Trauma Hurts Kids. JPA Can Help.
Currently, we have a waiting list of children ages 5-14 affected by trauma who need the individual and small group therapy JPA provides in over 20 elementary schools on the south and west sides of Chicago.
90% have experienced at least one (and often times more) of the following traumas:
95% witnessed family, peer or neighborhood violence
73% exposed to adult criminal behavior
54% experienced parental substance abuse
50% faced homelessness or housing instability
46% suffered child maltreatment
44% had a relative/close friend hurt or killed by violence
33% have parents with mental health problems.
Last year we provided vital services to over 1,000 kids but there are many more waiting for our help.
We can't do this alone but together we CAN!