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Created so that eligible children and adults who have a disability could obtain legal advice and representation to protect and enforce their rights guaranteed by Illinois' mental health laws. Attorneys provide needed assistance to persons with disabilities in a variety of settings:

- Mental health facilities.

- Residential programs.

- Community placements.

- Nursing homes.

Issues addressed include, but are not limited to: admission and discharge from hospitalization, adequate treatment, refusal of unwanted services, and confidentiality of mental health records. Assistance takes the form of information, referral, and legal representation in court hearings and administrative proceedings.

Provides a sex education curriculum geared to decrease teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STI), and HIV.

Offers a job placement program for people with mild intellectual disabilities. Prior to being placed in a job, clients will learn various skills useful for job applications and maintaining employment.

Provides information and assistance for seniors, caregivers, and professionals. Information related to senior living is collected and available for review. Information concerning financial assistance, assistive technology, housing, energy assistance, pharmaceutical assistance, and other relevant topics are available. 

Provides medical case management for foster children. The program ensures continuity of medical care, including well child visits, referral, and follow-up with specialists as needed.

Works with pregnant woman, or families with a high risk infant, or a foster child under 6, to obtain health care services or other necessary services needed to have a healthy pregnancy and to promote the infant or child’s healthy development. Services include health counseling, evaluation of medical and social needs, referrals to needed services or supports, high risk infant follow-up for those in need and DCFS medical case management.

Provides a helpline to answer lung health questions. Registered nurses, respiratory therapists, and certified tobacco treatment specialists make up the helpline staff.

Provides information regarding:

• Quitting all forms of tobacco.
• Oxygen therapy resources.
• Managing chronic lung conditions (such as asthma, COPD, lung caner, and pulmonary fibrosis).
• Questions about medication, respiratory therapy, and pulmonary testing.
• Financial aid, medical equipment, and health insurance questions.
• Finding a doctor, medical specialist, or healthcare center.
• Connecting with support groups.
• Connecting with local resources to ensure continuity of care.

Provides dementia care for patients and their caregivers. 

Provides case management to individuals who receive services at Warren Achievement Center. Includes intake services, advocacy, service monitoring, and service linkage with other agencies.

Provides outpatient services include treatment and specialized therapies to manage substance abuse, assessment and treatment planning, individual and group therapy, case coordination, DUI evaluation, information and referral, and intervention services.

Provides a variety of bus services to those living in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties as well as Chicago. This also includes paratransit services for those that are disabled. Visit the website for information regarding each route offered and the hours the route operates. 

Provides primary Health Care for agricultural workers and members of their households. Includes well women exams, chronic disease management, physical check-ups, and referrals.

For persons in the community who experience homelessness, housing instability, mental illness, substance use, or extreme poverty.

Provides:

-- Safe, hospitable environment.

-- Protection from the elements.

-- Showers/hygiene.

-- Laundry.

-- Mail delivery and postage for client's correspondence.

-- Socialization.

-- Access to telephone and messages.

-- Nurse practitioner through Crossing Healthcare.

-- Connection to community resources, i.e., basic needs, food, shelter/housing, clothing, medical needs, job opportunities.

Also acts as a warming and cooling center for people during extreme weather.

Provides Medication-Assisted Treatment who struggles with an Opioid Use Disorder. Other services include primary health care, group and individual counseling, recovery support coaching, and care management.

Offers the Counseling Center for Military Sexual Trauma (MST) cases no matter what the period of service. The center provides family and marital counseling, bereavement counseling; counseling for post-traumatic stress disorder; anxiety, anger and any issues dealing with readjustment.

Offers a program that is a structured, theoretically based approach to therapy that builds on the normal communicative and learning processes of children. Therapists use this method to help children express what is troubling them when they do not have the verbal language to express their thoughts and feelings.