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Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers; assists Veterans apply for compensation and pension programs.

Information about pests, food production (including gardening), turf and landscape, and water quality.

Provides a preschool program for 3-5 year old children and their parents. Program is designed to provide an exciting and engaging atmosphere for children to explore and learn. Classrooms are set up for exploration-based learning that includes: imaginative play, blocks/building, writing and art, games, sensory exploration, science, and literacy. Program offers activities for families and children to attend and play together, so they both learn how to interact in a way that fosters successful communication and support.

Provides an online resource to help Illinois residents find all local food resources in one spot through a website called "EatMoveSave." Resources include food pantries, SNAP and WIC offices, senior food resources, school and summer meal sites, farmers markets, and grocery stores. Offers a variety of health and nutrition education programs for the community, including the expanded food and nutrition education program. Services may also include the supplemental nutrition assistance education program (SNAP-Ed) for low-income families.

Provides a variety of nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and home health aide

RSAC Prevention Educators are available to present professional trainings to organizations, companies, agencies, and schools. Educators have curriculum for many presentations but are open to new topics.

Professional trainings offered regularly include RSAC services and referral, how to respond to disclosure, childhood abuse, typical sexual development vs. red flag behavior, responding to sexual harassment, sexual assault and abuse, play therapy and sand tray therapy, and trauma and The Window of Tolerance.

Focuses on the prevention of HIV and STI transmission through education and outreach efforts that include topics on lifestyle and healthy outcomes.

Offers affordable home repair services for low-income homeowners, allowing them to get work done now and pay for it later – sometimes years down the line. Homeowners are invited to apply for the program and are accepted based on their household income and assessed home value. Services may include exterior repairs (such as roofs and siding), critical home repair (such as furnaces and water heaters), weatherization (such as windows and insulation), and accessibility (such as ramps, grab bars, and bath modifications). 

Provides congregate meals to seniors in the Knox County area. Must call to reserve a spot for lunch.

Provides free services to low income 6th-12th graders who are potential first generation college students. The program provides career and college exploration, college campus visits, ACT Test Prep, financial aid application assistance, college and scholarship application assistance and guidance through the college process.  May also provide ACT testing fee waivers and college application fee waivers for eligible students.

Mental health case management. Aids in assessment, planning, and support for a variety of needs. Assists with housing, public income entitlements, accessing various services, and more.

Case management services include, advocacy for mental health and other services, identifying and linking individuals with necessary resources, building skills for daily living.

Offers full range of general and preventative dental care. Except for dentures and partials which are not routinely offered. May also offer dental surgeries for children who qualify. 

County government offices.

Encourages members to remain active in their community and maintain social engagement with other seniors and the broader community.