From Classroom Leader to Future Engineer: Jessica’s Successful Academic Year
May 22, 2025 • Jessica is a bright and determined rising junior at Gary Comer College Prep, and a resident in Walgreen Home, where...
Since 1887, Mercy Home for Boys & Girls has provided children and families with healing and tools to build brighter futures. It gives children who’ve experienced abuse, neglect, or violence a safe home, educational support, and career guidance.
Our Programs
Youth Residential Program
Young people live with us full time in a safe, structured, and supportive home. Read More
Community Care Program
Provides support and continued connection to our Home for former residents and for families. Read More
Friends First Mentoring
Volunteer mentors make a lifetime of difference in the lives of children. Read More
News from Mercy Home
Serving Those Who Serve in Uniform
May 22, 2025 • A group of Mercy Home coworkers volunteered recently at Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Hospital in Chicago. Volunteers helped organize clothes...
Labor Leaders Support Our Mission while Honoring Mercy Home Friends
May 22, 2025 • Fr. Scott once again joined labor leaders and members at the Operating Engineers Local 150 in Countryside, Ill., for the...
Have Mercy! Gala Celebrates Seventeenth Year
May 22, 2025 • This year’s 17th annual Have Mercy! spring gala was another tremendous success, thanks to our Associate Board members and friends...
