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Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

Categories

Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance

Designed to prevent entrance into foster care and provide support with the guardianship process. Services include help to obtain guardianship, help to obtain the Child Only Grant and other entitlements and benefits, help enrolling the children in school, referrals for other services, and cash assistance to obtain guardianship and to meet the child's basic needs.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

Categories

Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Handles the personal, financial, and legal affairs of developmentally disabled, mentally ill, and elderly persons with disabilities. Serves as "guardian of last resort" for individuals with disabilities when no other person is available to serve. Most of its wards are indigent or have limited assets.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

Categories

Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Handles the personal, financial, and legal affairs of developmentally disabled, mentally ill, and elderly persons with disabilities. Serves as "guardian of last resort" for individuals with disabilities when no other person is available to serve. Most of its wards are indigent or have limited assets.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

Categories

Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

Categories

Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

Categories

Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Offers the services of a public guardian/conservator for persons in need of a surrogate decision maker. A person may be eligible for this program if the initial investigation by the Department of Human Services (DHS) finds exploitation and/or self-neglect/abuse.

Categories

Conservatorship Assistance
Guardianship Assistance

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

Categories

Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Provides a neutral professional to act as guardian or/and conservator as determined by the court.

Categories

Guardianship Assistance
Conservatorship Assistance

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

Categories

Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

Categories

Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance

- Adoption: Offers relative and non-relative, second parent, stepparent, adult, and DCFS foster parent adoption services.

- Post Adoption: Families are connected with resources meant to aid in adoption preservation.

- Legal Custody: Helps to provide legal custody to caregivers, whether for a child or disabled adult.

- Guardianship: Helps to provide legal guardianship, which allows the caregiver to make decisions for the child in their care.

Categories

Adoption Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Guardianship Assistance
Adoption Legal Services

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

Handles the personal, financial, and legal affairs of developmentally disabled, mentally ill, and elderly persons with disabilities. Serves as "guardian of last resort" for individuals with disabilities when no other person is available to serve. Most of its wards are indigent or have limited assets.