Looking for resources to support your family can be challenging. CHS Youth Connections can help! We are a single point of contact for families with children who are Deaf, DeafBlind, or Hard of Hearing and their providers.

Knowing all the different opportunities available to you is important as you provide an environment for your child to thrive! CHS Youth Connections can connect you with resources, advocacy, information, services, and support within Illinois and beyond.

We can refer you to:

• Deaf Mentors
• Developmental Therapy
• Audiological Services
• Sign language classes
• Psychological/counseling services
• Educational options
• Cued Speech classes
• Religious services
• Individual and group parent support
• Child and Family Connections offices
• Medical Services
• Insurance/Public Aid
• Assistive technology
• Home-based support
• Speech Therapy
• Events in the Deaf Community
• Division of Specialized Care for Children
• Hearing Aids
• Events in the Latino Deaf Community
• Cochlear implants/implantable devices
• Auditory-Verbal and Auditory-Oral Therapy
• and other local, state, and national resources!

• Advanced Bionics 
• Alexander Graham Bell Montessori School-AEHI
• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
• Auditory Verbal Center of Wheaton
• C.A.R.T.E.R. - Creating ASL Resources to Enhance Relationships
• Catholic Office of the Deaf
• Chicago Hearing Society: A division of Anixter Center
• Chicago Park District
• Chicago Public Schools
• Children of the Peace Deaf/HH Program
• Child's Voice
• Cochlear Americas
• Communication Clubhouse
• Deaf Access Program Mt. Sinai
• Foundation for Speech and Hearing Rehabilitation
• Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program
• Gallaudet University Regional Center Midwest
• HITEC
• Illinois Association of the Deaf
• Illinois Deaf Latino Association
• Illinois Hands and Voices Guide By Your Side
• Illinois Service Resource Center
• Illinois School for the Deaf Outreach
• Illinois State University/AIM To Be Ahead
• International Center on Deafness and the Arts
• John Kinzie Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program
• MED-EL
• NorthShore University Health System
• Northwestern University, Hearing and Language Lab
• Rush University Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences
• Sertoma Speech and Hearing Center
• SIU School of Medicine Pediatric Hearing and Language Program
• Sound Health and Healing
• The University of Chicago Pediatric Hearing Loss Program
• University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System