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Provides housing, meals, clothing, case management, life skills, health care and mental health care referrals, substance abuse treatment referrals, financial and job skills coaching, socialization and recreation opportunities to assist men experiencing homelessness to overcome the barriers that keep them from becoming housed and self-sufficient.

Cold Weather Shelter "Cold Cots": During the winter months when the temperatures are severely cold, the cold weather shelter opens expanding the 30 bed men's shelter to handle an additional 20 men providing them with a cot, a meal, and access to showers while space is available.

Provides equine-assisted experiences to enhance the quality of life and cultivate personal growth through therapeutic, educational, recreational, and social development for persons with disabilities.

Programs improve physical capabilities and functional skills, as well as providing students with leisure time, physical activity, and social interaction.

Assessment:

-- Determines what treatment, if any, is needed.

-- Based on assessment results, a unique treatment plan is created. Length of treatment depends on the person's progress toward goals.

Outpatient Treatment:

-- Treatment that lets individuals work on their recovery while living at home.

-- Involves up to eight hours of counseling each week.

Intensive Outpatient Treatment:

-- Treatment that lets individuals work on their recovery while living at home.

-- Requires nine or more hours of counseling each week.

-- Treatment occurs in a small group setting.

-- Length of treatment is determined by the patient's needs.

Residential Treatment:

-- Treatment is for adults who need a structured and supportive environment to maintain recovery.

-- Residents participate in individual, group, and family counseling.

-- Care is supervised 24 hours a day.

-- Residents have access to a psychiatrist, medical services, catered meals, and recreation.

Medication Assisted Treatment:

-- Combines medication, counseling, and community support to help individuals overcome dependence on opiates.

The facility is not prepared to work with persons who are experiencing serious medical problems or complications. The unit is staffed with nurses and behavioral technicians, but it is not a hospital.

Offers English as a Second Language (ESL) and helps with US citizenship.

Literacy Volunteers helps adults read, write, speak, and understand English by matching them with trained volunteer tutors one to one. Each tutor and student meet for one hour a week at a public location that is convenient for them, such as public libraries. Students can also meet with tutors virtually.

The program is open entry, open exit; adults can enroll at any time and exit at any time.

Provides victims and concerned citizens with a toll-free number they can call for up-to-date information on the custody and/or case status of an offender. Callers may choose to register for automatic notification through Illinois AVN.

Illinois AVN is also available online at the VINE website, a public website that allows visitors to search for offender custody and case status. Users can also register online for phone or e-mail notification of changes in an offender's custody and/or court case status.

Adult education classes, including High School Equivalency (GED, HiSET, TASC) preparation, English as a Second Language (ESL), literacy tutoring, citizenship test preparation, and more.

Provides a one time grant for veterans experiencing financial hardship. Applicants must be residents of the state of Iowa and be honorably discharged or currently serving in the armed forces. 

The Veterans Emergency Fund is funded entirely by donations. 

Offers expectant parent advocacy that includes help and support for anyone who is pregnant, domestic adoptions, post-adoption services including counseling for children who have experienced trauma, and assistance with foster home placement. 

Services may include linking individuals in need of alternative living arrangements with licensed private family homes, recruiting, training, certifying, and monitoring placements, and providing support for families and individuals in foster care settings.

Located at the corner of Larkin Avenue and North Aldine Street, the Blessing Box (a Rubbermaid shed) has shelving with food stored.  People who are in need of food are invited to take as needed.

Food donations may be left for others in need.

Provides education and consumer assistance designed to facilitate enrollment of county residents in the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace through the In-Person Counseling Program.

Access to health insurance through the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace is one of the many changes in the health care and health insurance fields made possible by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). People in need of assistance due to language barriers, technology disadvantages, or a lack of understanding of health insurance can arrange to meet an In-Person Counselor to assist them.

Provides low-income public housing.

Summer day camp available to individuals with developmental disabilities.

Offers to connect adult volunteers age 55 and over with opportunities to engage in service to the community. Volunteers choose what fits their passions, interests, and schedules. A minimum of 10 hours of volunteer service per year is required to remain an active RSVP volunteer.

Childhood and adult vaccines and flu shots available.

County government offices.

Serves children who are academically at-risk. Offers the following types of classrooms:

- SMILLE (Sensory Motor Integration Language Learning Environments): Highest level of child support.

- Early Childhood Instructional: Special education classrooms (maximum of 10 children).

- Blended: Standard classrooms with special education support (maximum of 15 children).

- Pre-K: Standard classrooms (maximum of 20 children).

- Transitional Kindergarten Classroom-Specified criteria and limited space.

Assists low-income veterans and their families in obtaining and maintaining permanent stable housing. Assists through strengths-based goal planning to address current gaps in the Veteran’s ability to secure or maintain stable and sustainable permanent housing. Services can include: Case management; Peer mentoring/advocacy from fellow Veterans; Linkage to VA and other community resources; Training in life skills, coping skills, and housing preparation; Linkage to specialists in budgeting, credit counseling, legal services, job preparation, and employment search; Temporary financial assistance to address housing barriers; Landlord/ tenant mediation

Supportive home for those recovering from drug and alcohol addiction; residents must abide by the rules of the home, including never using drugs or alcohol while a resident. Homes may house men, women, women with children, or men with children.

Vacancies can be searched online at www.oxfordvacancies.com.

Outpatient assessments, referrals, intensive outpatient treatment, and peer support related to substance use. Through these interventions, the client with a substance abuse issue learns their issues are not unique and can be addressed. Family and loved ones are also taught coping skills to assist them in supporting the user build a healthier lifestyle.

Level I Outpatient Therapy provides professionally directed evaluation, treatment and recovery services for individuals experiencing a substance use disorder. Treatment services are provided in group or individual sessions or a combination of both, depending on an individual’s needs. Treatment typically lasts 12 weeks.

The Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is a group-focused, non-residential program for adults 19 and older. IOP is more in-depth than traditional outpatient treatment services, offering a minimum of 10 hours of treatment per week. IOP typically lasts six to eight weeks. Intensive groups meet for three-hour sessions, three days a week. Each participant must also attend at least one additional individual or family session each week. Services are available days and evenings.

Substance Use Evaluations are specialized assessments used to clinically determine possible substance use issues, with recommendations for an appropriate level of care if determined to be medically necessary.