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3077 Ne 46th Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50317
Provides information and referrals to available resources in the Polk County area. Information and referrals can include food programs, energy assistance, chore services, and Medicare and Medicaid information. Volunteer opportunities, educational, recreational programs and nutrition information is also available. Coordinates seven neighborhood-based senior centers and nine meal sites throughout Polk County. Contact your local community center for more information.
901 North First Street, Suite 225, Springfield, IL 62702
Services include:
-- Access/screening.
-- Anger Management Counseling.
-- Caregiver Connection.
-- Crisis stabilization services.
-- Case Management.
-- Child Outpatient Therapy.
-- Family Counseling.
-- Linkage with psychiatric medical services.
-- ADHD Services and Resources.
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Caregiver Burnout: Tips to Prevent and Manage Stress
Recognize the causes and symptoms so you can get the help you need: http://www.aarp.org/caregiverstress
AARP Caregiver Life Balance Tips
How to give yourself the caregiving break you need. Advice on how to avoid burnout while juggling family caregiving with work and childcare responsibilities: www.aarp.org/caregiving/life-balance
Respite Care: How to Give Yourself the Caregiving Break You Need
Learn what services are available to help, such as volunteers, day programs, and aides: www.aarp.org/respitecareplan
AARP's Online Community
An online forum to connect with others that have the same interests, including caregiving, games, entertainment, home and family, money, and many more topics of interest: www.aarp.org/caregivingcommunity
AARP Local Pages
Features online and local events: https://local.aarp.org
Healthy Living
Suite of web-based health tools to help caregivers stay healthy and plan ahead. Tools can help calculate BMI, decode Medicare summary notices, and estimate the cost of long term care: www.aarp.org/healthtools
Care to Talk
Virtual platform of discussion topics meant to spark meaningful dialogue between caregivers and care recipients and address important life issues and long-term healthcare plans: Caretotalk.aarp.org
312 North Elm Street, Suite 101, Grand Island, NE 68803
Center for Independent Living.
Information and referral for disability services.
Independent living skills training that will enable an individual with disabilities to remain in their home, or when transitioning into their first independent living.
Advocacy for individuals and systems that serve them.
Driver's Education School is DMV certified; provides evaluation of reaction time, visual perception, and behind the wheel skills. Education and training includes classroom and on-the-road instruction. Offers adaptive equipment evaluation and training.
Durable medical equipment rent/loan at Grand Island and Scottsbluff locations. Donations of equipment accepted.
Peer mentoring, where people with disabilities support each other in their daily lives.
Housing counseling assists people with disabilities in locating, acquiring, and maintaining safe, affordable, accessible housing.
5110 Franklin Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50310
Provides information and referrals to available resources in the Polk County area. Information and referrals can include food programs, energy assistance, chore services, and Medicare and Medicaid information. Volunteer opportunities, educational, recreational programs and nutrition information is also available. Coordinates seven neighborhood-based senior centers and nine meal sites throughout Polk County. Contact your local community center for more information.
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 300, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Oxford House is a national organization who publishes guides for local chapters to run halfway houses. Oxford House follows democratic, evidence-based practices, and charters houses all across the nation.
501 11th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201
Advocacy and services for persons with all types of disabilities including skills training, peer counseling, information and referral, and technical assistance about the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Blind Services works with individuals one-on-one to instruct persons who have lost (or are losing) their vision, on how to read Braille and organize their household and travel. Produces and replicates Braille materials. Translates materials such as menus and brochures into Braille and produces multiple copies as a service to the community. (There is a normal cost per Braille page produced, plus $25 per hour for formatting.)
- Captioning at Real Time (CART) provides the translation of spoken words into text using a stenotype machine operated by a stenographer/reporter. Real-time software is used to display the text onto a computer monitor, and a projector or other device is used to display the text on a television or larger screen. CART is especially valuable in large meetings or in communications with a person who is deaf or has hearing loss. CART can be utilized in following settings: community events and workshops, government, legal, educational, medical, theater and auditorium, and captioning of movies and videos.
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services provides one-on-one services for independent living skills training, information and referral, advocacy, and peer counseling. Serves as a TTY Distribution site for ITAC (Illinois Telecommunications Access Commission), which provides free TTY devices to Illinois residents. Distributes applications for Iowa TTY distributions for Iowa residents who are qualified (speech impaired or hard of hearing). Distributes amplified phones for residents of Illinois of all ages who have a difficult time hearing on the phone.
- Provides information and resources on low-tech independent living devices such as magnifiers, talking watches, etc., when funding is available.
- Housing assistance provides information and problem-solving assistance with locating and securing affordable, accessible housing, including research into public and private-sector housing markets.
- Information and Referral service provides information through Illinois/Iowa Center for Independent Living's system and library. Requests for information can be made by phone, mail, or in person, and can include loans of library materials.
- Outreach services offers presentations, brochures, media releases, public service announcements, media interviews, and video programs to inform the public of programs and services offered.
- Volunteers are utilized in programs, services, and office operations; volunteers receive training and supervision appropriate to their duties.
1776 East Washington Street, Urbana, IL 61802
Provides rent assistance to Champaign County households at risk for homelessness due to a temporary hardship. Also provides information and referral to community resources, as well as housing counseling.
600 South 70th Street, Building 2, Lincoln, NE 68510
Provides the starting point for obtaining information and arranging services or referrals for individuals and their families ages 60 and older. Counselors connect individuals with resources in the community, providing information about a broad range of community services available, and to share state or federal program resources. Services include information on senior programs, caregiver issues, home health care services, Medicare and Medicaid, senior housing options, and transportation options.
211 South Clark Street, Unit 1161, Chicago, IL 60690
Provides resource navigation for service members, veterans and their families. Care coordination specialists are themselves veterans and assist in finding resources such as housing, emergency financial assistance, benefits, employment, etc. as close to the clients home as possible.
707 Windsor Road, Suite B, Charleston, IL 61920
Provides peer support counseling, information and referral to services that help disabled individuals, skills training, advocacy for persons with disabilities and their families and disability awareness and leadership education. Working with individuals in their homes or in locations convenient to the individual.
424 West Madison Street, Ottawa, IL 61350
The Hispanic Center provides families with information in Spanish and links them to services in Spanish. Services provided include:
-- Outreach
-- Advocacy
-- Interpretation
-- Translation
-- Case Management
-- Information and Referrals
150 Nw Ash Drive, Ankeny, IA 50023
Provides information and referrals to available resources in the Polk County area. Information and referrals can include food programs, energy assistance, chore services, and Medicare and Medicaid information. Volunteer opportunities, educational, recreational programs and nutrition information is also available. Coordinates seven neighborhood-based senior centers and nine meal sites throughout Polk County. Contact your local community center for more information.
518 6th Avenue, Fairmont, NE 68354
Services and activities for senior citizens to support their independence and community involvement. Includes activities coordination, entertainment, fellowship, recreation, and education.
Specific services include morning coffee, congregate meals Mon-Fri at 12 pm, home delivered meals, information and referral, blood pressure clinics, foot clinics the 3rd Tue from 1 pm-3 pm.
2727 West 2nd Street, Suite 440, Hastings, NE 68901
Care Managers work individually with older adults and their family members to help them remain independent in the setting of their choice for as long as possible.
5220 South 6th Street Road, Suite 1700, Springfield, IL 62703
Website offering information developed and designed to offer resources related to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in the form of research, training, special events, tips and techniques, and other information intended for use and application by families affected by autism and professionals in the field.
1575 18th Street, Spirit Lake, IA 51360
Assistance with information, referral, distribution and completion of applications for the Food Assistance Program (formerly food stamps).
212 South 9th Street, Mount Vernon, IL 62864
Provides a 24 hour crisis line staffed by staff and trained volunteers who provide immediate access to crisis counseling and information and referral services to victims and secondary others of domestic abuse and sexual assault.
Protection order application assistance and criminal justice legal advocacy.
Call for domestic violence/sexual abuse support group availability.
130 South Locust, Centralia, IL 62801
Determines eligibility for state-funded developmental disability services, provides information and referrals to services, and provides advocacy and monitoring of individuals with developmental disabilities
620 East 25th Street, Suite 12, Kearney, NE 68847
Assists individuals in securing needed information and/or services that cannot be offered through the agency.
Elburn, IL 60119
Provides trained members who offer effective listening, response, and referral services to friends and neighbors in need. The program includes education on common mental health and substance abuse disorders and guidance on accessing appropriate help. Additionally, it offers companionship and linkage to services for individuals who are socially isolated, homebound, or otherwise in need of connection, aiming to brighten their day and maintain their contact with the outside world through activities such as reading, talking, listening, and other supportive tasks.
1776 East Washington Street, Urbana, IL 61802
CIH links households experiencing homelessness with permanent housing program options when there are program vacancies. Makes referrals to local community resources based on the needs of individuals served.
412 Locust Street, Sterling, IL 61081
Responds to inquiries from people with disabilities, family members, other service providers, the business community, and the general public on programs, resources, and other issues related to disabilities such as:
- Accessibility Requirement.
- Personal Assistive Technology.
- Employment Services.
- Accessibility Housing.
- Transportation.
- Community resources.
6301 Kirkwood Boulevard Sw, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Provides specialized information and referral to individuals 18 or older who are disabled or individuals 60 years or older and their caregivers.
209 East Court Street, Kankakee, IL 60901
Case management services for victims of gun violence and their families, as well as for perpetrators of gun violence and their families.
- Counseling Referrals: Case Managers will assist in finding appropriate referrals to providers in the community for both individual and group therapy.
- Community Resource Referrals: Case Managers will help clients navigate and understand available community resources, including food, clothing, housing, partner social service agencies, etc.