The UP Center of Champaign County is excited to provide an opportunity for youth to learn more about a downstate Illinois college scholarship from the Acorn Equality Fund. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth are at an increased risk of dropping out of high school due to the effects of stigma and discrimination. The UP Center hopes to prevent this negative outcome by providing youth with resources they can utilize after high school--especially those resources that are LGBTQ-affirming.
Welcome to The UP Center of Champaign County. We are a multi-service Community Center, for youth and adults, whose purpose is to support and promote human care, education, and community-building activities directed at furthering the well-being and development of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and ally community of Champaign County,
