Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois is a bipartisan, nonprofit anti-crime organization led by Illinois's best-known police chiefs, sheriffs, state's attorneys, other law enforcement leaders and crime survivors. We are a partnership between the national Fight Crime: Invest in Kids and the Illinois Center for Violence Prevention.

Our mission is to help Illinoisans understand that our most powerful weapons against crime are the programs proven to keep kids from becoming criminals in the first place. These include quality early childhood programs, prevention of child abuse and neglect, after-school programs for children and teens, as well as interventions to get troubled kids back on track.

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois evaluates crime prevention strategies, informs the public and policymakers about those findings, and urges investment in programs proven effective by research. Our website is organized to focus attention on those strategies. We do not fund or operate any direct service programs for children.

Funding for Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois comes from private foundations, corporations and individuals. Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois receives no funds from federal, state or local governments.