Service Partners

Bring Essentials to the Families You Serve

In the quest to eliminate child poverty, we’re all in this together.

When you become a Cradles to Crayons Service Partner, we provide the everyday essentials you need to help the kids and families you serve — we give you the resources and support you need to make your job easier, not harder.

As a service partner, you place each order based on your needs assessments for individual families and children.

Inquire about becoming a partner in Chicago >

What We Do

Our Partners

Access Community Health Network
Austin Childcare Provider’s Network
Better Days Outreach
Big Shoulders Fund
Boys and Girls Club of Chicago
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council
Carol Robertson Center for Learning
Casa Central
CASA Lake County
Chicago Department of Family and Support Services-Trina Davila Community Center
Chicago House
Chicago Public Schools
Childcare Network of Evanston
Christopher House
Common Pantry
Communities in Schools Chicago
District 65 Family Center
Erie Neighborhood House
Facing Forward to End Homelessness
Family Focus
Gads Hill
Heal thy Life Organization
Heartland Alliance
Housing Authority of Cook County
Humble Hearts
I Grow Chicago
Illinois Action For Children
In His Hands Resource Center
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago

Infant Welfare Society of Evanston
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago
Kids Above All
La Casa Norte
Learning Bridge Early Education
LIFT-Chicago
Loving You 4 Life Ministries
LUCHA
Mary Crane League
Metropolitan Family Services
Monarch Awards Foundation
Dad’s Father’s Club
New Life Centers
New Moms
New Roseland Community Hospital Foundation
North Chicago Community Partners
Our Steps Are Ordered
Reba Early Learning Center
SGA Youth and Family Services
Sinai Health System
Start Early
The Children’s Place
The Ethiopian Community Foundation
The Helen and Joe Foundation
The Sisterhood Network
Third Unitarian Church
True Believers
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Youth Crossroads
Youth Guidance

How We Work with Our Partners

The role fulfilled by our diverse Service Partners is a crucial link between Cradles to Crayons and the children we serve. So our whole focus is to make our collaborative process as easy and streamlined as possible. This helps us to empower the children we serve collaboratively — at home, at school, and at play — by providing the everyday essentials that match their individual needs.

Specialty Items Program

Cradles to Crayons maintains a number of collaborative relationships to provide Specialty Items as needed by our Services Partners throughout the year. Unlike individually tailored KidPacks that contain different types of items, this program provides large quantities of a particular type of item.

KidPack Program

Through our partner portal, Service Partners request KidPacks filled with Everyday Essentials, which are individually tailored for a specific child. These agencies in the KidPack Program also have access to Specialty Items and Backpacks. Most of our partnerships fall under this category.

Ready for Learning

Once a year, Cradles to Crayons provides a high volume of backpacks to Service Partners and school districts. KidPack Program Service Partners are eligible to request backpacks for the children and families they serve, but we also maintain once-a-year partnerships to help children get Ready for Learning.