What makes Chicago Safe Start special are all the children this program helps.

What is Chicago Safe Start all about?

This page offers an informative overview of the Chicago Safe Start initiative, our work, our history and our partnerships. We offer a thorough mix of web links to guide you to other websites that address the issue of children?s exposure to violence and trauma from many angles.

Chicago Safe Start is a program of the Office of Violence Prevention in the Chicago Department of Public Health.

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Chicago Safe Start has received funding from the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, and the Chicago Department of Family & Support Services.