Causes: Children & Youth, Crime & Law, Economic Development, Protestant, Religion, Urban & Community Economic Development, Youth Violence Prevention

Mission: To share Christ's love by guiding youth, singles, and families to abundant life through health, education, and employment.

Results: Since 2005, New Life Centers has provided localized, grassroots impact in seven neighborhoods throughout Chicagoland with programs created in response to the direct requests of our neighbors. Urban Life Skills, our gang intervention mentoring program in the Little Village community, has mentored over 300 youth on probation and is now mentoring every gang-involved youth currently on probation in their community with recidivism rates less than 25%. Program leaders have trained governments, educational systems, and community partners as distant as California and Hawaii and have received awards from CeaseFire, Chicago Fire, Youth Outreach Services, among others. In the Humboldt Park community, after-school and summer programs impact over 130 youth each season and received the top award for innovation from Chicago's Springboard Foundation in 2012.The organization achieves multi-generational impact through children's education and recreation, teen apprenticeships and mentoring, and adult career assistance; technology access and nutrition are also available for the entire family.

Target demographics: build strong youth and families

Geographic areas served: Chicago: Little Village, Humboldt Park, Portage Park, Archer Heights. Chicagoland: Cicero, Oak Forest.

Programs: educational extracurricular programs for kids, mentoring and apprenticeships for teens, training and resume assistance for adults, and technology, nutrition, and recreation for the whole family.