Alternatives
Kay Thompson is a Community Behavioral Health Therapist at Alternatives since May 2022, with prior experience as a Case Manager at La Casa Norte from August 2020 to November 2021 and as a Youth Care Worker at Mercy Home for Boys & Girls from September 2018 to December 2019. Additional roles include Manager of After School Programs and Community Outreach at Changing Worlds from May 2017 to September 2018 and Drama Program Coordinator at South Shore Cultural Center from June 2015 to May 2017. Kay also served as a Real Time Correspondent for Major League Baseball at the Chicago White Sox in 2014. Educational credentials include a Master of Social Work with a focus on Clinical Child Psychology from the University of Illinois Chicago (2022) and a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts and Writing from Illinois Wesleyan University (2012), along with coursework in Playwriting and Screenwriting from New York University (2007).
Alternatives
Alternatives mission is to inspire young people to create a just future through practices that heal individuals, restore communities, and transform systems. We provide Restorative Justice and Behavioral Health services to young people in Chicago. Our programs and services are offered from our locations in Uptown and Washington Park and through partnerships with 50 schools and a dozen partnering youth service agencies. We envision young people, free. Free from oppression, free in their identities, and free to pursue their wildest ambitions.