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About Us -
Community
North Lawndale, on Chicago’s West Side, is home to S.A.F.E.
North Lawndale has one of the highest homicide rates in the
United States. Statistics indicate the following data about
the community and the risk factors associated with the area:
- 41% of the residents are under 19 years of age
- 59% of the residents live below the poverty line
- 67% of the students drop out of the local high schools
by the age of 16
- 49% of the residents have not graduated high school
- 90% of the community residents occupy rental property
- 30% of the land is unoccupied
- 70% of the residents are not in the labor force
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Lawndale is a neighborhood that is plagued by gangs, drugs and
violence. It is a community where the drug trade is the number
one youth employer, and S.A.F.E. is number two. For every teen
S.A.F.E. enrolls in the Teen Alternative Network, three are
denied entry due to limited program resources. The few legal
jobs available to area youth provide minimum wage and minimum
training. Yet, these statistics only tell part of the story.
Although the valley can be dark, bleak and frightening, we continue
to journey on for the many promising young people who are the
value in the valley. S.A.F.E. is changing lives, child-by-child
and family-by-family.
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