Development
Mar 27, 20222 min read
Will Smith, Chris Rock slapping incident becomes tool for teaching about dealing with conflict.
CHICAGO (CBS Chicago/CBS News) -- Will Smith apologized to Chris Rock Monday for slapping him at the Oscars the night before – saying he...
Shrina Patel
Mar 22, 20223 min read
A Determined Mom’s Hope for a Better Future
Like so many Association House participants, nothing could stop #TechReady participant Matty from building a better future for her family.
Shrina Patel
Mar 21, 20222 min read
Staff Highlight: Tothyanna White
Tothyanna is our CST Clinician and part of Association House's Behavioral Health team. She shares with us how working with her patients...
Shrina Patel
Mar 21, 20223 min read
Staff Highlight: Andrea Ng
Andrea is our Science teacher and part of Association House High School. She shares with us favorite female figure, Jane Goodall, and how...
Shrina Patel
Mar 18, 20222 min read
Staff Highlight: Hind Elbanna
Hind is our Technology Training instructor for our Tech#Ready program and part of Association House Workforce Development. Her favorite...
Shrina Patel
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Staff Highlight: Elisa Fabian
Elisa is our Foster Care Supervisor and part of Association House's Child Welfare team. Her favorite part of her experience is that there...
Shrina Patel
Mar 10, 20222 min read
Staff Highlight: Marcy Vicens
Marcy is our English teacher and part of Association House High School. Her favorite part of her experience is that everyone here is an...
Shrina Patel
Mar 3, 20222 min read
Staff Highlight: Angela King
Angela is our Billing Compliance Coordinator and part of our Child Welfare team! She loves to spend her day working on social issues...
Shrina Patel
Feb 22, 20222 min read
Staff Highlight: Danielle Kenny
Danielle is the Program Coordinator on Association House's Workforce Development Team.
Juan Carlos Linares
Feb 18, 20222 min read
2021 Annual Report
Dear friends, As I reflect on my first year at Association House, I smile thinking of the accomplishments, the camaraderie and the...
Juan Carlos Linares
Feb 7, 20222 min read
Celebrating Black History Month
Friends, We take the time this Black History Month to honor, celebrate and narrate the stories of African Americans nationally and here...
Shrina Patel
Feb 1, 20222 min read
Staff Highlight: Michelle Greene
Michelle serves as Association House High School's Family Literacy Program Supervisor, ensuring parenting students get child care support.
Shrina Patel
Jan 27, 20225 min read
Statesville: There's More Behind the Bars
Inmate #081486. To the penal system, inmates are too often just numbers in a list. At Association House, we know them as humans who have...
Shrina Patel
Jan 27, 20222 min read
Adel's Forever Home
In April 2016, Adel arrived at Jessica and Jon’s home as their first foster kid. Jessica and Jon both work as police officers and have...
Development
Jan 24, 20222 min read
Staff Highlight: Jose Vega
Jose Vega works as a counselor in our Visions program, which offers life-changing education, counseling and support to persons...
Shrina Patel
Dec 21, 20214 min read
Staff Highlight: Michael Barnes
Michael is one of our new staff members part of the Workforce program at the house. He returned to Association House as our new Career...
Shrina Patel
Nov 23, 20212 min read
Staff Highlight: Marc Trujillo
According to Social Studies teacher Marc, no other institution can claim to offer what AHHS does.
Lilliana Wills
Nov 22, 20213 min read
Staff Training: Transformation through Dance Movement Therapy
As the holidays roll in for many of us, our work and personal schedules quickly begin to overwhelm us. It is important for us to...
Development
Nov 16, 20213 min read
First Time Children's Author Presents Adventure to Chicago's Institutions with Grandson In New Book
Proceeds will help local nonprofits with parent support programs. With a love of Chicago in her heart, Oak Park resident Virginia...
Shrina Patel
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Staff Highlight: Alicia Marrero
Alicia is a talented Bilingual therapist who earned her Master’s in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Latinx Mental Health...