About us

Our Vision is to remove the barriers that prevent youth from receiving services and employment.

Our hope is to connect service providers and employers with youth who have the required skills and documentation for services and employment

Sweet and Thrifty2, INC. (formerly Sweet and Thrifty) is a site-based 501(c)3 organization dedicated to serving youths aged 16 to 21 who need stabilizing assistance. Based in Homewood, Illinois and founded in 2020, Sweet and Thrifty2 (ST2) provides guidance, access, and resources to vulnerable young adults. We operate a not-for-profit thrift store named Sweet and Thrifty where many of our clients are employed and learn vital job skills, and we connect them with needed resources as they build their futures. Although each person comes to us with unique circumstances and needs, we help them reach one common goal: sustainable independence. 

Our clients come to us with deficits; housing and food insecurities; criminal records; pregnant or parenting; aged out of the foster system but still require assistance; and with undiagnosed or untreated health conditions. Whatever the situation, we connect youth with the resources they need to build the lives they deserve. 

Through in-house mentoring and coaching, we help youth conquer:

· Homelessness

· Food insecurity

· Job training and placement service

· Finical literacy

Serving Cook and Will Counties, we assist youth with:

· Obtaining birth certificates, Social Security cards, and Real ID cards

· Applying for Medicaid, LINK, and WIC assistance

· School enrollment

We connect them with resources such as:

· GED classes and testing

· Counseling Services

We want each youth  to feel confident  in themselves and to believe that they can achieve any goal in life despite of any challenges that may occur. 

We accept all donations.  Taxed receipt will be provided