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Offers emergency financial assistance once per year to anyone in need. Assistance may be given in the areas of rental assistance, disaster relief, gasoline, utility (water/sewage/trash only), and uniforms assistance.

Parenting programs for parents of children 2-5 years old, 6-16 years old, ADD/ADH/ADHD children, and Spanish speaking parents - La Crianiza Practica Le Los Hijos, Ninos.

Classes held in various locations.

Works alongside medical clinicians to help patients manage depression, family concerns, anxiety, trauma, risky behaviors, chronic diseases, child and adolescent well-being, ADHD, substance use and abuse, family violence and more complex conditions. Psychiatrists consult with the medical and behavioral health clinicians to ensure that patients receive care through effective assessment and evaluation, diagnosis, medication management, and therapeutic services.

Offers counseling in English and Spanish, and counseling in other languages is available using interpreter services. Social Assistance Workers are available to help patients access resources, address urgent financial issues and work through housing problems, violence, sexual assault and other issues with the goal of promoting self-efficacy in all areas of life that impact health and well-being.

Offers a free and confidential crisis line for veterans. Can also help with local suicide prevention coordinators, who can connect veterans to ongoing counseling and services in their area. 

Offers help to anyone who is in mental health crisis. This crisis may consist of an immediate need for an assessment and intervention after a suicide plan or attempt, when suicidal or homicidal ideation is present, or when one is suffering from a serious psychiatric illness and is not able to provide for basic self-needs.

Partners with area banks to offer a Financial Literacy Workshop where participants learn more about banking accounts, how to make a budget, credit scores and how to improve them, and other money management skills.

Helps senior citizens, who might otherwise need nursing home care, to remain in their own homes by providing in-home and community-based services. Services include comprehensive care coordination, adult day services, in-home services (cleaning, meals, laundry, shopping/running errands, and personal hygiene), and an automated medication dispenser service.

Offers eyeglasses assistance, vision magnification equipment, and assistance with hearing aids for those in need.

Evidence-based and trauma-informed program that provides in-home parent education and support to families involved with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Programs are developed in communities that have identified insufficient down payments as a barrier to home ownership for low and moderate-income families. Assistance is provided as a loan/forgivable loan to potential homeowner as gap financing between loan amount and the cost of the home.

Offers household goods and furniture vouchers for items such as household goods, mattresses, kitchen/dining room tables (to meet family size), couches, living room chairs, and lamps if there is no other overhead lighting in unit. Dressers, TV, TV stands, curtains, kitchen appliances.

Vouchers can be used at the Retail Store. 

Provides energy assistance for eligible low income families in which a benefit is paid directly to the utility companies on behalf of eligible households, or directly to renters if the utility costs are included in their rent.

Some applicants may qualify for the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP), where an eligible client pays a percentage of their income, receives a monthly benefit towards their utility bill, and receives a reduction in overdue payments for every on-time payment they make by the bill due date. Contact for more information.

If the homeowner's furnace is not working or is dangerous or emitting carbon monoxide into the household, LIHEAP may be able to provide a furnace repair or replacement. Contact for more information.

Provides support with maintaining unemployment benefits and supports clients in finding equitable employment and continues to advocate with local employers to meet the needs of the ELL community in the workplace.

Provides safe and sanitary housing for families who meet income guidelines, older adults, and individuals with disabilities.

Food pantry.

Offers international programs of physical fitness, sports training, and athletic competition for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Services include sports basketball, bowling, power lifting, soccer, softball, volleyball, aquatics, motor activities, golf, and flag football. Athletes develop better coordination, get needed exercise, improve concentration and discipline, meet other athletes, and gain a feeling of satisfaction and success.