Metropolitan Family Services unveiled an expansion to its West Lawn-based human services center that can now serve 20,000 people with bolstered programs in domestic violence prevention, mental health, workforce development and early childhood education.
Bryan Johnson, executive director of Midway Center, from left, Carrie Pullie, executive director of Calumet Center, Laurie Sedio and JoVonna Jackson talk inside the Midway Center’s new conference space on West 63rd Street in Chicago on July 26, 2023.
“I didn’t want to join it because I’m a teen mom, and I felt like they were going to think I can’t take care of my baby and would take him away,” she said. “I eventually decided to join and I have loved it.” The center’s early childhood education services, part of the Empowering Family Initiative, accommodate children ages 2 to 5. Ortiz and her partner plan to use that program until the cutoff. The family currently receives child care support services from the Parents as Partners Program.
A patio at the Metropolitan Family Services Midway Center on West 63rd Street in Chicago, July 26, 2023.
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