Events
CPR and First Aid/Anaphylaxis Certification American Heart Association
COST: $0-$70
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
This training will focus on CPR and choking rescue for adults, children, and infants. Treatment of bleeding, burns, shock, seizure, splinting, and anaphylaxis. Proper use of Epi pen and automated external defibrillators (AED) will also be covered. Participants will earn a 2-year certification.
Child Development, Health, and Safety Basics
COST: FREE
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
This training will provide participants an overview of child development, health, and safety issues for children birth through early school age. Emphasis will be on understanding patterns of development, developmental domains, and the role of nutrition in development. In addition, health and safety issues will address supporting the growth of healthy children - from the basics such as hand washing to more in-depth practices surrounding healthy procedures and disease prevention. Participants will learn more about emergency planning/preparedness and first aid as well as identify tips for maintaining safe indoor/outdoor environments.
What is CCAP? (For Family Child Care)
LOCATION: Virtual
COST: FREE
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
The ‘What is CCAP?’ for Child Care Centers training reviews the Illinois Department of Human Service (IDHS) Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). The IDHS CCAP helps pay for child care expenses for income-eligible families who work or participate in eligible activities. This training describes CCAP eligibility guidelines and application requirements for child care centers. Payment determination and options for receiving payment are also explained along with additional information for both CCAP providers and families.
¿Que es CCAP? (Para el Cuidado Infantil Familiar)
DÓNDE: Virtual
COSTO: GRATIS
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un Correo Electrónico
La capacitación de ¿Qué es CCAP? para cuidado infantil familiar revisa el Programa de Asistencia para el Cuidado Infantil (CCAP) del Departamento de Servicios Humanos de Illinois (IDHS). El CCAP de IDHS ayuda pagar los gastos de cuidado infantil para las familias que trabajan o participan en actividades elegibles. Esta capacitación describe las pautas de elegibilidad de CCAP y los requisitos de solicitud para los hogares familiares de cuidado infantil. La determinación de pagos y las opciones para recibir el pago también se explican junto con información adicional para los proveedores de CCAP y las familias.
Annual Empowering Educators Conference
4/28 – 5/30: Early Bird Registration $75
6/1 – 6/15 : Regular Registration $100
6/16 – 6/22: Late Registration: $125
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago’s Annual Empowering Educators Conference is a must attend event for professionals who are looking to expand their knowledge, develop skills, and share their ideas with other professionals. Please join us for a day filled with engaging learning experience where you can choose from numerous presentations on a variety of topics. Participants will leave with new knowledge, a stronger professional network, revitalized and inspired to improve their programs.
Post-Purchase Homeowner Workshop
The workshop involves strategies for reducing household expenses, including budgeting, property tax appeals, intro to energy efficiency and emergency assistance programs, and loan modifications.
Register using this form or call 312-439-6229 to get started today!
It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: Effectively Connecting with Parents and Families
LOCATION: Virtual
COST: FREE
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
This training will provide you with background information on the research that has been done on family-school connections, what parents and families are seeking from their child’s teacher or caregiver and how to tackle difficult conversations with a child’s parent or primary caregiver. As a group, we will brainstorm ideas on how to foster stronger relationships between children’s educational and home environments and why this relationship and teamwork with families is so critical. Set some goals for yourself and/or your childcare center or home business around connecting more intentionally with parents and families.
1-Day Homebuyer Education Workshop
WHERE: Virtual
COST: Free
The first step to purchasing a home with the help of YWCA is to attend a free Homebuyer Education Workshop. This workshop is a a 1-day virtual session.
As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business and entrepreneurship services.
Register using this form or call 312-439-6229 to get started today!
Foreclosure Prevention Workshop
WHERE: Virtual
COST: Free
CONTACT: Lafayette Williams | 312-328-0873 | Email
Having trouble paying your mortgage? Get advice from a Housing Counselor so you can maintain ownership of your home. Counselors will share tips on budgeting to meet your mortgage payments and options such as modifications, financial assistance for homeowners, and forbearance to address temporary financial difficulties.
As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business/entrepreneurship services.
Register using this form or call 312-328-0873 to get started today!
Certificación en RCP y Primeros Auxilios/Anafilaxis American Heart Association
COSTO: $0-$70
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un correo electrónico
Certificación de RCP para adultos/bebés/niños y primeros auxilios pediátricos de la American Heart Association y HeartSaver, incluida la capacitación en anafilaxia/Epi Pen. La certificación American Heart tiene una validez de 2 años.
Obteniendo tu Certificación CDA
UBICACIÓN: Virtual
COSTO: GRATIS
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un Correo Electrónico
Políticas y procedimientos de la capacitación
Esta capacitación te guiará a través del proceso completo para obtener tu Certificación de Asociado en Desarrollo Infantil (CDA, por sus siglas en inglés). Exploraremos las opciones de formación disponibles, te ayudaremos a entender cómo crear y organizar tu portafolio profesional, y te brindaremos orientación práctica para navegar el proceso de solicitud a través del sitio web del Consejo CDA. Ya sea que estés comenzando o finalizando tus requisitos, este curso está diseñado para apoyarte en cada paso del camino.
Getting Your CDA Certification
WHERE: Virtual
COST: FREE
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
For those interested in getting your CDA, this course will walk you through the steps you need to take to prepare for and obtain your CDA Certification. During class, we will look at the many training options available, assembling your Portfolio and walk through navigating applying on the CDA Council site.
Comienzos de Calidad
UBICACIÓN: Virtual
COSTO: $25.00
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un Correo Electrónico
Políticas y procedimientos de la capacitación
¿Está interesado en comenzar un negocio de calidad de cuidado de niños en la casa? ¡Entonces esta clase es para usted! Se revisará, en forma general, todos los aspectos envueltos en operar un negocio familiar de cuidado de niños, incluyendo entrevista con los padres, mercadeando sus servicios, manteniendo archivos e impuestos, y mucho más. Cuando comienza un negocio de cuidado infantil, encontrará que necesita formas. Muchas formas. Desde horarios hasta contratos, desde acuerdos de transporte hasta “llegar a conocerte”, y muchas más. No se preocupe. Hemos reunido todos las formas que se necesitan y los hemos colocado en una memoria USB que puede comprar; y todas las formas son editables.
Agregue uno a su registración de Comienzos de Calidad por solo $10
Comprarlo el día de la orientación por $15
Financial Management Workshop
WHERE: Online
COST: Free
CONTACT: Lafayette Williams | Email
Thinking about purchasing a home or just want to get your financial house in order?
Attend a YWCA Financial Management Workshop to learn how to create a realistic spending plan, reduce your expenses so you can save more, and have a better understanding of your credit report and credit score. As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business and entrepreneurship services.
"Light Table: Enhancing your classroom experiences"
COST: $25.00
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
The light table is a wonderful tool that provides multi-sensory visual input and engages students in play-based activities. A light table ignites curiosity, promotes exploration, and engages young minds when you incorporate a light table play into play. Learn different ways that you can use the light table to enhance your classroom experiences from toddlers to preschool.
Certificación en RCP y Primeros Auxilios/Anafilaxis American Heart Association
COSTO: $0-$70
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un correo electrónico
Políticas y procedimientos de la capacitación
Certificación de RCP para adultos/bebés/niños y primeros auxilios pediátricos de la American Heart Association y HeartSaver, incluida la capacitación en anafilaxia/Epi Pen. La certificación American Heart tiene una validez de 2 años.
Financial Management Workshop
WHERE: Online
COST: Free
CONTACT: Lafayette Williams | Email
Thinking about purchasing a home or just want to get your financial house in order?
Attend a YWCA Financial Management Workshop to learn how to create a realistic spending plan, reduce your expenses so you can save more, and have a better understanding of your credit report and credit score. As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business and entrepreneurship services.
Pyramid Model “Big 5” Practices: Five Practices to Improve Behavior
COST: $25.00
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
This training gives early childhood practitioners an overview of the Pyramid Model for promoting social emotional competence in infants and young children. The Pyramid Model is a framework of evidence-based practices for promoting young children’s healthy social and emotional development. A key component of implementing the Pyramid Model to fidelity is to enhance prevention strategies in the learning environment. This training introduces five learning environment strategies that have a significant effect on preventing challenging behaviors.
CPR and First Aid/Anaphylaxis Certification American Heart Association
COST: $0-$70
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
American Heart Association Pediatric First Aid and HeartSaver Adult/Infant/Child CPR certification, including anaphylaxis/Epi Pen training. The American Heart certification is valid for 2 years.
Quality Beginnings
LOCATION: Virtual
COST: $25.00
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
Interested in starting a home child care business? Then this class is for you! A brief overview of all the aspects involved in operating a family child care home, including interviewing parents, marketing your services, setting up, record keeping and taxes, and more will be covered. When you start a child care business, you will find that you need forms. A lot of forms. From schedules to contracts, from transportation agreements to getting to know you, and many more. Don’t worry. We have gathered all of the forms you can think of and have put them onto a flash drive that you can purchase; and they are all editable.
– Add to your registration for only $10.
– Purchase the day of the training for $15.
Values and Expectations: Defining Your ECE Setting fromAdministration to Classroom
LOCATION: Virtual
COST: FREE
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
If you don't create work culture, it will create itself. This training aims to engage educators in a discussion about personal and professional values and expectations and how to define them in the ECE workplace. While most helpful for administrators working to organize a system, this session can also benefit educators operationalizing classroom expectations. Participants will create a values/expectation matrix and will work to understand how to include staff and older children in co-creating an effective workplace or classroom.
Post-Purchase Homeowner Workshop
The workshop involves strategies for reducing household expenses, including budgeting, property tax appeals, intro to energy efficiency and emergency assistance programs, and loan modifications.
Register using this form or call 312-439-6229 to get started today!
CPR and First Aid/Anaphylaxis Certification American Health Institution
COST: $0-$70
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
This course is designed to prepare participants to provide first aid, CPR, and use an Epi pen and automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. It offers the basics of recognizing and administering first aid for the most common life-threatening emergencies including anaphylaxis.
Supporting Supervisors: A Training in Reflective Supervision
SUPPORTING SUPERVISORS: A TRAINING IN REFLECTIVE SUPERVISION
Many social workers and counselors in supervisory roles receive little to no formalized education or training to become a supervisor. As a result, those with clinical supervisory responsibilities often feel “in the dark” and lack confidence in their supervisory skills. In this interactive training, you will:
Receive a comprehensive framework of Reflective Supervision (RS)
Discuss ways to introduce and implement RS
Reflect on the role of power dynamics, culture, and ethics in supervision
Learn ways to offer feedback to supervisees
Explore ways to address common supervisory challenges.
Receive a certificate of attendance for 6 Continuing Education Units (CEU's)
Speakers: Mikayla Vosler, LCSW & Gwendolyn Tinajero-Belles, LCSW, ATR-BC
Foreclosure Prevention Workshop
WHERE: Virtual
COST: Free
CONTACT: Lafayette Williams | 312-328-0873 | Email
Having trouble paying your mortgage? Get advice from a Housing Counselor so you can maintain ownership of your home. Counselors will share tips on budgeting to meet your mortgage payments and options such as modifications, financial assistance for homeowners, and forbearance to address temporary financial difficulties.
As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business/entrepreneurship services.
Register using this form or call 312-328-0873 to get started today!
2-Day Homebuyer Education Workshop
WHERE: Virtual
COST: Free
The first step to purchasing a home with the help of YWCA is to attend a free Homebuyer Education Workshop. This workshop is a 2-day, evening virtual session on Wednesday & Thursday from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM (both evenings must be attended).
As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business and entrepreneurship services.
Register using this form or call 312-439-6229 to get started today!
Cultivando su fuerza interior: comprender y fomentar la resiliencia en los niños
UBICACIÓN: Virtual
COSTO: $25.00
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un Correo Electrónico
Políticas y procedimientos de la capacitación
La vida presenta desafíos, incluso para los más pequeños. Este interesante y perspicaz taller de dos horas profundiza en el papel crucial de la resiliencia en el desarrollo y el bienestar saludables de los niños. Exploraremos qué significa realmente la resiliencia, por qué es tan vital para afrontar los desafíos y, sobre todo, estrategias prácticas que padres, educadores y cuidadores pueden implementar para cultivar esta habilidad esencial para la vida.
Communicating Clearly & Resolving Conflict
LOCATION: Virtual
COST: $25.00
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
We aren't taught in school how to communicate with one another on a daily basis, much less when conflict arises.Learn the importance of those pesky team building activities and how implementing them builds communication amongst your staff. We will dive into how to use those clear, positive skills to solve conflict when it occurs in your program among co-workers, and even parents.
Elementos Basicos de Desarrollo Infantil, Salud y Seguridad
COSTO: Gratis
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
Esta capacitación proporcionará a los participantes una visión general del desarrollo infantil, salud, y cuestiones de seguridad para los niños desde el nacimiento hasta la edad escolar temprana. El énfasis será en la comprensión de las pautas de desarrollo, áreas de desarrollo, y el papel que juega la nutrición en el desarrollo. Además, las cuestiones de salud y seguridad abarcarán el apoyo al crecimiento sano de los niños – desde lo fundamental como el lavado de manos hasta prácticas más profundas que involucran procedimientos saludables y la prevención de enfermedades. Los participantes aprenderán más sobre la planificación/preparación de emergencias y los primeros auxilios además de identificar sugerencias para mantener un ambiente seguro de interior y/o al aire libre.
Volando a través de los cuentos
COSTO: $25.00
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
En esta formación se trabajará sobre las herramientas que se pueden utilizar durante la hora del cuento, el desarrollo infantil, las actividades y los niveles de desarrollo de los niños en relación con la alfabetización.
Child Development, Health, and Safety Basics
COST: FREE
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
This training will provide participants an overview of child development, health, and safety issues for children birth through early school age. Emphasis will be on understanding patterns of development, developmental domains, and the role of nutrition in development. In addition, health and safety issues will address supporting the growth of healthy children - from the basics such as hand washing to more in-depth practices surrounding healthy procedures and disease prevention. Participants will learn more about emergency planning/preparedness and first aid as well as identify tips for maintaining safe indoor/outdoor environments.
Financial Management Workshop
WHERE: Online
COST: Free
CONTACT: Lafayette Williams | Email
Thinking about purchasing a home or just want to get your financial house in order?
Attend a YWCA Financial Management Workshop to learn how to create a realistic spending plan, reduce your expenses so you can save more, and have a better understanding of your credit report and credit score. As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business and entrepreneurship services.
Post-Purchase Homeowner Workshop
The workshop involves strategies for reducing household expenses, including budgeting, property tax appeals, intro to energy efficiency and emergency assistance programs, and loan modifications.
Register using this form or call 312-439-6229 to get started today!
Terrific Transitions
LOCATION: Virtual
COST: $15.00
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
Attendees will explore what constitutes a transition, consider their classroom transitions and how to reduce the number of transitions they have throughout their day. In addition, they will plan and set goals for creating more effective transitions. A discussion of how planning and making transitions fun learning opportunities can assist in promoting more positive behavior and provide children the consistency they need. Various transition plans and ideas will be shared that can be used for all ages of children.
Certificación en RCP y Primeros Auxilios/Anafilaxis American Heart Association
COSTO: $0-$70
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un correo electrónico
Políticas y procedimientos de la capacitación
Certificación de RCP para adultos/bebés/niños y primeros auxilios pediátricos de la American Heart Association y HeartSaver, incluida la capacitación en anafilaxia/Epi Pen. La certificación American Heart tiene una validez de 2 años.
Comienzos de Calidad
UBICACIÓN: Virtual
COSTO: $25.00
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un Correo Electrónico
Políticas y procedimientos de la capacitación
¿Está interesado en comenzar un negocio de calidad de cuidado de niños en la casa? ¡Entonces esta clase es para usted! Se revisará, en forma general, todos los aspectos envueltos en operar un negocio familiar de cuidado de niños, incluyendo entrevista con los padres, mercadeando sus servicios, manteniendo archivos e impuestos, y mucho más. Cuando comienza un negocio de cuidado infantil, encontrará que necesita formas. Muchas formas. Desde horarios hasta contratos, desde acuerdos de transporte hasta “llegar a conocerte”, y muchas más. No se preocupe. Hemos reunido todos las formas que se necesitan y los hemos colocado en una memoria USB que puede comprar; y todas las formas son editables.
Agregue uno a su registración de Comienzos de Calidad por solo $10
Comprarlo el día de la orientación por $15
Foreclosure Prevention Workshop
WHERE: Virtual
COST: Free
CONTACT: Lafayette Williams | 312-328-0873 | Email
Having trouble paying your mortgage? Get advice from a Housing Counselor so you can maintain ownership of your home. Counselors will share tips on budgeting to meet your mortgage payments and options such as modifications, financial assistance for homeowners, and forbearance to address temporary financial difficulties.
As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business/entrepreneurship services.
Register using this form or call 312-328-0873 to get started today!
Cómo afrontar los desafíos del entrenamiento para ir al baño
DÓNDE: Virtual
COSTO: $15.00
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un Correo Electrónico
El entrenamiento para ir al baño es un concepto que se relaciona en dejar el pañal de los niños. Es un proceso que depende del grado de estimulación, la seguridad que tienen en sí mismos, el vínculo con sus padres y el ambiente que lo rodea. En este entrenamiento aprenderá consejos prácticos para crear un ambiente positivo que apoye la práctica independiente de ir al baño en los niños.
Self-Care Through Creative Expression
COST: $15.00
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
Attendees will explore the importance of self-care and ways they can express creatively self-care. A discussion of ways they have expressed self-care and how this has helped balance their lives will be shared. Various modes of creativity will be shared as additional ways to express self-care followed by attendees practicing creative methods of self -care.
1-Day Homebuyer Education Workshop
WHERE: Virtual
COST: Free
The first step to purchasing a home with the help of YWCA is to attend a free Homebuyer Education Workshop. This workshop is a a 1-day virtual session.
As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business and entrepreneurship services.
Register using this form or call 312-439-6229 to get started today!
Advanced Steps to Addressing Challenging Behaviors in YourClassroom: Practicing Calm, Confidence, and Being With Feelings
LOCATION: Virtual
COST: $25.00
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
After a review of the stages of social-emotional development in children 0-5, this training aims to grow your skills as a calm and confident leader in your classroom. Participants will work through situations that are currently happening in their classrooms and apply the steps of calm, confidence and okay with feelings in order to strengthen their relationship with challenging children and de-escalate challenging behavior. Come with your most challenging situations in mind!
¿Que es CCAP? (Para Centros)
DÓNDE: Virtual
COSTO: GRATIS
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un Correo Electrónico
La capacitación de ¿Qué es CCAP? para cuidado infantil familiar revisa el Programa de Asistencia para el Cuidado Infantil (CCAP) del Departamento de Servicios Humanos de Illinois (IDHS). El CCAP de IDHS ayuda pagar los gastos de cuidado infantil para las familias que trabajan o participan en actividades elegibles. Esta capacitación describe las pautas de elegibilidad de CCAP y los requisitos de solicitud para los hogares familiares de cuidado infantil. La determinación de pagos y las opciones para recibir el pago también se explican junto con información adicional para los proveedores de CCAP y las familias.
What is CCAP? (For Centers)
LOCATION: Virtual
COST: FREE
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
The ‘What is CCAP?’ for Child Care Centers training reviews the Illinois Department of Human Service (IDHS) Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). The IDHS CCAP helps pay for child care expenses for income-eligible families who work or participate in eligible activities. This training describes CCAP eligibility guidelines and application requirements for child care centers. Payment determination and options for receiving payment are also explained along with additional information for both CCAP providers and families.
Certificación en RCP y Primeros Auxilios/Anafilaxis American Heart Association
COSTO: $0-$70
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un correo electrónico
Políticas y procedimientos de la capacitación
Certificación de RCP para adultos/bebés/niños y primeros auxilios pediátricos de la American Heart Association y HeartSaver, incluida la capacitación en anafilaxia/Epi Pen. La certificación American Heart tiene una validez de 2 años.
Hope. Love. Pink. 5K.: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
Lace up your running shoes in solidarity with women and families who have been affected by breast cancer. Throughout the day, there will be opportunities to walk, stretch, and dance with inspiring women. Prizes will be awarded to individuals and teams for the top fundraisers, best race times, and best costumes!
Proceeds from this event will support YWCA Metropolitan Chicago's Health Promotion and Navigation services who are on the frontlines in our community, responding to needs for health education, nutrition, vaccines, health screenings, groceries, diapers, formula, mental health support, CPR education, free mammograms and breast health information.
Leader Luncheon 2025: Still We Rise
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago’s 53rd Annual Leader Luncheon will take place at the Hilton Chicago on Thursday, November 6, 2025!
This year’s Leader Luncheon, Still We Rise, honors the strength, resilience, and unity of communities confronting systemic barriers. We uplift their stories, celebrate their courage, and recognize the power of rising together because when we rise as one, anything is possible.
Positive Interactions: How Connection With Children Can Help Behavior Management
LOCATION: Virtual
COST: $25.00
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
This training looks at how our interactions with children impact their behaviors. It focuses on positive interaction to support children’s well-being and the shift towards more positive behaviors in the classroom.
2-Day Homebuyer Education Workshop
WHERE: Virtual
COST: Free
The first step to purchasing a home with the help of YWCA is to attend a free Homebuyer Education Workshop. This workshop is a 2-day, evening virtual session on Wednesday & Thursday from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM (both evenings must be attended).
As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business and entrepreneurship services.
Register using this form or call 312-439-6229 to get started today!
Financial Management Workshop
WHERE: Online
COST: Free
CONTACT: Lafayette Williams | Email
Thinking about purchasing a home or just want to get your financial house in order?
Attend a YWCA Financial Management Workshop to learn how to create a realistic spending plan, reduce your expenses so you can save more, and have a better understanding of your credit report and credit score. As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business and entrepreneurship services.
CPR and First Aid/Anaphylaxis Certification American Heart Association
COST: $0-$70
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
American Heart Association Pediatric First Aid and HeartSaver Adult/Infant/Child CPR certification, including anaphylaxis/Epi Pen training. The American Heart certification is valid for 2 years.
Post-Purchase Homeowner Workshop
The workshop involves strategies for reducing household expenses, including budgeting, property tax appeals, intro to energy efficiency and emergency assistance programs, and loan modifications.
Register using this form or call 312-439-6229 to get started today!
Echoes of Power
REGISTER BY CONTACTING: KARINA.MELENDEZ@YWCACHICAGO.ORG OR KAT.STURDEVANT@YWCACHICAGO.ORG
Foreclosure Prevention Workshop
WHERE: Virtual
COST: Free
CONTACT: Lafayette Williams | 312-328-0873 | Email
Having trouble paying your mortgage? Get advice from a Housing Counselor so you can maintain ownership of your home. Counselors will share tips on budgeting to meet your mortgage payments and options such as modifications, financial assistance for homeowners, and forbearance to address temporary financial difficulties.
As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business/entrepreneurship services.
Register using this form or call 312-328-0873 to get started today!
Quality Beginnings
LOCATION: Virtual
COST: $25.00
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
Interested in starting a home child care business? Then this class is for you! A brief overview of all the aspects involved in operating a family child care home, including interviewing parents, marketing your services, setting up, record keeping and taxes, and more will be covered. When you start a child care business, you will find that you need forms. A lot of forms. From schedules to contracts, from transportation agreements to getting to know you, and many more. Don’t worry. We have gathered all of the forms you can think of and have put them onto a flash drive that you can purchase; and they are all editable.
– Add to your registration for only $10.
– Purchase the day of the training for $15.
1-Day Homebuyer Education Workshop
WHERE: Virtual
COST: Free
The first step to purchasing a home with the help of YWCA is to attend a free Homebuyer Education Workshop. This workshop is a a 1-day virtual session.
As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business and entrepreneurship services.
Register using this form or call 312-439-6229 to get started today!
Efecto de los Electrónicos en el Desarrollo del Cerebro (0-5 años)
DÓNDE: Virtual
COSTO: $25.00
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un Correo Electrónico
Esta capacitación de dos horas está enfocada en profundizar en los posibles efectos nocivos que el exceso de uso de los dispositivos electrónicos podría provocar en el desarrollo del cerebro de los niños de cero a cinco años. Durante la capacitación, los participantes aprenderán diferentes formas de establecer límites en el uso de pantallas para garantizar un desarrollo saludable en los niños y técnicas para revertir el daño
Desarrollo de Habilidades Socioemocionales
DÓNDE: Virtual
COSTO: $15.00
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un Correo Electrónico
Proporcionar una visión general de las 5 dimensiones del desarrollo socio-emocional, definiendo los 5 aspectos principales de cada dimension y listando actividades que los cuidadores/maestros pueden implementar en la escuela/hogar para apoyar el desarrollo de la SE y la salud mental de los niños.
Certificación en RCP y Primeros Auxilios/Anafilaxis American Heart Association
COSTO: $0-$70
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un correo electrónico
Certificación de RCP para adultos/bebés/niños y primeros auxilios pediátricos de la American Heart Association y HeartSaver, incluida la capacitación en anafilaxia/Epi Pen. La certificación American Heart tiene una validez de 2 años.
Financial Management Workshop
WHERE: Online
COST: Free
CONTACT: Lafayette Williams | Email
Thinking about purchasing a home or just want to get your financial house in order?
Attend a YWCA Financial Management Workshop to learn how to create a realistic spending plan, reduce your expenses so you can save more, and have a better understanding of your credit report and credit score. As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business and entrepreneurship services.
Las Funciones Cerebrales Ejecutivas y su Relación con el Desarrollo del Niñoa
DÓNDE: Virtual
COSTO: $25.00
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un Correo Electrónico
Las funciones Ejecutivas es un grupo de procesos cognitivos que son necesarios para el control cognitivo y del comportamiento. Este entrenamiento provee información y recursos sobre los componentes de este grupo de habilidades que son importantes en el desarrollo del niño. También se proveerán estrategias para que los niños desarrollen estas habilidades.
Síndrome de Muerte Infantil Súbita (SIDS/SUID/AAP Sueño Seguro)
COSTO: GRATIS
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un Correo Electrónico
Esta capacitación analiza el síndrome de muerte súbita del lactante (SIDS/SUID/AAP Safe Sleep), incluidos comportamientos que aumentan el riesgo de SMSL, hábitos de sueño seguro, estándares de licencia y recursos para obtener más información. La finalización exitosa de este curso cumple con los requisitos de licencia previa al servicio del DCFS para proveedores de atención domiciliaria. Los proveedores con licencia también recibirán horas de capacitación para la renovación de la licencia.
**La capacitación también cumple con los requisitos del DCFS para todos los proveedores**
Síndrome del Bebé Sacudido y Lesión Cerebral Traumática
COSTO: GRATIS
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un Correo Electrónico
Esta capacitación analiza los signos, síntomas, causas, desencadenantes, prevención y efectos a largo plazo del síndrome del bebé sacudido y la lesión cerebral traumática. La finalización exitosa de este curso cumple con los requisitos de licencia previa al servicio del DCFS para proveedores de atención domiciliaria. Los proveedores con licencia también recibirán horas de capacitación para la renovación de la licencia. **La capacitación también cumple con los requisitos del DCFS para todos los proveedores**
Your Classroom is the Window to the World: Displays and Beyond
LOCATION: Virtual
COST: $25.00
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
Have you ever thought about how your classroom is preparing children for the world beyond your walls? In this training we will dive into how to enhance your physical space using best practices found in the Environmental Rate Scales and other valuable high quality early childhood resources to ensure we are giving children a rich engaging environment that supports learning and prepares them for the future.
Post-Purchase Homeowner Workshop
The workshop involves strategies for reducing household expenses, including budgeting, property tax appeals, intro to energy efficiency and emergency assistance programs, and loan modifications.
Register using this form or call 312-439-6229 to get started today!
Introduction to the Environment Rating Scale (ERS) - Parts 1&2
WHERE: Virtual
COST: $10.00
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
This training is for center-based programs and family child care providers and offers an overview of the Environment Rating Scales. The Environment Rating Scales are user-friendly assessment tools that measure the quality of the learning environment for infants through school-age children. After completing this training, participants will be able to use the tool(s) for program self-assessment and improvement planning. **Must attend both sessions to receive certification**
Foreclosure Prevention Workshop
WHERE: Virtual
COST: Free
CONTACT: Lafayette Williams | 312-328-0873 | Email
Having trouble paying your mortgage? Get advice from a Housing Counselor so you can maintain ownership of your home. Counselors will share tips on budgeting to meet your mortgage payments and options such as modifications, financial assistance for homeowners, and forbearance to address temporary financial difficulties.
As a follow up to our workshops, YWCA can provide a range of assistance and services such as job training, technology classes, access to financial products, and small business/entrepreneurship services.
Register using this form or call 312-328-0873 to get started today!
Expectativas de Conducta para Apoyar el Aprendizaje con Niños de 0-3 Años
DÓNDE: Virtual
COSTO: $15.00
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un Correo Electrónico
La orientación positiva es un marco en el cual los niños pueden aprender prácticas sociales aceptables y formas de expresar sus sentimientos. Utilizar practicas apropiadas en el desarrollo ayuda a los niños a conoserse y sentirse empoderados para manegar sus emociones y conductas. En este entrenamiento a prenderas los beneficios de utilizar estrategias para reorientar el comportamiento de los ninos generando un aprendizaje.
Certificación en RCP y Primeros Auxilios/Anafilaxis American Heart Association
COSTO: $0-$70
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un correo electrónico
Políticas y procedimientos de la capacitación
Certificación de RCP para adultos/bebés/niños y primeros auxilios pediátricos de la American Heart Association y HeartSaver, incluida la capacitación en anafilaxia/Epi Pen. La certificación American Heart tiene una validez de 2 años.
Comienzos de Calidad
UBICACIÓN: Virtual
COSTO: $25.00
CONTACTE: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Opción 4 | Envia un Correo Electrónico
Políticas y procedimientos de la capacitación
¿Está interesado en comenzar un negocio de calidad de cuidado de niños en la casa? ¡Entonces esta clase es para usted! Se revisará, en forma general, todos los aspectos envueltos en operar un negocio familiar de cuidado de niños, incluyendo entrevista con los padres, mercadeando sus servicios, manteniendo archivos e impuestos, y mucho más. Cuando comienza un negocio de cuidado infantil, encontrará que necesita formas. Muchas formas. Desde horarios hasta contratos, desde acuerdos de transporte hasta “llegar a conocerte”, y muchas más. No se preocupe. Hemos reunido todos las formas que se necesitan y los hemos colocado en una memoria USB que puede comprar; y todas las formas son editables.
Agregue uno a su registración de Comienzos de Calidad por solo $10
Comprarlo el día de la orientación por $15
StreetWise Soirée
Join us in celebrating and supporting StreetWise's mission to empower individuals to achieve stability through self-employment and community support.
Your sponsorship of the StreetWise Spring Soirée will directly impact the lives of those we serve, while showcasing your commitment to making a difference.
Giving DuPage Day
In a world often divided, YWCA's Strong Families program stands as a beacon of hope and unity in DuPage County. By empowering low-income families with children from birth to 17 years old, we build stronger communities and a brighter future for all.
Our dedicated staff meet parents in their homes, providing support where it's needed most. These families face challenges like food and housing insecurity, joblessness, domestic violence, and systemic racism. Despite these obstacles, Strong Families is making a difference.
Since 2020, child abuse and neglect reports in DuPage County have risen by 26%, with caregivers responsible in over two-thirds of cases. Strong Families is committed to changing this.
Through our program, parents gain social connections, counseling, and mentorship. We help them cope with the stresses of parenting and heal from trauma, enabling them to build resilient futures for their children. Sometimes, all it takes is providing basic necessities to unlock a parent's potential. For example, we recently helped a family with a medically fragile child secure beds, lifting them off the floor and into a better life.
None of this would be possible without our generous donors. Today, we have a waiting list for Strong Families. To expand our reach, we need your help. Your gift can help us reach our $2,500 goal, allowing us to provide comprehensive, year-round services to more families in need.
Your donation can change the future for an entire family. Please give today.
Art as an Anchor to Support DEIB Conversations! A Three-partArt-based Series for Child Care Providers - Parts 1,2&3
COST: $35.00
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
This three-part DEIB art series is a designated space for childcare providers to come together to celebrate their own unique identities, as well as learn about the cultures and identities of others. 1. Utilize art as a tool, along with mindful meditation, to help child care providers reduce stress, self-reflect and express themselves while connecting with peers. 2. Support the professional growth of childcare providers. 3. Discuss how unchecked biases can lead to discriminatory practices and trauma for other people. 4. Use art-based activities to increase their knowledge about cultural differences and more! **Must attend all 3 sessions to receive certification**
Denim Day Workshop
Contact Madeleine via email madeleine.fleming@ywcachicago.org or call (312) 372-6600 ext. 1584 to RSVP!
CPR and First Aid/Anaphylaxis Certification American Heart Association
COST: $0-$70
CONTACT: Quality & Training Department | 630-790-6600, Option 4 | Email
American Heart Association Pediatric First Aid and HeartSaver Adult/Infant/Child CPR certification, including anaphylaxis/Epi Pen training. The American Heart certification is valid for 2 years.