Teen parent support group receives $25,000 grant
One Hope United has received a $25,000 grant through the Chicago White Sox Community Fund, a McCormick Foundation Fund, to strengthen families headed by teenage parents and to help prevent child abuse.
The two-year grant supports One Hope United's WINGS Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Home Visiting program, which provides essential support services and counseling to high-risk teenage, single and other parents in Lake County, as they adjust to the responsibilities of parenthood. Targeting new and expecting parents, WINGS promotes positive parent-child interaction and works to enhance family functioning, build trusting relationships and teach problem-solving skills.
For the last three years, the Chicago White Sox Community Fund has supported the One Hope United WINGS program with more than $60,000 in funding. Not only have they been a financial supporter, but for the last 10 years, the White Sox organization has provided baseball experiences for many foster parents and children in One Hope United's care and has donated hundreds of game tickets.
"We are very grateful to have the Chicago White Sox Community Fund as a partner in an effort as significant as child abuse prevention," said Scott Humphrey, president and CEO of One Hope United. "This grant will allow our agency to continue providing high-quality programs and services to the thousands of families that depend on us."
According to data released by Safe Horizon in 2014, 2.9 million cases of child abuse are reported every year in the United States. The funding the Chicago White Sox Community Fund provides to abuse prevention programs underlines its commitment to helping at-risk children, families and adults and providing a safe and secure home for all children.
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