Promotes independence by proactively partnering with individuals and their families. Connects with services and supports to best meet every person's unique needs.

From achieving employment to securing housing, accessing healthcare to building a support system, professionals leverage individual and team strengths to reach each person's goals.

Provides case management services to help individuals experiencing hardship. Case Managers work individually with families to provide ongoing support and to get connected to much-needed services.

A program that assists pregnant women and children to obtain health care services in order to have a healthy pregnancy and promote the healthy development of the child and family. The goals of the program are:

-- To provide access to primary health care.

-- To identify and resolve access barriers through referral and linking.

-- To provide health education to all eligible clients.

-- To reduce infant mortality.

Offers to connect pregnant and parenting teens in the foster care system to community-based supportive services that can meet their unique needs including home visiting and doula services. Home Visiting programs providing specially-trained home visitors who work with parents to build their skills and promote their children's healthy development.

Offers comprehensive case management system that helps families identify barriers to self-sufficiency and connects them with community support organizations. Barriers could include unemployment, insecure housing, lack of job skills, lack of child care.

Provides substance use assessments and case management services for courts across Illinois.

Clients may be mandated to TASC as an alternative to incarceration at the time of sentencing, or they may be referred post-sentence when they're on probation. TASC case managers conduct clinical assessments, advocate for treatment for those who need it, develop individualized service plans, and place clients into treatment and recovery support services. TASC also reports client progress to the court, and provides monitoring and guidance as clients work their way through the recovery process.

Assists individuals with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and developmental disabilities in accessing needed services and supports. Coordinators provide information, referral, assess individuals for needs, develop a treatment plan, and coordinate funding as needed.

Provides case management services to individuals managing issues related to epilepsy. Assists clients in gaining knowledge and skills necessary to handle common challenges such as medication compliance, access to public benefits, difficulties with the school system, and employee discrimination.

Provides trauma-informed in-home and telehealth therapeutic services to families with adopted children. Therapeutic services include family and individual therapy, group therapy and activities, caregiver psychoeducation/coaching, case management and advocacy.

Provides a variety of family health services including:

- WIC

- APORS (Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Recording System)

- Breastfeeding Peer Counseling

- Family Case Management

- HealthWorks

Assists individuals with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and developmental disabilities in accessing needed services and supports. Coordinators provide information, referral, assess individuals for needs, develop a treatment plan, and coordinate funding as needed.

Case Managers provide children services including:

-- Rescue youth from pimps.

-- Help with medical services.

-- Public health insurance.

-- Social security/disability benefits.

-- Maternity housing.

-- Drug program placement.

-- Domestic violence housing.

-- Transportation.

-- Mental health services.

-- Psychiatric evaluations or access to psychotropic medications.

-- Advocacy with the courts.

-- Social workers.

-- Probation officers.

-- Resume preparation.

-- Job placement.

-- Access to vocational or trade schools or community colleges.

-- Applications for FAFSA (federally funded financial aid).

Provides emergency housing and supportive services to homeless individuals and families. Services include case management, information and referral to community resources, education assistance, workshops, and access to food pantry.

Cold Shelter available on nights when it is 20F or below.

Families are given a personal case worker to help assess the causes and symptoms of the current issues. From here, a personalized action plan is mapped out in order for the family members to learn how to achieve their goals. Along the way, the family is not only connected to The Salvation Army's resources, but also to other outside resources that benefit their personal growth and support.

Provides several programs that may be able to assist families or individuals that find themselves homeless with no place to stay. Emergency Shelters may be provided through hotel vouchers when funding is available. Staff will work with the families/individuals to determine eligibility. Staff will provide case management and assist in locating housing that will meet the household's needs. Through HUD funding, C.E.F.S. can assist households with rent and supportive services while the household participates in case management. Case management will include budget counseling, goal setting, assessment of needs, and referrals.

Caseworkers complete a needs-based assessment in a hospital setting for patients who need further assistance after discharge. Caseworkers review service options and costs, provide general information on nursing facility care as well as the Community Care program so individuals may make informed choices regarding their own care now and in the future.

Assists individuals with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and developmental disabilities in accessing needed services and supports. Coordinators provide information, referral, assess individuals for needs, develop a treatment plan, and coordinate funding as needed.