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Offers benefit specialists who assist eligible individuals applying for SSI/SSDI.

Also provides low barrier mental health care, including medication management and case management services, helping people continue with mental health services, access substance use treatment, physical health care, housing assistance, and more.

Free community technical support. Bring in devices and questions and the librarian will provide assistance.

Provides an advocacy group for persons with mental health concerns and has support groups statewide. It strives to raise public awareness and concern about mental illness, to foster research, to improve treatment and to upgrade the care delivery system. NAMI locations offer a variety of support groups and educational programs for those with mental health concerns their family and friends. Visit the website or call to get more information about support groups available and other mental health resources available.

Lifestyle change programs teach participants to make lasting lifestyle changes, like eating healthier, adding physical activity into their daily routine, and improving coping skills.

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or mortgage payments, utilities and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Provides behavioral health services for adults, children, couples, and families struggling with their mental health. Services include therapy, psychiatry, psychological testing, school-based therapy, and transcranial magnetic stimulation. 

Provides in-home support to families receiving FIP (welfare) assistance, helping the family to increase stability and become economically self-sufficient. Family development specialists meet one-on-one with families in regular home visits. Families might pursue resources needed for stability, like emergency food, energy assistance, and stable housing. 

Provides a disability assistance program. Services include spring cleaning and snow shoveling for individuals with disabilities or older adults. 

Offers a barbershop to individuals who meet income guidelines.

Provides mental health services to those in need. Services include a variety of therapeutic interventions such as general counseling, psychiatry, TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation), Spravato, Ketamine Infusions, QEEG (Quantitative electroencephalogram), and genetic testing. 

Offers FIP (Family Investment Program) a cash assistance program for children and their families who have low income, also available to relatives caring for children whose parents are not in the home. The goal of FIP is to help families leave poverty and become self supporting, can participate for up to 60 months. FIP is Iowa's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

Offers help to prevent disease and improve the quality of life in McHenry County. Aims to identify and address environmental concerns that impact human health by providing, public education, investigation of citizen complaints, inspections.

The enforcement of the Public Health Ordinance, specific areas include, food protection, water laboratory, potable water, private sewage treatment and disposal, solid waste management (recycling, response to complaints), public health nuisances, surveillance of West Nile virus, body art, tanning and public beaches.

Provides emergency food services for families in crisis, offering a 3 to5 day food supply. When available may also pick up bread, meat and seasonally available produce

90-day workforce development program in which participants undergo full-time education and job training, dedicating half their time to personalized high school completion and the remainder to earning industry-recognized credentials, primarily in Construction, CDL, CNA, Culinary, and Welding.

Offers family literacy program to provide families with the tools and knowledge needed to help children develop pre-reading and reading skills. Services include:

• Monthly book distributions
• Monthly family literacy packets
• Opportunity to participate in Lending Library for additional access to children's book
• Opportunity to earn additional books, school supplies, and craft supplies

Caregiver services are available to informal or family caregivers of persons over the age of 60 or to grandparents raising grandchildren.

Services can include respite care (services that give caregivers a rest), home modification, assistive devices, transportation, and financial assistance.

Offers to give parents or guardians temporary time away from the everyday responsibilities of caring for a child or adult with an intellectual or related disability. The Arc provides an array of opportunities for consumers to enjoy while their primary caregiver takes a break.

Offers a food pantry and food baskets.

Offers transportation to individuals ages 60 and older for out-of-area medical appointments. Must call the office at least 24 hours in advance to schedule a ride. Donations are suggested for this service, but no one age 60 or over will be refused a ride due to inability to pay.