Community Development
The Alpha Illinois Leadership Foundation (AILF)
provides innovative and holistic services through collaborative culture-building self-sufficiency among our service areas. Our community engagement focuses on addressing many of our communities' challenges through resident-led and designed initiatives through our partnerships with various organizations. Partners support youth by engaging in depth with their community. This involvement includes opening doors to resources that promote and support mental and physical health. A healthy community is an important safety net for our young people.
Crisis Response Squad
AILF’s-on-call Crisis Response Squad (CRS), recruited from our communities, provides immediate support to victims after an incidence of violence, through a wide range of services: transportation to the hospital, police station, or home; assistance communicating with loved ones; help understanding their rights and role in police investigations, and connection to critical resources like emergency financial assistance, relocation, or help with victim’s compensation application.
Restorative Justice & Peace Circles
Restorative Justice is a philosophy and way of life that helps to promote healing, wellness, and wholeness within individuals and communities. Although a means by which to address woundedness, both experienced and caused. It also cultivates relationships while encouraging conversations that bridge the gaps within feelings of isolation & separation. Various practices of Restorative Justice include Circles, Restorative Conferencing/Conversations, Conflict Resolution, Resource Mapping and much more.
Community Ambassadors
The Community Ambassadors become an essential part of the neighborhood. They promote activities that engage residents and provide Trauma-Informed Practices, and engage in Violence Prevention to help promote resilience, support and health in communities faced with trauma and civil unrest.
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- Alpha Illinois Leadership Foundation 404 Westgate Drive Park Forest, Illinois 60466