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Offers support, education, and instructions to Ford County residents on how they can receive counseling, support, and free nicotine replacement products through the Illinois Tobacco Quitline. Additionally, Ford County Public Health Department monitors compliance of the Smoke-Free Illinois Act.

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Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Smoking/Vaping Cessation Support
Child/Adolescent immunization program, communicable disease control, disaster preparedness, community health services.

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Flu Vaccines
Communicable Disease Control
Blood Pressure Screening
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Cholesterol/Triglycerides Tests
General Immunization
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning

Addresses major factors in ill health such as Smoking and tobacco use, Substance abuse, Nutrition, STDs, HIV, abstinence, and sexuality education.

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Nutrition Education
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
General Health Education Programs

Offers a range of services, including:

-- Behavioral health assessment and treatment planning.

-- Individual therapy.

-- Family/marital/couples therapy.

-- Divorce mediation.

-- Divorce transition assistance for parents and children.

-- Group therapy.

-- Psychological assessment.

-- Crisis services.

-- Substance abuse prevention and education.

-- Pet therapy.

-- Home visiting program for children who are exhibiting behavior health concerns.

-- Outpatient behavioral health care.

-- Parenting education.

-- Psychiatry services.

Telehealth appointments are available.

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Divorce Counseling
Psychiatric Disorder Counseling
Mental Health Evaluation
Pet Assisted Therapy
Telemental Health
In Person Crisis Intervention
Home Based Mental Health Services
General Psychiatry
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Substance Use Disorder Intervention Programs
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Mental Health Drop In Centers
Family Life Education
Marriage and Relationships Counseling
Case/Care Management

Provides smokers interested in quitting information through KCHD or the Illinois Tobacco Quitline, a state-wide hotline for smoking cessation information and assistance.

Services include:

-- Child health services

-- Maternal health services

-- Home health care and homemaker services

-- Hospice care

-- Cancer screening for women

-- Health education, community education, and health planning

-- Immunization clinics for children and adults

-- Family planning services

-- Blood pressure checks

-- Disaster planning and preparedness

-- Tobacco cessation classes

-- Parent education classes

-- Home visits for children ages 0-5

-- Life Assist Emergency Response Alert

-- Public health nursing visits

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Home Based Parenting Education
General Health Education Programs
General Immunization
Community Clinics
Home Nursing
Public Health Nursing
Birth Control
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Hospice Care
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Homemaker Assistance
Blood Pressure Screening
Emergency Alert
Offers information and resources for tobacco cessation.

Offers to prepare youth to make healthy choices through prevention and education programs relating to substance use, adolescent pregnancy, and suicide prevention. These services provide early awareness, intervention, and out-of-classroom support to give youth the tools they need to stay on the right path.

Programs include:
Substance Use Prevention
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
Suicide Prevention

Categories

Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
Child Abuse Prevention
Mental Health Information/Education
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Youth Enrichment Programs
Youth Violence Prevention
Smoking/Vaping Cessation Support
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Human Trafficking Prevention

Offers to prepare youth to make healthy choices through prevention and education programs relating to substance use, adolescent pregnancy, and suicide prevention. These services provide early awareness, intervention, and out-of-classroom support to give youth the tools they need to stay on the right path.

Programs include:
Substance Use Prevention
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
Suicide Prevention

Categories

Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
Child Abuse Prevention
Mental Health Information/Education
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Youth Enrichment Programs
Youth Violence Prevention
Smoking/Vaping Cessation Support
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Human Trafficking Prevention

Offers e-learning tools, social support, and information about quitting.

Offers Freedom From Smoking classes available to anyone in the community interested in quitting tobacco products. Meeting with a small group ensures personal attention from the facilitator and provides support from others who are in the same situation.

Social services includes help from an oncology social worker to access community resources, including financial assistance, transportation, support groups and other services.

Counseling and behavioral health support includes counseling, stress management, relaxation techniques, education and help with spirituality.

Hereditary Cancer Risk Program offers risk assessment, genetic testing, prevention trials, community cancer screenings, and smoking cessation programs.

Physical wellness provides physical, occupational and speech therapy; exercise programs and lymphedema program.

Nutritional services offer nutritional evaluation, herbal education, and drug interaction review.

Inner Beauty specialty salon for cancer survivors offers consultation with a clinical cosmetologist and certified mastectomy fitter as part of a medically-based appearance program.

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Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Stress Management
Genetic Counseling
Nutrition Assessment Services
Cancer Clinics
Appearance Enhancement Consultation Programs

Provides resources to help Illinois residents to quit smoking, vaping or other tobacco use, including:

- Phone resource for individuals wanting to quit tobacco or tobacco-related products
- Phone counselors provide support and can also offer guidance in lung health, as well as answer tobacco-related questions
- The website offers tobacco-cessation information, support, and other resources.

Categories

Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Smoking/Vaping Cessation Support

Vaccines for adults and children.

Blood pressure screenings during business hours.

Disaster preparedness.

Tobacco cessation information.

Radon testing.

Health education.

Categories

COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Flu Vaccines
Communicable Disease Control
General Health Education Programs
General Immunization
Radon Testing
Blood Pressure Screening
Public Health Nursing
Free, confidential services for kids who want help quitting all forms of tobacco, including vaping. Participants receive five one-on-one coaching sessions, self-help and educational materials, and support by phone, text, or online chat.

Text "Start My Quit" to 36072 or go online to chat with a Coach.

Categories

Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Smoking/Vaping Cessation Support

Offers the following services, smoking cessation programs, women's health education and outreach, cardiovascular screening and education, unintentional injury prevention, car seat safety education and installation services, vision/ hearing screening and referral services, and diabetic self management and prevention classes.

Quitline Iowa is a toll-free, statewide tobacco use cessation telephone counseling hotline. Trained counselors provide callers information about health consequences of tobacco use, assistance in making an individualized quit plan, and on-going support through optional follow-up calls.
A free public service to answer questions about cancer and help with smoking cessation. Program resources available to patients, family members or friends, health care providers and researchers.

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Disease/Disability Information
Medical Information Services
Smoking/Vaping Cessation

Offers health education for the general public and smoking cessation for all age groups.

Provides medical and dental clinics serving low-income, uninsured residents. Services provided include care for illness and injury, medication assistance, flu immunizations, TB screening, smoking cessation, women's health, mammograms, wellness check, lab services, chiropractic, physical therapy, health planning, vision, and dental services.

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Dental Screening
Dental Care
Eye Screening
General Physical Examinations
General Laboratory Tests
Flu Vaccines
General Immunization
Tuberculosis Screening
Chiropractic
Community Clinics
Women's Health Centers
Podiatry/Foot Care
Pediatrics
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Physical Therapy
Mammograms
Eye Care

Offers to prepare youth to make healthy choices through prevention and education programs relating to substance use, adolescent pregnancy, and suicide prevention. These services provide early awareness, intervention, and out-of-classroom support to give youth the tools they need to stay on the right path.

Programs include:
Substance Use Prevention
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
Suicide Prevention

Categories

Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
Child Abuse Prevention
Mental Health Information/Education
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Youth Enrichment Programs
Youth Violence Prevention
Smoking/Vaping Cessation Support
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Human Trafficking Prevention

Offers IDPH Tobacco-Free Communities Project and Illinois Tobacco Quitline.

Offers a variety of wellness classes and programs for the community. Services include:

- CPR Classes.

- Diabetes Education.

- Financial Wellness Workshops.

- First Aid Workshops.

- Healthy Living Class.

- Class for managing falls and increasing activity levels in older adults.

- Class for preventing type 2 diabetes.

- Smoking Cessation Classes.

- Lung Cancer Screening Program.

- Safe Sitter Class.

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Physical Therapy
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Diabetes Management Clinics
Lung Cancer Screening

Provides the following services:

-- Audiology Clinic

-- Breastfeeding

-- Consultation

-- Case Management

-- Colorectal Cancer Screening Program

-- Developmental Screening

-- Diabetes Prevention

-- Immunizations

-- Infectious Disease Surveillance

-- Nutrition Counseling

-- Prenatal and Postpartum Fairs

-- Stroke and Vascular Screening

-- Tobacco Cessation

Categories

Communicable Disease Control
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Colorectal Cancer Detection
Case/Care Management
General Immunization
Diabetes Screening
Nutrition Assessment Services

Services offered include:

- Emergency preparedness

- Health Promotion Education

- Preventative dental services

- Health Classes and Workshops (including Living Well With Chronic Disease, Diabetes Prevention Program, Stepping On, Tai Chi, Question Persuade Refer Suicide Prevention Training, and more)

- Public Health Nursing and Community Health Workers

- Medicaid Application Assistance

- Patient Navigation

- Family Support Services and Home Visitation

- Car Seat Fitting Stations (by appointment)

- Bike Safety Events and Helmet Fittings

- Medication Assistance

- Environmental Services

- Disease investigation of food poisoning, influenza, rabies and West Nile virus

- Tobacco Cessation Programs (Beat the Pack or Freedom From Smoking, also local information sessions)

Categories

Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Bicycle Safety Education
Family Resource Centers/Outreach
Public Health Nursing
General Immunization
Dental Care
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Medication Information/Management
Friendly Visiting
Communicable Disease Control
General Health Education Programs