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Adult immunizations include flu shots and Td/Tdap boosters.

Provides professional development and leadership to promote school improvement, a variety of instructional services, special education support services (birth to age 21), and technology and media services.

Provides information to food pantries or may offer food vouchers when funds permit. If in need of shelter, will refer to the police department for a one night voucher if funds permit.

Offers vouchers when funds are available to assist those who are in need of gas for doctor visit out of town.

Can also assist with utilities when funds are available.

Provides comprehensive support services for individuals and families facing mental health or behavioral challenges. Families build a personalized support team that may include professionals, service providers, friends, mentors, and other trusted individuals. 

Provides support groups, one on one support, service coordination, and respite services to caregivers caring for older adults ages 60 and older, or a caregiver caring for an individual with dementia of any age. 

Provides an emergency shelter for adults and children fleeing violence in their home, offering immediate assistance, including steps to ensure safety, short-term emotional support, and referrals for additional services. As the only domestic violence shelter in McHenry County, it also connects individuals to resources such as legal advocacy, medical treatment referrals, ongoing counseling, and group support.

Crime free multi-housing partners with tenants and landlords to keep crime out of apartment houses.

Crime prevention through environmental design.

Neighborhood watch.

Citizens Patrol and Citizens Academy.

Personal safety and drug and gang awareness seminars.

Business watch.

Neighborhood problem solving.

Community policing.

Bicycle patrol.

Police and citizens advisory committee.

School resource officers in high schools.

Free 4-line, 28 cell slate and a round or saddle stylus to any blind or low vision person needing one.  Individuals can request a free slate and stylus once per year.

Offers to help veterans maneuver through the Department of Veterans Affairs in regards to:

- Healthcare.

- Disability Claims.

- Pension Claims.

- Education.

Also helps surviving family members with their dealings with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Financial assistance is provided to Military Veterans who served in the Armed Forces of the United States. This assistance is designed to help veterans and their families, who are in need of shelter. All assistance is paid by voucher to the vendor.

Provides mental health treatment and recovery services. Services include assessments, individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, psychiatry, and medication management.

Clinics are offered for infant, child, adolescent and adult immunizations.

Offers to assist a relative caregiver who wants to obtain guardianship through probate court of a relative's child living in the home of the caregiver. This includes

- Educating and helping the caregiver negotiate the probate court system.

• Assisting caregivers to obtain required documents.
• Arranging for legal counsel in counties where legal counsel is necessary.

  EFSP caseworkers meet with the relative caregiver monthly until guardianship has been obtained or until other services have been provided. These services can include crisis intervention, applying for benefits, working with local schools for the child's enrollment, and referral to a range of needed services that the caregiver may have to help meet the basic needs of the family.