Youth Guidance offers community events and after an school program to help kids and teens in Chicago succeed.
"We run a plethora of programs," Miles said."The community and after-school program team works to build glue around the community and support system of the school."He said there's one thing kids need to succeed: hope.
"A lot of the students that come from these stressed and traumatized environments don't see hope," Miles said."Our job is to co-parent them and to open up lanes and avenues for them to see themselves be successful.""This program has really showed me that it's ok for you to step out of your comfort zone and that it's ok to be uncomfortable," Knowlin said.
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