Chicago

List of Placement Organizations

• Alternatives, Inc. assists youth and families struggling with family conflict, poverty, substance abuse, academic issues, gang involvement, and violence by offering comprehensive, community-based programming in youth and family counseling, leadership development, academic enrichment, and violence and substance abuse prevention.
  AVODAH provides a Youth Leadership Organizer to Alternatives, Inc.
• Chicago House serves homeless and underemployed Chicagoans living with HIV/AIDS by providing housing and supportive services to HIV-affected families and individuals, who may also be impacted by poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, and mental illness. 
  AVODAH provides an HIV Career and Business Services Specialist to Chicago House.

• Chicago SCORES! works with youth in the North Lawndale and Little Village neighborhoods to lead healthy lifestyles, be engaged students, and become agents of change in their communities using soccer, writing, creative expression, and service-learning.
  AVODAH provides a Community Resource Manager to Chicago SCORES!
• Chicago Women’s Health Center is a health collective that provides gynecological and mental health care, health outreach and education, and advocacy for women’s health rights.
  AVODAH provides an Office and Volunteer Programming Coordinator to Chicago Women’s Health Center.
• Chinese Mutual Aid Association (CMAA) serves the needs, promotes the interests, and enhances the well-being of Chinese and other immigrants and refugees in Chicago, and fosters their participation in American Society.
  AVODAH provides a Senior Citizen Developer Facilitator to CMAA.
  
• Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago serves the educational, cultural, psychological, and socio-economic needs of Ethiopian and other immigrant groups in Chicago and surrounding areas.
  AVODAH provides a Youth and Family Life Education Team Member / Facility Development Research Team Member at The Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago.
• I.C. Stars works with adults with a high school diploma or GED using project-based learning and full immersion teaching to provide an opportunity for change-driven, future leaders to develop skills in business and technology.
  AVODAH provides a Community Relations Developer to I.C. Stars.
• Interfaith Worker Justice works to educate, organize, and mobilize the U.S. religious community on issues and campaigns to improve wages, benefits, and working conditions for workers, especially low-wage workers.
  AVODAH provides a Public Policy and Organizing Advocate to Interfaith Worker Justice.
• Lakeview Action Coalition is a community organization acting to sustain racial and economic diversity in the Chicago communities of Lakeview and North Center and to build bridges between community members.
  AVODAH provides a Community Organizer to the Lakeview Action Coalition.
• The Mary Crane Center is dedicated to the comprehensive early development of urban dwelling children and their families through a variety of services and support. The goal is to provide quality education in a safe and diverse environment and to strengthen the bonds between children and their families.                                                                                          AVODAH provide a Family Worker to work directly with low income families with The Mary Crane Center.
• The Supportive Housing Providers Association organizes and advocates for providers and residents of supportive housing and improves services and funding for supportive housing across the state of Illinois. Residents of supportive housing are frequently formerly homeless and/or may have special needs, such as mental illness, substance abuse issues, or other chronic illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS.  
  AVODAH provides a Resident Activities and Advocacy Coordinator to Supportive Housing Providers Association.
  

• Trilogy, Inc. assists people in their recovery from serious mental illness by helping them discover and reclaim their own capabilities and life direction.
  AVODAH provides a Recovery Counselor to Trilogy.
• Umoja Student Development Corporation partners with students at Manley Career Academy High School and other local schools and actively engages them in academic achievement, community building, and leadership opportunities.                                                                                   AVODAH provides a Student Advocate to Umoja.

This list is intended to give you an idea of the type of position you might have while in AVODAH. This is not the full or final list of potential positions available. Position and placment descriptions vary from year to year.