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Mike Briggs

Mike Briggs is the President and CEO of Little Friends. Little Friends empowers clients with autism and other developmental disabilities to thrive in our community. Their groundbreaking programs and nationally-renowned staff provide lifelong opportunities for growth, so their clients can work, learn, play and experience the joy of life’s everyday moments.

Little Friends: Announcing the Chicago Chapter of Haape – Helping Autistic Adults Perform & Excel

For the past several years, I’ve had the privilege of being a member of the Board of Directors for an organization founded in Southwest...

Little Friends: Why What We Do Matters

In early November, several supporters came to Little Friends to join us at our 1965 Society dinner. Created with the intent of saying “thank...

A Look Into the Future for Little Friends

One of the privileges I have is having the opportunity to let our community know what is coming for Little Friends. There's so much...

Little Friends: Behavioral Health is Something We Must Deal With

In late September, I was fortunate enough to attend an Executive Leadership retreat in Gettysburg, Pa. It was my first visit to this area...

Little Friends: Autism CARES Act – new amendment hopes to provide new funding and research

Every day when we get our daily news, we can’t help but hear about different programs and funding coming from our federal government. One...

Little Friends: ‘Reduce the Wait Project’

This past month, the Little Friends Board of Directors meeting was held at Northwestern University. One of our board members, Dr. Molly Losh, is...

Little Friends: New housing coming for children

Little Friends is one of six organizations in the State of Illinois that provides housing for children with special needs. In total, there are...

Little Friends: The power of the internet in healthcare

In an article written by the CEO of Open Minds, Monica Oss, information was shared pertaining to the power of the internet and how...

Little Friends: Ken’s Krew is coming to Illinois

Over the past several months, Little Friends has been making a concerted effort to create new programs that offer job opportunities for the neurodiverse,...

Little Friends: April is Autism Acceptance Month

Update, April 15, 2024 / On this date, the 160 ft. Moser Tower with the 72-bell carillon has been illuminated "blue" to reflect Autism...