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ABOUT US
GADS HILL CENTER AT A GLANCE

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MISSION
Since 1898, Gads Hill Center creates opportunities for children and their families to build a better life through education, access to resources and community engagement. 

VISION
All individuals, regardless of where they start, will achieve their full potential.

OVERVIEW
Gads Hill Center values children and their families – their ability to learn, to lead and to positively shape their futures. Since 1898, Gads Hill Center supports working families through comprehensive programs and services that connect children and families to resources that meet their educational, employment, and health-related goals. 

Gads Hill Center works with more than 4,500 children across Chicago by providing the following high-quality accredited programs and services:


  • EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION:  Empowers parents to be their children's first teachers with early childhood development resources including comprehensive educational and developmental services.
  • YOUTH SERVICES:  Provides out-of-school programs to children from kindergarten through sixth grade, mentoring to at-risk youth from sixth through eighth grade, and STEM-focused academic enrichment and college preparatory programs to high school students.
  • COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES:  Connects children and families to resources that meet their educational, job and health-related goals.
  • MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES:  Enhances academic success, social-emotional development and well-being through individualized support, access to mental health resources and community engagement.

OUR VALUES
  • We value children and their families; their ability to learn, to lead, to grow and to positively change their futures. 
  • We value the transformational power of education, the strength of families and the engagement of communities. 
  • We value our staff for their professionalism and dedication to our children and their families. 
  • We believe that our supporters and funders are partners in creating well-managed and fiscally sound programs and services.

OUR ACCREDITATIONS AND AWARDS
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) 
  • ExceleRate Illinois' Gold Circle of Quality (North Lawndale site): State of Illinois' highest level of quality. Demonstrates Gads Hill Center's commitment to quality early childhood education, which has been proven to better prepare children for school and life.
  • Chicago Benchmarking Collaborative: Alliance of seven education and human services agencies dedicated to increasing the quality of services offered to working families. 
  • United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, Education Impact Award, 2014

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Board President
Mark Hersh

Reed Smith

Vice President
James A. Brett
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America

Treasurer

David S. Crossett
Chapman and Cutler​

Secretary 
Dorinda Flores
Fifth Third Bank

Member-At-Large
​Beverly Wyckoff
Dover Corporation
​
Donnica Austin-Cathey
​Sinai Health System


Juan F. Orta

Ellen Brett
Cook County State's Attorney


James P. Brett

Jorge V. Cazares
Pugh Jones & Johnson, P.C.


Amber Crain
Tyson Foods


Daniel Baker
Chapman and Cutler LLP



Maricela García
Gads Hill Center

Delia Gutierrez McLaughlin
Coda Consulting Group

Saul Lopez
People's Gas


Jorge Leon
Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

Virginia Martínez, J.D.
Civic Leader

David Shier
Walsh Construction

SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Maricela García - Chief Executive Officer
Ernesto De La Torre - Chief Financial Officer
Rosa Julia Garcia Rivera- Chief Operations Officer

LOCATIONS 
Pilsen
1919 W. Cullerton, St.
Chicago, IL 60608
P 312.226.0963
F 312.226.2248

North Lawndale
2653 W. Ogden Ave. 
Chicago, IL 60608
P 773.521.1196
F 773.521.4793
 Brighton Park Home Visiting
4234-6 S. Archer Ave. 

Chicago, IL 60632
P 773.269.6595
F 773.269.6556
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​Brighton Park Early Learning Center
4255 S. Archer Ave. 

Chicago, IL 60632
P 773.893.5877

Chicago Lawn
3137 W. 71st St. 
Chicago, IL 60629
P 773.696.4742
F 773.498.3073
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