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Choose to Change Connects Chicago Teens to Therapy, Mentor

NEXT CITY

The trauma-informed program is expanding with a $7.5 million investment by the city’s school district.

February 8, 2022 Published by Next City; excerpt below

Last fall, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced it would spend $7.5 million to expand a trauma-informed program for teens that connects them with weekly therapy and dedicated mentors.

The program — called Choose to Change — is recruiting 1,000 students and new community-based partners to meaningfully integrate its model with the public school system. CPS is rethinking school safety and partnering with community organizations to build out alternative safety options in response to student-led demand for police-free schools.

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