Partnerships & Affiliations

Marillac Social Center
We collaborate closely with our sister agency, Marillac Social Center, located on Chicago’s west side. In addition to sharing expertise on a program level, our shared administrative functions allow us to streamline and operate more efficiently.

Daughters of Charity
The Daughters of Charity founded St. Vincent de Paul Center 95 years ago and continue to sponsor and support us. The core values of the Daughters, along with their unique approach to serving the poor and vulnerable, form the heart of our organizational culture.

National Association for the Education of Young Children
Our Early Childhood Development program is accredited by NAEYC. NAEYC accreditation means that our program meets NAEYC’s 10 standards of excellence in early childhood education.

Cabrini Green Tutoring Program
The Cabrini Green Tutoring Program helps economically disadvantaged students succeed in elementary school and beyond. Free tutoring from adult volunteer tutors is offered on-site during the school year.

DePaul Family and Community Services
St. Vincent de Paul Center works closely with therapists from DePaul Family and Community Services, a community mental health provider whose primary focus is to serve at-risk children and families. St. Vincent’s social workers refer families to DePaul FCS when they are in need of counseling, and therapists provide services onsite at St. Vincent de Paul Center and at the DePaul FCS location.

Illinois Department of Human Services
The Child Care Assistance Program provides low-income, working families with access to quality, affordable child care that allows them to continue working and contributes to the healthy, emotional and social development of the child. St. Vincent de Paul Center administers the family eligibility process directly on site.

Chicago Public Schools – Early Childhood Education Community Partnership Program
Supports the early childhood programs, including the Birth to Three and Pre-Kindergarten programs. The mission of the Office of Early Childhood Education is to ensure all children ages birth to age 8 have equal access to comprehensive, high quality program options, and support on a developmental continuum.

Child & Family Connections #11
Children in our Birth to Three program are referred to Child and Family Connections when they demonstrate a need for Early Intervention services, like speech therapy, physical therapy or occupational therapy. Service providers conduct therapy sessions both at home and at St. Vincent de Paul Center and work closely with teachers, supervisors, social workers and families to ensure that children receive the quality services that they need.

Northwestern University Speech & Language Clinic
Graduate level interns from Northwestern University provide weekly on-site speech and language therapy to young children who are referred by their teachers and parents for services. Therapy is provided on-site at St. Vincent de Paul Center and weekly progress summaries are provided to teachers and parents so that they may support the children’s language development at home and in the classroom.

Strengthening Families Illinois
A child abuse prevention program funded by the Department of Children and Family Services. St. Vincent de Paul Center social workers participate in monthly network meetings that focus on improving communication between child care programs and child welfare agencies.

City of Chicago Department of Family & Support Services – Senior Services Area Agency on Aging
The agency administers a variety of programs to address the needs of older Chicagoans. Our Senior Services program is made possible in part through generous funding through the City of Chicago.

Practitioners in Aging
A collaborative project developed by several prominent social service agencies who meet monthly for peer support, coordination of care and to share best practices serving the senior population.

Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness
Supports advocacy, best practices and system coordination to end homelessness. The Homeless Outreach program participates in the Alliance’s Service Providers Commission, a membership coalition of 70 homeless services organizations.

Northside Anti-Hunger Network
A consortium of 18 Chicago North side soup kitchens, food pantries and social service agencies that work to end hunger. The Homeless Outreach program is a member of this group that supports advocacy, shares resources and information, and sponsors education and training.

Emergency Fund
Provides financial assistance to low-income Chicago area individuals and families in crisis or transition. The Homeless Outreach program partners with the Emergency Fund to administer funds to those in need of rental assistance and other one-time supports to prevent homelessness.

Community Economic Development Association – Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
The Homeless Outreach program is an application site for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The LIHEAP program assists low-income households by paying for energy costs in the form of one-time payments to utility companies to be applied directly to the household’s energy bills.

Illinois Partners for Human Service
St. Vincent de Paul Center is a member of this statewide network of organizations that advocate for high quality, responsible and sustainable approaches to providing human service in Illinois. The network includes nonprofit, government, faith-based, business and education leaders who agree that our communities are healthier and safer when residents have access to bedrock public services such as early childhood learning, afterschool programs, family support, assistance to the disabled, workforce training, violence prevention, and homecare for the elderly.

Illinois Responsible Budget Coalition
St. Vincent de Paul Center is a member of this coalition of diverse organizations that believe in building the support needed to solve Illinois’ budget crisis, prevent harmful cuts to essential public services, save jobs, eliminate the state’s long-term structural deficit, and make taxes more fair.