Anthony Believes Again
May 29, 2025 • One of the most heartbreaking things my coworkers and I experience while working with the children at Mercy Home is...
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
Certainty of The Spirit
May 29, 2025 • Our hearts don’t always feel what our minds know. Blessed Pope John XXIII said, “The heart follows the mind almost...
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...
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...
