Chicago Youth Service Bureau

Finding peace in the city

Chicago Youth Bureau exists to strengthen and empower youths, families, and communities through effective counseling, prevention, and leadership.The Youth Bureau offers a wide range of behavioral health and delinquency prevention services to residents of the Chicago area. Our staff specializes in working with children and adolescents.Our agency has the ability to offer: 

• Individual, family, and couples counseling

• Group counseling

• Peer Justice

• In-home & school-based services

• Evening appointments

• Reasonable fees (financial assistance is available for qualifying families)

• Insurance accepted

• FAMILY THERAPY

• Family therapy is our largest and most broad service.  CYB’s family therapy program is open to residents of Cook County with a child under the age of 18.  We specialize in working with families that have children or teens with behavior difficulties; and in helping parents and children develop nurturing, satisfying relationships.  The goal of the program is to assist families in meeting the physical, social, and emotional needs of all family members.Some attributes of the program include:

• Individual, family, couples, and group counseling

• Specializing in serving children and teens with emotional and behavioral issues

• An emphasis on culturally sensitive services designed to meet each family’s unique needs

• Providing services in the office, at school, in the client’s home or virtually as needed

• Working closely with teachers, schools/counseling departments, other community agencies, and police departments

• Our most recent addition to the program involves working with cultural orientation and counseling to African refugees and families from Mexico.  This has created an opportunity to extend our reach in new ways, to offer support and services beyond the traditional walls of an office.Cost:  CYB has a sliding fee scale and accepts health insurance.  We have providers for United Healthcare, BCBS, Health Alliance as well as others.  Additionally, Medicaid is accepted for those clients who are under the Meridian Health Plan.  Grants are available for clients who meet income and eligibility requirements.