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Provides a place for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities to gain greater independence, participate in community involvement, and work towards personal goals. The focus of services is on life skills, wellness, relationship-building, creativity, and choice. Each participant is supported at their own pace, with experiences that help them build confidence and take more ownership of their daily lives.

Offers, as resources allow, to help refugees and asylees reach economic self-sufficiency and to them with any problems, interests and concerns they may have. The Bureau of Refugee Services works to serve as a central clearinghouse in order to refer refugees and asylees to any resource necessary and available to them. The Bureau is the service agency for all refugees enrolled in FIP, the state welfare reform program. Now offering a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) program. This program will help participants prepare for the class, enroll into the DMACC CDL program at no cost, and obtain a job after completion. Participants will also qualify for “Jump Start” training specially designed to help English Language Learners.

Provides a comprehensive child development program which serve children from birth to age five, pregnant women and their families. The program is child-focused and has the overall goal of increasing the school readiness of young children in low-income families.

Call or visit the website for the nearest Head Start/Early Head Start location near you. 

Provides library services for the residents of McHenry. Also provides computers and public internet access. 

Offers instant meal packs and bags of groceries.

As long as funding is available, 3 annual bus passes are provided on the first Tue of the month on a first-come, first-served basis, until supply is exhausted.

Serves as a warming center during cold weather and/or Winter Weather Advisories and Warnings.  Also serves as cooling center.   Open to the public, with the exception of personal bans/barriers from the facility. Warm coffee, snacks, and restrooms are available. Service animals welcome.

Provides food to individuals and families that present for assistance and who meet the Department of Human Services requirements.

Also available, refrigerated Mobile Food Pantry truck which delivers food to pre-registered individuals and families in rural communities.

Mobile Food Pantry requires pre-registration for services.

Early Head Start is an education-based program that supports families through child development, parenting education, nutrition, social services, parent involvement, family literacy, and health and disability services. The home visiting program consists of a home visitor making a weekly visit and providing two group socialization opportunities a month. The center-based program for parents working or going to school full time, provides free childcare for eligible infants and toddlers, which also promotes parental input through volunteer opportunities and parent interactions.

Head Start is a no-cost preschool program that serves children ages 0-5 and their families. Program includes health services, nutritional meals and snacks, disability services, educational services, social services, and parent involvement. Full-day and half-day programs are available.

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.

Offers law enforcement services to the city of Marengo. 

Provides supplemental food for people in need through a weekly food pantry. The amount of food depends on the number of people in the family. In emergency situations people may call and arrange for food outside of the weekly pantry hours. This is a participating TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) food pantry. Enrollment into TEFAP is confidential and requires proof of address and identification. Individuals participating in the FoodShare, School Nutrition Program, WIC, or Senior Meals programs may participate in TEFAP without impacting their ability to qualify for those programs.

Offers a kitchenette and pantry, telephone, internet access, and a meeting area. Senior activities are scheduled based on interest and can include social activities and games, public health wellness screenings, and educational sessions.

Provides police and dispatch services responsible for emergency assessment and response, including coordination with correctional facilities for the detention, confinement, and management of individuals involved in criminal offenses.

Provides couples counseling services to help reduce stress, increase healthy communication, and build intimacy between partners and families. Couples can seek therapy for a variety of reasons, and do not need to wait until they are struggling. Couples counseling requires the ability to remain neutral and supportive as couples learn healthy ways to communicate.

Offers care to children in grades kindergarten through fifth grade.

Offers workshops that teach individuals and families how to get more out of money and how to save money for financial goals. This is a series of workshops that are a blend of instruction and hands on activities so each concept can be mastered. 

Offers to prepare registered Pre-K students for a routine schedule in a classroom setting. Instructors work with students on fine motor skills and learning the alphabet.

Offers free pregnancy tests, STI testing, confirmation Ultrasounds. Providing education about prenatal health.