Youth Guidance
Chicago, IL
- UEI
- MNLLABX7ASN5
- CAGE
- 48S85
- Primary NAICS
- 624110 Child and Youth Services
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1 N LaSalle St #900, Chicago, IL 60602, USA
- Website
- youth-guidance.org
- Founded
- 1924
- Employees
- 251-1K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $50M-$100M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Family Services
- SIC code
- 83 Social Services
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Department Of Human Service | 2502ILSOSR | $117,840 | |
| Illinois Department Of Human Service | 2502ILSOSR | $79,033 | |
| Illinois Department Of Human Service | 2602ILSOSR | $70,892 | |
| Illinois Department Of Human Service | 2602ILSOSR | $113,560 | |
| Not on record | B-25-UC-17-0001 | $45,000 |
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About the company
Youth Guidance, Inc., a Chicago-based non-profit tax-exempt organization and woman-owned business, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering school-based mentoring and intervention programs to at-risk youth, primarily in Illinois. The organization acts almost exclusively as a sub-recipient (94% of recent awards) under state-administered grant programs, with minimal direct federal prime grant activity. Youth Guidance has received over 30 federal sub-awards funding instruction, intervention, mentoring, and professional development services to students and families.
Federal funding flows almost entirely through the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, which accounts for 43 of 46 sub-awards in the recent portfolio (98% of award count). Sub-awards are routed through the Illinois Department of Human Services under the Social Services Block Grant program, with activity clustered in 2023 and 2024. The organization holds a single recent prime grant — a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA 84.215) awarded on June 1, 2026, to deliver BAM AND WOW mentoring in Chicago Public Schools through June 1, 2029. Youth Guidance also appears as a sub-recipient under a single Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention award covering a Becoming a Man (BAM) program at Thornton Fractional North High School.
Activity in the source data spans 2016 to September 2026, with significant volume in 2023 (26 awards) followed by a decline through 2025 and 2026 (1 and 5 awards respectively). Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $5.3 million. Work is performed in Illinois, predominantly in Chicago Public Schools and related service delivery. The organization's program portfolio centers on two named models — BAM (Becoming a Man) and WOW mentoring — delivered as school-based and community-linked interventions for young people, with emphasis on youth involved in or at risk of involvement in the juvenile justice system.
Quick answers
Is Youth Guidance registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Youth Guidance's SAM.gov registration is active through February 17, 2027.
What is Youth Guidance's most recent federal award?
Youth Guidance's most recent federal grant award is BAM and WOW mentoring in chicago public schools (S215K260013), from Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, on June 1, 2026.
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