The YMCA of Metro Chicago’s Youth Safety and Violence Prevention initiative (YSVP) will broaden its services for youth and families, staff, and volunteer military veterans to include mental health evaluations and professional counseling, which will be provided by Rush University Medical Center. YSVP will also expand its reach from eight to 10 Chicago communities. This expansion is supported by a $1 million grant from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) with funds from the federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Community Violence Program. YSVP, which follows a comprehensive and trauma-informed mentoring approach to violence prevention, currently serves Austin, East Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, Lower West Side, South Chicago, South Lawndale and West Garfield Park. Due to the ICJIA award, YSVP will serve the Woodlawn and South Shore communities in 2018. The new clinical services will be provided on-site at three YSVP locations, removing many of the barriers to service access.