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Provides general medical care for veterans and their families. Services include checkups, prevention, diagnosis, treatment of diseases, immunizations and vaccinations, labs and blood work.

Emergency assistance provides financial aid for families with children to alleviate a life threatening circumstance or to assist in attaining self-sufficiency; residents must have a late, eviction or disconnect (utilities) notice to be eligible for this program. Also covers residents of Andalusia Township, IL. Emergency housing assistance through FEMA funds; those seeking assistance may apply when the money becomes available around February or March and it is first come first serve basis; must have been denied both General and Emergency Assistance through the township.

Resale/thrift stores that sell tools, household items, furniture, clothing, shoes and boots, kitchenware, electronics, toys, books, and movies. Donations are accepted at stores when open.

Offers financial assistance for Franklin County Veterans in need. Helps with filing of VA claims and benefits due veterans and or their families. 

Provides basic financial assistance for qualifying residents.

Provides sex offenders treatment programs that involve assessment, evaluation, polygraph examination, plethysmograph examination, professional counseling, perpetrator treatment groups, partner and spouse groups, and intensive supervision of sex offenders either within residential treatment facilities or by cooperative supervision with the High Risk Unit. 

Provides child-sensitive interviews and advocacy for families impacted by sexual and severe physical abuse. 

Services offered: 

• Multidisciplinary team case reviews
• Training in child-sensitive investigations
• Referrals for specialized medical exams
• Court preparation
• Community education

Offers the following:

• Associates Degrees
• Certificates
• Technical and Vocational programs

Provides grant funding to approved non-for-profit partner agencies that provide programs that serve individuals in need throughout greater McHenry County. These programs cover four key impact areas: community resiliency, healthy community, financial security, and youth opportunity.

Serves families interested in adopting a child. Allows birth parents and adoptive parents to design an adoption plan that is in the best interest of the child, and recognizes the importance of the adoptive parents and birth parents developing an on-going relationship. Services include counseling young women who are pregnant, adoption orientations, adoption home studies for domestic and international adoptions, as well as for special needs adoptions, post-placement supervision, finalization services, ongoing support groups, and adoption searches.

Provides full day, year-round Therapeutic Day School approved by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). Students primarily come from local public school districts when the student requires a more intensive placement to meet their needs.

Provides each child individual developmental needs in sensory regulation, communication, rate of learning, style of learning, behaviors, present level performance and previous education experience.

Transition programming teaches life skills needed after school ends at age 22.

GED classes help adult students improve reading, math, science, and/or social studies knowledge, to help students pass the GED test and earn the equivalent of a high school diploma.

Citizenship classes help students prepare for the naturalization interview, as well as the 100 questions used for the civics portion of the naturalization test to become a US citizen. Classes meet twice a week, with one class being held in Columbus and one in Schuyler. Morning or evening classes are available, and students may start anytime during the year and continue for as long as needed until they have the confidence to pass the citizenship test. Classes are taught entirely in English; students must have a basic understanding of English to attend.

English as a Second Language (ESL) classes help students learn English through conversation, writing, and listening.

One-on-one employability skills help individuals look for and apply for jobs and are tailored to specific needs.

Provides individual and group crisis management services to adult and child survivors of domestic violence who are not staying in the shelter. Also provides community referrals and advocacy for clients not staying in the shelter. All services are confidential.

Comprehensive resource guides created by military spouses. Guides are branch-specific and contain information on spouse supports, military life (acronyms, pay, time, rank structure, etc.), and resources for childcare, education, healthcare, housing, and spouse employment.

Community housing program offering stable housing and essential support services.

Services within this program:

- Individual therapy.

- Group therapy.

- Family therapy.

- Psychiatric services.

- Intensive community-based treatment.

- Crisis services.

- Court services.

Oversees care for adults with serious mental illness. Services include case management, psychiatry, and medication management, as well as outreach for everything from job training to primary healthcare to daily life skills.