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Roll your cursor over the map and click on the community to view the agencies. AlsipSertoma Center
4343 W. 123rd Street
Alsip, IL 60803
Gus Van den Brink, Executive Director
Phone: 708-371-9700 ext. 216
Fax: 708-371-9747
Website: www.sertomacentre.org
Established by the Alsip (now Action), Evergreen, and POW-R Sertoma Clubs in 1971, Sertoma Centre, Inc., with two locations in Alsip, Illinois, and nine residential homes throughout the south and southwest suburbs, is a nationally accredited, not-for-profit agency that provides services to more than 650 individuals with developmental, physical and emotional disabilities, and/or mental illness. These services include vocational evaluation, developmental training, community-based assessments, senior programming, work adjustment training, residential services, janitorial skill training, foster care, job placement services, supported employment, specialized services, school transition services, psychosocial rehabilitation, autism services, and a sheltered workshop program. YMCA - Greater Chicagoland Network
3801 West 127th Street
Alsip, IL 60803
Peter Sari, Executive Director
Phone: 708-385-6700
Fax: 708-385-6770
Website: www.ymcachgo.org
Since 1858, the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago has contributed to the lives of girls, boys, women and men of all ages, races, religions and economic backgrounds.
Whether teaching children to swim, rescuing young men from gangs, training adults for the workforce, providing expectant mothers with prenatal care or serving transients with housing and supportive care, YMCAs collaborate with public service providers, government agencies, churches and neighborhood associations to improve life quality and encourage individual achievement.
The YMCA is equipped to serve a range of complex, contemporary family needs through our 21 fitness centers, 4 year-round resident camps, 7 human service centers, 5 Single Room housing residences, 4 Senior Housing centers, and 1 Supportive Housing for young adult males. The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago is also one of the largest providers of licensed child care in the mid-west. For 150 years, the YMCA has been serving the diverse needs of each community through programs ranging from child care, affordable housing, street intervention, sports and fitness, and various programs for children, teens, adults and seniors. Through these sites and more, the YMCA touches and strengthens the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each year. Blue IslandBlue Cap
2155 Broadway
Blue Island, IL 60406
Anthony DiVittorio, Executive Director
Phone: 708-389-6578 ext. 230
Fax: 708-389-5086
Website: www.blue-cap.org
Blue Cap is an organization that is dedicated to serving infants, children and adults with developmental disabilities through community-based educational, therapeutic, vocational and residential opportunities. Located in Blue Island, Illinois, Blue Cap offers a wide array of services dedicated to achieving personal growth and dignity for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families in Chicago and over 30 suburban communities. BurbankGarden Center Services
8333 South Austin Avenue
Burbank, IL 60459
Gerard Beagles, Executive Director
Phone: 708-636-0054 ext. 20
Fax: 708-636-7955
Website: www.gardencenterservices.org
Garden Center Services' mission is to do everything in our power to improve the lives of people with developmental disabilities.
Established in 1956, Garden Center Services' has served the surrounding community since its inception and has had the same mission; doing everything in their power to support people with developmental disabilities. Garden Center Services was formed as a response to the local school authority’s lack of placement for people with developmental disabilities. Since there was no specialized programming for people with developmental disabilities, Garden Center Services became one of the first of its kind in the south suburbs of Illinois. The service area included southern Chicago, Stickney, Burbank, Oak Lawn, Bridgeview, and Bedford Park, but has expanded many times over since the 1950s to include Evergreen Park, Palos Hills, and Orland Park, just to name a few. Calumet City
National Able Network, Inc.
80 River Oaks Drive, Suite 400
Calumet City, IL 60409
Joyce Lamberta, Site Director
Phone: 708-756-5495
Fax: 708-862-0723
Website: www.nationalable.org
Since 1977, National Able Network, Inc. has provided a full docket of workforce development programming, counseling, training, and job placement services that empower individuals and businesses. All resources are concentrated on delivering best-in-class services to both clients and employers.
Originally founded as an advocacy agency to provide employment and training opportunities for older workers, Able has since expanded its scope to serve job seekers of every age, income and skill level, from entry-level workers to mid-level professionals.
Able offers services nationally, as well as in metropolitan Chicago, serving thousands of job seekers and employers each year. Able’s experienced multicultural professionals provide individuals with the training, personal skills, and job search techniques that will help them enter, re-enter, or advance in today’s workforce. Chicago HeightsAunt Martha’s Youth Service Center
233 W. Joe Orr Road, North Building
Chicago Heights, IL 60411
C. Gary Leofanti, Executive Director
Phone: 708-754-1044
Fax: 708-747-3497
Website: www.auntmarthas.org
Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center mission is to be a caring community resource for children, youth and families. They offer a variety of programs and services designed to provide a full continuum of care for children, teens and families. These resources form a spectrum of care that includes: child welfare, community based, healthcare, juvenile justice and prevention services.
Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center and Aunt Martha's Healthcare Network is a private, not-for-profit, regionally-based agency providing complete health and social services for family members of all ages across Illinois. Aunt Martha's has services in nine counties across northeastern Illinois and cares for over 39,000 Illinois residents. Bethel Community Facility
1250 Portland Avenue
P.O. Box 37
Chicago Heights, IL 60412
Pastor John Rice, Executive Director
Phone: 708-758-5585
Fax: 708-758-5589
Website: www.bethelfacility.org
Bethel Community Facility was developed 30 years ago by Rev, John H. Rice, Sr. After years of watching the area he grew up in deteriorate, Rev. Rice decided that a local community center was needed for community restoration. Without the help of bank loans, the center was constructed brick by brick. The doors of the 25,000 square foot complex finally opened in 1988 and the first community crisis to be tackled was adult literacy. Today there are over 15 programs available to the community.
The building houses a 5,400 square foot gymnasium; shower and locker rooms; barber shop; fitness and equipment area; restaurant size kitchen; cafeteria; day care center; 50 seat performing arts room with 4 study rooms; browsing library for children and adults; 2 classrooms and a computer lab; a medical clinic; pharmacy and a banquet hall. Harold Colbert Jones Memorial Community Center
220 East 15th Street
Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Cheryl L. Roop, Executive Director
Phone: 708-757-5395
Fax: 708-757-3114
Website: www.jonescenter.org
The Harold Colbert Jones Memorial Community Center is unique for its presence in the South Suburban Cook County community of Chicago Heights and 85 years of service to a broad and diverse population. The Center is not only committed to its neighborhood, it is committed to its original intention to improve the physical and economic well-being and spirit of all.
While located in Chicago Heights, the service area of Jones Center has few defined boundaries and responds to the needs of anyone who requests them. True to its origins in the Presbyterian Church, the Center has many activities and programs for all age groups and continues to express high principles and provide practical services to strengthen family ties, to emphasize the worth of all persons and to answer a community need. Respond Now, Inc.
1439 Emerald Avenue
P.O. Box 215
Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Carl Wolf, Executive Director
Phone: 708-755-4357
Fax: 708-755-4381
Website: www.respondnow.org
In 1969, the local Ministerial Association recognized a growing need with the South Suburban community. Many people needed help beyond what their own resources or government programs were able to provide. From this need, Respond Now was born. The initial help came directly from congregations within the Ministerial Association. People in need of food help contacted Respond Now. One of a group of volunteers was contacted. That person put together a bag of food from her own pantry shelves or purchased food to stock a bag. From those humble beginning grew Respond Now. Southland Health Care Forum
30 E. 15th Street, Suite 405
Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Jennifer Artis, Executive Director
Phone: 708-756-1000 ext. 3497
Fax: 708-756-6863
Website: http://www.southlandhealthcareers.org/forum.htm
The Southland Health Care Forum was initiated in 2000. The hospital industry is a major employer in the region, and one of its most powerful economic engines. The Chief Executives from eight community hospitals attended the initial meeting, and the group has since grown to include 10 hospitals. Forum members work together on a multi-issue, regional program which includes the growing crisis of staff shortages in nursing and allied health care occupations, and providing services to the uninsured and underinsured.
It is the only regional hospital collaboration of its kind in Illinois, serving more than 80 communities in the south and southwest suburbs of Chicago, including Joliet and Kankakee. SouthStar Services
1005 West End Avenue
Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Dan Strick, Executive Director
Phone: 708-755-8030
Fax: 708-755-8047
Website: www.southstarservices.org
SouthSTAR Services provides developmental training, seniors services, supported employment, community employment, community living services including CILA and intermittent CILA services, home based support services and advocacy to individuals with developmental disabilities. Their services are individualized based upon the individual's wants and dreams. The goal is to improve the lives of families with disabilities.
SouthSTAR Services school was formed in 1950 by a small group of parents responding to the special and educational needs of their children. In 1975, as the students of the school matured and their needs for vocational services increased, SouthSTAR Services opened its training center. The 80's brought an increasing demand for services and long expansion of its faculties. Today, SouthSTAR Services serves over 385 individuals with developmental disabilities. YWCA: South Suburban
320 W. 202nd Street, Second Floor
Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Barbara McCormick, Executive Director
Phone: 708-754-0486 ext. 22
Fax: 708-754-1585
Website: www.ymcachgo.org
Since 1858, the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago has contributed to the lives of girls, boys, women and men of all ages, races, religions and economic backgrounds.
Whether teaching children to swim, rescuing young men from gangs, training adults for the workforce, providing expectant mothers with prenatal care or serving transients with housing and supportive care, YMCAs collaborate with public service providers, government agencies, churches and neighborhood associations to improve life quality and encourage individual achievement.
The YMCA is equipped to serve a range of complex, contemporary family needs through our 21 fitness centers, 4 year-round resident camps, 7 human service centers, 5 Single Room housing residences, 4 Senior Housing centers, and 1 Supportive Housing for young adult males. The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago is also one of the largest providers of licensed child care in the mid-west. For 150 years, the YMCA has been serving the diverse needs of each community through programs ranging from child care, affordable housing, street intervention, sports and fitness, and various programs for children, teens, adults and seniors. Through these sites and more, the YMCA touches and strengthens the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each year. Dolton
New Hope Center
1624 East 154th Street
Dolton, IL 60419
Tim Knapp, Executive Director
Phone: 708-841-1071 ext. 224
Fax: 708-841-1053
Website: www.newhopecenterinc.com
New Hope Center, Inc. is a community service agency that provides services to individuals with developmental disabilities who reside in Southeast Cook County and Northeast Will County. Communities served include Dolton, Calumet City, Chicago Heights, Crete, Evergreen Park, Harvey, Lansing, Lynwood, Markham, Matteson, Park Forest, Riverdale, Sauk Village, South Chicago, South Holland, Steger, Thornton, and Tinley Park.
The purpose of New Hope Center is to provide services that enhance the quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities, and to promote community integration. For the participants in all of New Hope Center's programs our goal is simple: To provide meaningful life experiences that instill a sense of purpose and accomplishment. East Hazel Crest
South Suburban Council on Alcoholism & Substance Abuse
1909 Cheker Square, Section D
East Hazel Crest, IL 60429
Allen Sandusky, President & CEO
Phone: 708-647-3333
Fax: 708-957-2614
Website: www.sscouncil.org
The Mission of Suburban Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse is to deliver a continuum of treatment and recovery support services to residents of the greater Chicago Southland area and surrounding communities.
The Council does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion or national origin. The Council is handicap accessible and gives pregnant women and injecting drug users priority to treatment services. The Council does not deny access to service because of a proven inability to pay. Ford HeightsFord Heights Community Service Organization Inc
945 East Lincoln Highway
Ford Heights, IL 60411
Angelia F. Smith, Executive Director
Phone: 708-389-6578
E-mail:
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Good Shepherd Center for Exceptional Children
17314 S. Kedzie Avenue
Hazel Crest, IL 60429
Brendan McCormick, Executive Director
Phone: 708-335-0020 ext. 26
Fax: 708-335-0022
E-mail:
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Good Shepherd Center, a community advocate for children and adults with and without disabilities, provides support, service, and education that empower individuals and their families to lead exceptional lives.
They promote the welfare of all developmentally disabled and at risk persons in the South Suburban area; provide counseling and assistance to parents and siblings of developmentally and at risk children; provide services to children with and without disabilities in an integrated setting; and educate the public as to the implications of developmental disabilities. HarveyCEDA – Center for Community Action
53 East 154th Street
Harvey, IL 60426
Carolyn Taylor, Executive Director
Phone: 708-339-3610
Fax: 708-339-5367
Website: www.cedaorg.net
CEDA Mission is to work in partnership with communities to empower families and individuals to achieve self-sufficiency and improve their quality of life. Community Action changes people’s lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes America a better place to live. they care about the entire community, and are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other.
One of the largest private non-profit organizations in the country, CEDA serves more than 200,000 Cook County residents annually. Over thirty programs and services are offered in the areas of child and family development, health and nutrition services, senior citizen programs, economic development, employment and job training, housing services, education services and community development. Restoration Ministries
245-253 East 159th Street
Harvey, IL 60426
Ray Banks, Executive Director
Phone: 708-333-3370
Fax: 708-333-3376
Website: www.restorationministries.net
Restoration Ministries was founded on a familiar scripture verse, operating 28 programs in Harvey and with the help of 450 dedicated volunteers, they serve 7,000 individuals annually. The mission is to bring the love of Jesus Christ into the lives of recovering drug-addicts, ex-criminals, lonely seniors, at-risk youth and families in need.
1988 was the first ministry, Harvey House School of Ministry, a Christian-based residential recovery program for men battling drug addictions. Over the years, it has become a beacon of hope in a community filled with poverty, violence, drugs, and gangs.
1997 was the opening of Tabitha House for Women. At both Tabitha House and Harvey House, life-changing opportunities are provided to recovering addicts from all over the country. Through Project Intercept, they reach out to underprivileged children and teens and offer after-school activities as alternatives to the negative influences in their daily lives.
Safer Foundation
15402 Center Avenue
Harvey, IL 60426
Cynthia Alexander, Executive Director
Phone: 312-922-8028
E-mail:
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YMCA - South Suburban
178 East 155th Street
Harvey, IL 60426
Jean Thigpen
Phone: 708-331-6500
Fax: 708-331-1560
Website: www.ymcachgo.org
Since 1858, the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago has contributed to the lives of girls, boys, women and men of all ages, races, religions and economic backgrounds.
Whether teaching children to swim, rescuing young men from gangs, training adults for the workforce, providing expectant mothers with prenatal care or serving transients with housing and supportive care, YMCAs collaborate with public service providers, government agencies, churches and neighborhood associations to improve life quality and encourage individual achievement.
The YMCA is equipped to serve a range of complex, contemporary family needs through our 21 fitness centers, 4 year-round resident camps, 7 human service centers, 5 Single Room housing residences, 4 Senior Housing centers, and 1 Supportive Housing for young adult males. The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago is also one of the largest providers of licensed child care in the mid-west. For 150 years, the YMCA has been serving the diverse needs of each community through programs ranging from child care, affordable housing, street intervention, sports and fitness, and various programs for children, teens, adults and seniors. Through these sites and more, the YMCA touches and strengthens the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each year. Homewood
Girl Scouts of America: South Cook County Council
1005 West 175th Street
Homewood, IL 60430
Donna Rahn-Thamm, CEO
Phone: 708-957-8100
Fax: 708-957-8506
Web: www.girlscouts-scc.org
Homewood Regional Service Center is proud of their history of providing the Girl Scout program in the south and southwest suburbs of Chicago since 1948. Forty-nine diverse communities make up the Regional Service Center's network of 10,000 members. Membership includes girls from 5 to 17 years old, and adult volunteers who serve as leaders and advisors, troop organizers, trainers and in many other support roles, on the board of directors and nominating committee, and on a variety of other committees and task groups.
With an emphasis on making Girl Scouting available to every girl, everywhere within our jurisdiction, they serve one in five girls from 5 to 14 years old in the area, and have a strong older girl program that is based on the interests of girls from 11 to 17 years old.
In Girl Scouts, girls have a safe place to grow in COURAGE, CONFIDENCE and CHARACTER as they share new experiences, learn to relate to others, develop values, and contribute to society. South Suburban Family Shelter, Inc.
P.O. Box 937
Homewood, Illinois 60430
Diane Bedrosian, Executive Director
Phone: 708-798-7737
Fax: 708-647-6836
Website: www.ssfs1.org
The Mission of South Suburban Family Shelter is to provide comprehensive, coordinated services to families in which domestic violence exists without imposing any one solution. South Suburban Family Shelter accepts clients regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, or age.
South Suburban P.A.D.S.
P.O. Box 1176
Homewood, IL 60430
Michael Wasserberg, Executive Director
Phone: 708-754-4357 ext. 6
Fax: 708-481-0952
Website: www.sspads.org
South Suburban PADS is an inter-faith program providing shelter and supportive services to homeless persons. Compassion, hospitality and dignity are key characteristics of the PADS program. MarkhamHope Community Services
16224 S. Kedzie Avenue
Markham, IL 60426
Julia Archer, Executive Director
Phone: 708-333-8052
Fax: 708-333-8061
Website: http://lincolnnet.net/users/lahcomms/http
Hope Community Services, a United Way human services assistance agency, was established in 1981 by concerned clergy and residents of the city of Markham to provide emergency relief to low income families from the communities of Markham, Harvey, Dixmoor and Phoenix: to give a helping hand to neighbors down on their luck. To fulfill the mission they can always use the help of people of good will as volunteers and/or donors.
As a member agency of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the food pantry program extends supplemental nutrition for fifty to sixty households each week -- over three tons of food per month. Hope Community makes emergency grants for overdue utility bills to prevent shut-offs. Hope Community will help with rent/mortgage payments to stop evictions or foreclosures. Shelter at local motels for the short-term emergency is available. They strive to help low income home owners maintain their property. Hope Community also assists with prescription medicine and transportation needs. Monee
Southland Senior Services
25864 S. Chestnut Road
P.O. Box 579
Monee, IL 60449
JoAnne Alexander, Executive Director
Phone: 708-534-2323
Fax: 708-534-9455
Website: www.ewcss.net
Eastern Will County Senior Services is a not-for-profit corporation serving people 60 years of age and over, residing in Crete, Green Garden, Monee, Peotone, Washington and Will Townships.
The priorities are directed toward the vulnerable elderly living alone on a fixed income. Their main objective is to provide older people with the kind of supportive services that allow them to remain independent and a part of their community for as long as possible. Oak ForestBremen Youth Services
15350 S. Oak Park Avenue
Oak Forest, IL 60452
Donald Sebek, Executive Director
Phone: 708-687-9200
Fax: 708-687-9211
Website: www.bremenyouthservices.com
Bremen Youth Services is available to people young and old living in the Bremen Township areas. Although the majority of events are meant for youth (ages 6 - 18) and their families, we are moving in the direction of working in conjunction with seniors in joint efforts in the near future.
Bremen Youth Services is a not-for-profit agency which has served the Bremen Township community for the past 40 years (formerly under the name of Bremen Township Committee on Youth (BTCY) and Counseling and Social Services of Bremen (CSSB). Oak Lawn
Park Lawn
10833 S. LaPorte Avenue
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
James Weise, Executive Director
Phone: 708-425-3344
Fax: 708-425-3530
Website: www.parklawn.com
Park Lawn is a non-profit organization offering a variety of programs and services for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Park Lawn’s mission is to provide services that promote independence, choice and access to community living for people with developmental disabilities. Olympia Fields
Southland Hispanic Leadership Council
21110 South Western Avenue
Olympia Fields, IL 60461
Maria Benitez-Crews, Executive Director
Phone: 708-756-1000 ext. 3443
Fax: 708-756-9986
Website: http://www.southlandhispanicleadershipcouncil.org
Southland Hispanic Leadership Council (SHLC) has evolved over the years as a service agency working to serve the Hispanic community. Nueva Vista, the working board for Grand Prairie Service's Hispanic grant program, was the catalyst on forming the council. Nueva Vista's funding was cut and there was a need to bring together local agencies as Board members to combine limited resources and energies to service the Hispanic community.
The mission of the Southland Hispanic Leadership Council is to promote a network of organizations, agencies, institutions, businesses and community residents working to optimize the well being of the Hispanic population in the Southland region. Palos Heights
Plows Council on Aging
7808 College Drive, #5E
Palos Heights, IL 60463
Donald Chapman, Executive Director
Phone: 708-361-0219
Fax: 708-361-9853
Website: www.plows.org
PLOWS Council on Aging began operation in September, 1975. The agency was created in response to the pressing needs in the four townships of Palos, Lemont, Orland and Worth for social services that could not be met by existing community services. It was determined these services could be met more practically on a regional level.
PLOWS was originally conceived as an advocacy organization to convince service providers to recognize the needs of older persons in the PLOWS service area and provide the needed services. As time wore on it was clear that many services were not available or were not going to be available to the area, so PLOWS became more and more of a service providing agency. Palos Hills Metropolitan Family Services, Southwest
10537 S. Roberts Road
Palos Hills, Illinois 60465
Michael J. Brady, Executive Director
Phone: 708-974-5150
Fax: 708- 974-2498
Website: www.metrofamily.org
For more than 150 years Metropolitan Family Services has been a voice for families. With compassionate counsel and services for families struggling to overcome incredible challenges, Metropolitan makes a difference in their lives and provides hope for their future. From early childhood programs to elder care services, every family member is encouraged to work together to realize their amazing strength.
Close to 55,000 families and individuals receive counseling and other supportive services that build on their strengths and capabilities. Sertoma Speech & Hearing Center
10409 Roberts Road
Palos Hills, IL 60465
Dr. David J. Rompala, Executive Director
Phone: 708-599-9500
Fax: 708-599-2791
Website: www.sertomacenter.org
The mission of Sertoma, The Speech & Hearing Center is to advocate for the prevention and treatment of hearing, speech, and language disorders including deafness through rehabilitation and education and to collaborate with other organizations to advance the cause of the communicatively impaired.
The Speech and Hearing Center is a professional speech and hearing care center for families since 1978. Palos Park
Community Center Foundation
12700 Southwest Highway
Palos Park, IL 60464
David Sanders, Executive Director
Phone: 708-361-3650
Fax: 708-361-2811
Website: www.thecenterpalos.org
The Center is an interfaith, nonprofit religious organization that plays host to diverse activities. The Centers mission is to provide a sanctuary that exemplifies selfless love, beauty, harmony, and brotherhood…
They help people reestablish and strengthen the spiritual and emotional foundations of their lives; reach out with care and faith to enliven the human spirit with the consciousness of God's ever presence; reconnect people with the natural world, encouraging appreciation and responsible stewardship of our environment; present a total experience through the use of wholesome traditional and cultural activities; and nurture and restore balance and growth in people's lives. Robbins
CEDA – Southeast
3518 W. 139th Street
Robbins, IL 60472
Anthony Welch, Executive Director
Phone: 708-371-0415
Fax: 708-371-1247
Website: www.cedaorg.net
CEDA Mission is to work in partnership with communities to empower families and individuals to achieve self-sufficiency and improve their quality of life. Community Action changes people’s lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes America a better place to live. they care about the entire community, and are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other.
One of the largest private non-profit organizations in the country, CEDA serves more than 200,000 Cook County residents annually. Over thirty programs and services are offered in the areas of child and family development, health and nutrition services, senior citizen programs, economic development, employment and job training, housing services, education services and community development. South HollandCatholic Charities - South Suburban
16100 Seton Drive
South Holland, IL 60473
Fred Shannon, Regional Service Representative
Phone: 708-333-8379
Fax: 708-333-9519
Website: www.catholiccharities.net
Catholic Charities fulfills the Church's role in the mission of charity to anyone in need by providing compassionate, competent and professional services that strengthen and support individuals, families and communities based on the value and dignity of human life. Young or old, hungry or addicted, homeless or friendless, Catholic Charities sees the face of God in those in need. By providing food, clothing, shelter and counseling, they bring hope to the hopeless in the city of Chicago and its suburbs.
Catholic Charities: All about help and just about everywhere. Catholic Charities is in your neighborhood. With more than 159 programs at 156 locations across Cook and Lake counties, they help people of all races and religions move toward empowerment and self-sufficiency. Last year they touched the lives of more than 1 million parents, children, seniors and individuals, helping them through hard times. Tinley ParkCrisis Center for South Suburbia
P.O. Box 39
Tinley Park, IL 60477
Edward Vega, Sr., Executive Director
Phone: 708-429-7255
Fax: 708-429-7293
Website: www.crisisctr.org
Founded in 1978, the Crisis Center for South Suburbia is a non-profit community organization that provides emergency shelter and other essential services for individuals and families victimized by domestic violence.
The Crisis Center works to provide comprehensive social services to all victims of domestic violence that both support the victim and address the societal issues that allow domestic violence to continue. Grand Prairie Services
17746 S. Oak Park Avenue
Tinley Park, IL 60477
Dennis Regnier, President & CEO
Phone: 708-444-1012 ext. 1501
Fax: 708-614-7831
Website: www.gpsbh.org
The mission of Grand Prairie Services is the development of the emotional and behavioral health of individuals, families and communities of Southern Cook, Will, Grundy, Kankakee and Livingston Counties through a broad array of innovative emotional, behavioral, educational, community support and spiritual services.
Grand Prairie Services (GPS) is a not-for-profit behavioral healthcare provider with over 59 years of experience providing mental health services for the children, adolescent, adults and seniors living in the thirty-two municipalities of Bloom, Bremen, Rich and Thornton townships. Southwest Community Services, Inc
6775 Prosperi Drive
Tinley Park, IL 60477
Pat Ambrosino, Executive Director
Phone: 708-429-1260
Website: www.swcsinc.org Together We Cope
17010 S. Oak Park Avenue
Tinley Park, IL 60477
Kathryn Straniero, Executive Director
Phone: 708-633-5040
Fax: 708-633-8459
Website: www.togetherwecope.org Worth
Catholic Charities Southwest Suburban Regional Services Office
7000 W. 111th Street, Suite 101
Worth, IL 60482
Matthew Brejcha, Regional Services Representative
Phone: 708-430-0428
Fax: 708-430-0502
Website: www.catholiccharities.net
Catholic Charities fulfills the Church's role in the mission of charity to anyone in need by providing compassionate, competent and professional services that strengthen and support individuals, families and communities based on the value and dignity of human life. Young or old, hungry or addicted, homeless or friendless, Catholic Charities sees the face of God in those in need. By providing food, clothing, shelter and counseling, they bring hope to the hopeless in the city of Chicago and its suburbs.
Catholic Charities: All about help and just about everywhere. Catholic Charities is in your neighborhood. With more than 159 programs at 156 locations across Cook and Lake counties, they help people of all races and religions move toward empowerment and self-sufficiency. Last year they touched the lives of more than 1 million parents, children, seniors and individuals, helping them through hard times. Agencies Outside the Southland RegionAging Care Connection
111 West Harris Avenue
LaGrange, IL 60525
Debra Verschelde, Executive Director
Phone: 708-354-1323
Fax: 708-354-0282
Website: www.swscoa.org
The mission of Aging Care Connections is to enrich the quality of life of older adults and their families through a range of programs and services that enhance their well-being and independence.
Aging Care Connections is the connection to the most comprehensive, expert information, programs and services enabling older adults to remain independent and their families to make the best, most informed decisions regarding needed care in their lives. From in-home services and support to opportunities for health and wellness, Aging Care Connections is meeting the needs of today's older adults and their families within 22 communities.
Boy Scouts of America - Des Plaines Valley Council
811 W. Hillgrove Avenue
LaGrange, IL 60525
Irene Szinavel, Scout Executive
Phone: 708-354-1111 ext. 11
Fax: 708-354-3615
Website: www.BSA-DPVC.org
The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated to provide a program for community organizations that offers effective character, citizenship, and personal fitness training for youth. The Des Plaines Valley Council serves the youth of 42 communities located southwest of Chicago, IL.
Specifically, the BSA endeavors to develop American citizens who are physically, mentally, and emotionally fit; have a high degree of self-reliance as evidenced in such qualities as initiative, courage, and resourcefulness; have personal values based on religious concepts; have the desire and skills to help others; understand the principles of the American social, economic, and governmental systems; are knowledgeable about and take pride in their American heritage and understand our nation’s role in the world; have a keen respect for the basic rights of all people; and are prepared to participate in and give leadership to American society. Boy Scouts of America - Calumet Council
8751 Calumet Avenue
Munster, IN 46321
Michael Creagh, Scout Executive Director
Phone: 1-219-836-1720
Fax: 1-219-836-7973
Website: www.calumetcouncil.org
Boy Scouts is an outdoor program designed to develop character, citizenship, and fitness for boys ages 11 through 17. Through the advancement program and peer group leadership, Scouting helps a boy develop into a well-rounded young man. The Eagle Scout Award, the highest rank in Scouting, is recognized around the world as a mark of excellence.
In the Calumet Council, Boy Scouts may look forward to Boy Scout camping opportunities and many other district activities. In Boy Scouts, youth take responsibility for the activities of the troop. By planning and organizing activities, they develop teamwork and learn to lead as well as follow. After Boy Scouts, many young men transition into the Venturing program. Community Support Services
9021 W. Ogden Avenue
Brookfield, IL 60513
Ms. Gaye E. Preston, Executive Director
Phone: 708-354-4547 ext.124
Fax: 708-354-4550
Website: www.communitysupportservices.org
Community Support Services, Inc., is a private, not-for-profit service agency that initiates, provides and promotes services for people with developmental disabilities and their families, within their communities, in order to strengthen their independence, self-esteem, and ability to participate in and contribute to community life.
Community Support Services provides an array of services for children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families. Our philosophy is to foster independence. We form partnerships with people and their families that empower them to create their own solutions.
Camp Fire U.S.A - Illinois Prairie Council
45 W Roosevelt Road
Lombard, IL 60148
Stephanie Schiszik, CEO
Becky Howard, Office Manager
Phone: 630-629-5160
Fax: 630-629-6324
Website: www.campfireusa-illinois.org
Camp Fire USA provides, through a program of informal education, opportunities for youth to realize their potential and to function effectively as caring, self-directed individuals responsible to themselves and to others, and, as an organization, to seek to improve those conditions in society which affect youth. Camp Fire USA adheres to 12 core values that guide the development of programs and the organization.
Their trained staff and volunteers, using carefully constructed national curricula, lead participants through programs that are enjoyable and beneficial to youth of all ages and that encourage exploration in a safe atmosphere. Community Nurse Health Association
23 Calendar Court
LaGrange, IL 60525
Angela Curran, Executive Director
Phone: 708-352-0081
Fax: 708-352-9578
Website: www.communitynurse.org
The Community Nurse Health Association provides primary healthcare and supportive services to low income families in the western suburbs.
More than 3,000 west suburban residents turn to Community Nurse every year. Their patients are neighbors, local small business owners and families in temporary crisis. Patients are employed but their employers do not offer medical insurance. Patients have jobs, sometimes two, and still have to choose between rent, food and medical care. The Community Nurse Health Association is here to help keep the community healthy. Girl Scouts – Prairie Winds, Inc.
2400 Ogden Avenue, Ste. 400
Lisle, IL 60532
Karin Obman
Phone: 630-544-5900
Fax: 630-544-5999
Website: www.girlscoutspw.org
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana - Lisle Regional Service Center's office and Council Shop, located in Lisle, Illinois, are open to bring the leadership-based Girl Scout program to every girl in the council's jurisdiction.
Membership in Girl Scouting is open to girls and adults who accept the Girl Scout Promise and live by the Girl Scout Law. Inclusion is fundamental to Girl Scouting and we welcome girls and adults of all races, faiths and walks of life.
The values-based Girl Scout program has something to offer every girl, from the 5-year-old kindergartener to the 17-year-old senior in high school. It's a place where girls belong! Whether in a Girl Scout troop, or as an individual member, each girl can look forward to making new friends, discovering more about herself and the world around her, learning new skills, and tackling contemporary issues under the guidance of dedicated and caring adult volunteers. Helping Hand Rehabilitation Center
9649 W. 55th Street
Countryside, IL 60525
Dennis Trybus, Executive Director
Phone: 708-352-3580
Fax: 708-352-9728
Website: www.hhrehab.org
The mission of Helping Hand Rehabilitation Center is to assist persons with disabilities to achieve their highest level of independence through quality programs and services.
The vision of Helping Hand Rehabilitation Center is that people with disabilities and their families will select Helping Hand for rehabilitative services because of its ability to provide high quality, flexible and appropriate services that achieve desired outcomes. Jane Adams Hull House Association - Children’s Advocacy Center Southwest
1030 West Van Buren
Chicago, IL 60607
Clarence N. Wood, President
Phone: 312-906-8600
Fax: 312-235-5287
Website: www.hullhouse.org
Jane Addams Hull House Association improves social conditions for underserved people and communities by providing creative, innovative programs and advocating for related public policy reforms.
Jane Addams Hull House Association provides child care, domestic violence counseling and prevention, economic development, family services, job training, literacy training, senior services, foster care, independent living, and housing assistance for 60,000 children, families and community members each year in communities in and around Chicago.
Hull House Association also advocates for social and public policy reforms and initiatives that impact the lives of the men, women, and children in the communities served. Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
111 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60604
Diane White, Executive Director
Website: www.lafchicago.org
South Holland Office
900 E. 162nd Street
South Holland, IL 60473
Eugene Edwards, Supervisory Attorney
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Phone: 708-271-4950
At the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago works together to provide high-quality civil legal services to low-income and disadvantaged people and communities.
Through advocacy, education, collaboration and litigation we empower individuals, protect fundamental rights, strengthen communities, create opportunities and achieve justice. Pillars
333 N. LaGrange Road
LaGrange Park, IL 60526
John W. Shustitzky, Ph.D., CEO
Phone: 708-698-5500 ext. 211
Website: www.pillarscommunity.org
Pillars supports life change, learning and recovery for families and individuals of all ages in our diverse communities. They are a comprehensive organization, providing accessible, integrated and culturally competent behavioral health, educational and social services.
Pillars keeps our communities healthy and strong by providing quality, comprehensive, community-based social services for over 10,000 individuals and families annually in 38 communities who are facing challenges and crisis. Pillars utilizes a community wraparound approach, offering a wide spectrum of fully-integrated services that collectively offer the strongest possible safety net.
Salvation Army - Suburban Service Extension
5040 North Pulaski Road
Chicago, IL 60630
Jennifer Slatkay, Director, South Cook
Phone: 773-205-3521
Fax: 773-205-3585
Website: http://www.salarmychicago.org
The Salvation Army is an International, Evangelical Christian Church dedicated to providing individuals worldwide with spiritual, physical, social and emotional support. The organization is made up of thousands of officers, soldiers, adherents employees, volunteers and other individuals all working together to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all people, as well as struggling to meet the physical needs of those less fortunate.
The Metropolitan Division is the administrative unit which provides services in the Chicagoland, Northern Illinois and Northwestern Indiana area. Suburban Primary Health Care Council - Access to Care
2225 Enterprise Drive, Suite 2504
Westchester, IL 60154
Victoria Bigelow, President
Phone: 708-531-0680
Fax: 708-531-0686
Website: www.accesstocare.org
Access to Care® is a model primary health care program serving low-income uninsured individuals in suburban Cook County, Illinois and in northwest Chicago (west of Pulaski Road AND north of North Avenue).
The Access to Care program is a unique public/private partnership making primary health care and the ancillary pharmacy, laboratory and radiology services available to those individuals caught in the gap between eligibility for public health insurance programs (All Kids, FamilyCare, Medicaid, Medicare) and having private insurance. The program provides affordable diagnosis and treatment to individuals and families for a small co-payment per visit, procedure or prescription medication.
Trinity Services
62 W Washington Street
Joliet, IL 60432
Art Dykstra, Executive Director
Phone: 815-722-4384
E-mail:
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White Crane Wellness Center
1355 W. Foster
Chicago, IL 60640
Elizabeth Cagan, Executive Director
Phone: 773-271-9001
Fax: 773271-9231
Website: www.whitecranewellness.org
White Crane Wellness Center is an independent, non-profit organization whose objectives are to offer health and wellness services to older adults seeking ways to improve their health, and to serve as model for a new approach to health and aging.
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