UCAN (Chicago)
Cydne Peterson, LPC, currently serves as a Clinical Consultant at UCAN in Chicago since May 2022 and as a Therapist at Family First Domestic & Family Counseling Clinic since January 2022. Prior experience includes roles as a Qualified Mental Health Practitioner at Metropolitan Family Services from March 2015 to May 2022 and as a Pathway Coordinator at Children's Home + Aid Society of Illinois from April 2011 to March 2015, focusing on teaching life skills to at-risk youth and developing treatment plans. Cydne's earlier positions include being a Mental Health Professional at Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc. from February 2007 to May 2010 and an Early Childhood Education Specialist at hrdi from October 2004 to February 2007. Cydne holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Governors State University, a Master of Arts in Psychology from National Louis University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from University of Illinois Chicago.
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UCAN (Chicago)
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UCAN builds strong youth and families through compassionate healing, education, and empowerment. Since the Civil War, UCAN has served the most vulnerable children, youth, and families, and has grown over 145 years into a premier social service agency serving over 10,000 individuals annually. UCAN programs address the impact of trauma: with a consistent presence, meaningful programs, and unrivaled organizational diversity and cultural competence. These trauma-informed programs include clinical and counseling services, support for pregnant or parenting teens, foster care placement, a therapeutic youth home, a therapeutic day school, transitional living programs, workforce development, youth leadership development, and violence prevention. At the heart of it all, UCAN’s vision is that youth who have suffered trauma can become our future leaders. UCAN is a consistent and compassionate presence in the lives of those who are most at risk. We start with the premise that communities with challenges possess strengths upon which they can build. From this premise evolves an approach to community support that fosters collaboration with existing neighborhood resources to strengthen communities, one youth at a time. UCAN’s community efforts provide leadership development, supportive jobs for youth, individual healing, and mentoring. UCAN's founding is rooted in spirituality. In 1869, UCAN was founded by members of St. Pauls United Church of Christ (UCC) to provide a home for orphaned children of Civil War soldiers. The UCC and its predecessors have long advocated for social justice, including the struggle for the abolition of slavery and being the first to ordain African-Americans, women, and openly gay persons as clergy. Diversity is a core UCAN value, reflected in our staff, our minority-led Board of Directors, and our clients. It is vitally important that UCAN counteract the influence of discrimination on our communities, families and youth.