scale and rigorously evaluated. The winning program from Children’s Home + Aid, Choose to Change, combined the agency’s trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy with an advocate mentoring model from Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.

Community Collaboration and Resident Empowerment (CCRE): Westside Health Authority, Alliance of Local Service Organizations (ALSO), I AM ABLE and Metropolitan Family Services were awarded CCRE grants to support the communities of Austin, Humboldt Park, North Lawndale and Roseland. The CCRE initiative aimed to empower residents as catalysts for change, increase community and civic engagement, build social cohesion and ultimately make neighborhoods safer through the development of resident-led Students from the Banner Learning Academy Meta24 lab share initiatives focused on acutely high-risk youth. a woodworking design with Get IN Chicago Board Co-Chair Jim Reynolds. Meta24 labs gave youth hands-on training Intensive Wraparound Models: Programs such as T.A.K.E. Charge in the fields of media, graphic arts, fashion, manufacturing, (Metropolitan Family Services), Healing Hurt People-Chicago aquaponics, business and entrepreneurship. (Hektoen Institute for Medicine) and Meta24 Labs (Banner Learning Academy) incorporate promising approaches such as intensive case management, trauma-informed clinical therapy, job training and certification and sports-based youth development to meet the multifaceted needs of acutely high-risk youth.

Restorative Justice: Restorative justice programming from organizations such as Alternatives, Inc. empower young people to be leaders in violence prevention, conflict resolution, harm reduction and school safety. The model uses peace circles, peer conferences and restorative conversations to help youth develop self-awareness, self-management and decision-making skills.

Summer Funding: In 2016, Get IN Chicago provided funding for safe, structured summer programs that supported pro-social activities such as mentoring, therapy, sports, arts and restorative justice programs for acutely high-risk youth.

33 “Recently, our boys’ group met to discuss loss as part of the SELF (Safety, Emotions, Loss, Future) curriculum – typically, a very difficult topic. While one of the group SPOTLIGHT facilitators started setting up (and experiencing some HEKTOEN INSTITUTE difficulty engaging the group), a 14-year-old boy, Larry,* OF MEDICINE a smart but sometimes disruptive participant, asked if (HEALING HURT PEOPLE - CHICAGO) he might teach the class. “Larry opened the group with a question: ‘Who has ever been to a candlelight vigil?’ When the other boys answered, he wrote the names of the people lost on the whiteboard. He continued asking questions – how old were the people who had died, how did they know them, writing down their answers. The more the group talked, the more everyone opened up. Even the quietest kids, often reluctant to participate, joined in. “Many of the kids realized that they knew some of the same victims – that they had connections through these losses. In the end, the whiteboard became a memorial to those lost to violence, with more than 20 names written on the board—all killed by guns. It was a powerful experience for the boys to be able to talk about their losses and have others understand what they had The Gads Hill Center summer program included psycho- educational activities, sports, field trips and projects witnessed and been through in their young lives. And it focused on social justice issues, with clinical therapy gave Larry a chance to be a leader – something he may components integrated throughout. (Photo provided by Gads Hill Center) not often have a chance to be in his everyday life.” - Staff member, Healing Hurt People-Chicago

*name has been changed

Choose to Change, a collaboration between Children’s Home + Aid and Youth Advocate Programs, Inc., received continued support in 2016 as the winning project from the Chicago Design Competition. Choose to Change is a wraparound model involving mentoring and therapy. (Photo provided by Children’s Home + Aid)

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