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Offers eyeglasses and hearing aids to those in need that do not have adequate resources with a referral from program or agency. Assists blind persons in obtaining guide dogs and Braille typewriters.

Offers men's, women's, and children's clothing. Emergency clothing assistance. Furniture and appliances.

Offers SERVSAFE® classes for food service professionals, providing comprehensive training on food hazards, proper food handling practices, and regulatory requirements to ensure food safety and prevent foodborne-illness outbreaks. 

Offers MEDICAID (Medical Assistance) to people who are low income and aged (65 and older), disabled (including blindness), women needing treatment for cancer or pre-cancerous conditions of breast or cervix (who have been screened and diagnosed through the Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection program and who do not have credible health insurance coverage), children under 21 years of age, pregnant women, parents or other caretaker relatives of children under age 18 (or under age 19 if they are attending secondary school and are expected to graduate before age 19). Medicaid will pay the costs of Health care, Dental care, In-home health care, Nursing facility care or Residential facility care.

Emergency operations center for the County, which handles emergency response incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disasters. Also responsible for requesting federal assistance after a disaster.

Provides counseling services. Services are offered in English and Spanish.

Services include:

-- DUI evaluations

-- Gambling assessments

-- Substance abuse disorder treatment

-- Gambling disorder treatment

-- Aftercare group

-- Individual counseling

-- Family counseling

-- Parenting classes

-- Anger management

-- Stress management

-- Partners and family abuse prevention

-- Gambling early intervention

Provides hospital and care services to the community.

Distributes NARCAN to those in need when harm reduction measures are needed. 

Provides a Mobile Crisis Response Unit to help those going through a mental health crisis. The team can provide immediate in-person or over-the-phone support. The team is partnered with 988 and can respond to any mental health crisis in Will County and southwest Cook County. After the initial call, the MCRT can provide up to 4 sessions of crisis stabilization.

The health department is constantly monitoring school absences in an attempt to determine a food borne outbreak or a disease outbreak. The health department is also required to have drills annually to see how quickly they could dispense medications to the population should a bioterrorist event or pandemic influenza occur.

The health department currently monitors what is happening in the world regarding different disease outbreaks.

Offers diagnostic services and treatment for STDs/STIs. Also offers testing for HIV and Hepatitis C, as well as the Gardasil vaccine. Hepatitis A and B immunizations are provided to all STD/STI clinic clients.

Diagnostics and treatment provided for the following STDs/STIs:

-- Gonorrhea

-- Chlamydia

-- Human papilloma virus infections (genital warts)

-- Syphilis

-- Trichomonas

Offers twice-per-month food pantry delivery, in conjunction with the West Suburban Community Pantry.

Participants sign up and submit orders in advance with WSCP and food is then delivered to the Creative Arts Centre, where it is handed out to participants twice per month at specified times.