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Clinical staff maintains an updated referral file of mental health professionals throughout the Chicago area who are experienced working with grieving children, teens, and families. Contacts with other resources may be provided or researched, as needed.
Assistance with information, referral, distribution and completion of applications for the Food Assistance Program (formerly food stamps).

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Specialized Information and Referral
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Assists with questions specifically pertaining to the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.
Provides outreach, information, and assistance, connecting seniors to benefits and services to help them maintain their independence in the community. Assists seniors in becoming aware of the many government programs they are potentially eligible for and may provide assistance in applying for those benefits, such as Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, etc.
Offers information and referral of resouces for parents, caregivers, teachers, therapists, grandparents, or anyone that is affected by autism. Contact by phone, email or visit website.
Offers every service and program available to people who are deaf or hearing impaired. In contrast, some services are specific to the deaf community, such as securing TTYs, advocating for more interpreters, using the Video Relay Service (VRS), etc.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Assistive Technology Equipment
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Provides information and assistance to caregivers of any age who are caring for someone age 60 or older. Services include needs assessment and assistance in accessing services needed by either the caregiver or the older person to relieve the stress and physical/financial burden of caregiving. Training and support is provided to the caregiver through caregiver support groups as well as printed materials, videos, and Internet access in the Caregiver Resource Room.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Caregiver Counseling
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Caregiver Consultation and Support

Provides various information and assistance to Immigrants and Hispanic individuals, including:

- Information and referral.

- Educational seminars addressing employment, housing, immigration and naturalization, financial literacy, health issues, and more.

- Job-seeking training and tips.

- Medicaid information and counseling.

- General benefits assistance.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs
Medicaid Information/Counseling

Provides trained members who offer effective listening, response, and referral services to friends and neighbors in need. The program includes education on common mental health and substance abuse disorders and guidance on accessing appropriate help. Additionally, it offers companionship and linkage to services for individuals who are socially isolated, homebound, or otherwise in need of connection, aiming to brighten their day and maintain their contact with the outside world through activities such as reading, talking, listening, and other supportive tasks.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Friendly Visiting
Provides peer support counseling, information and referral to services that help disabled individuals, skills training, advocacy for persons with disabilities and their families and disability awareness and leadership education. CICIL works with individuals in their homes or in locations convenient to the individual.

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Centers for Independent Living
Specialized Information and Referral
Independent Living Skills Instruction

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Benefits Screening
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Respite Care Subsidies
General Household Goods Provision
Prevocational Training
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Supported Employment

Provides help vulnerable adults with navigating abusive situations that they may encounter by providing resources to help mitigate risk of vulnerable adults that meet the criteria of the program.

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Adult Protective Services
Specialized Information and Referral
Assistance with information, referral, distribution and completion of applications for the Food Assistance Program (formerly food stamps).

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Specialized Information and Referral
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

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Respite Care Subsidies
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Transportation Expense Assistance
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Prevocational Training
Benefits Screening
Supported Employment
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Specialized Information and Referral
Provides specialized information and referral to individuals 18 or older who are disabled or individuals 60 years or older and their caregivers.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Area Agencies on Aging
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Disease/Disability Information

Transportation

What caregivers need to know and how to help care receivers get around: http://www.aarp.org/transportation


We Need to Talk

Free online seminar to help caregivers determine how to assess a loved one's driving skills and provide tools to help with this conversation: http://www.aarp.org/wntt

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Specialized Information and Referral
Family group for parents and families of youth with mental, emotional and behavioral health challenges. Offers parents the opportunity to gather with others who have successfully navigated the mental and behavioral health systems in order to achieve support for their child. "One on one" service designed to be encouraging and informational, with access to parent education and skill building, workshops and support groups.

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Families/Friends of Individuals With Mental Health Disorders Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Provides help with understanding Illinois residents' healthcare choices. Also helps find physicians who accept the Medical Card (Medicaid) and helps in determining what services are covered under Medicaid programs.

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Physician Referrals
Medicaid Information/Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Promotes choice and enhances the wellbeing and dignity of aging adults, caregivers, adults with disabilities, and those with the greatest economic need so that they may live independently. Assists Nebraskans in accessing services, supports, and information.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Area Agencies on Aging

Care team that specializes in providing integrated primary medical and behavioral health care and social services to the LGBTQ+ community. Services provided:

- Assessments and referrals to Hormone Replacement Therapy.

- Hormone Replacement Therapy.

- Letters for surgery.

- Counseling.

- Family Medicine.

- Case management and care coordination.

- Nutrition education.

- OB/GYN.

- Enrollment assistance (insurance/ Medicare/Medicaid).

- Referrals for other needed services.

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Obstetrics/Gynecology
General Medical Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Sexual Orientation Counseling
Case/Care Management
Transgender Hormone Therapy

Provides peer support counseling, information and referral to services that help disabled individuals, skills training, advocacy for persons with disabilities and their families and disability awareness and leadership education. Working with individuals in their homes or in locations convenient to the individual.

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Centers for Independent Living
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Specialized Information and Referral

Services for individuals with disabilities. Includes information and referral, service coordination, independent living skills training, individual and system advocacy, equipment loan and rental, equipment repair, barrier removal consultations and grants, peer mentoring, and disability awareness training. Personal assistant referral and management program.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Specialized Information and Referral
Disease/Disability Registries
Assistive Technology Information
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Medical Equipment/Supplies

- Advocates for the civil rights of individuals with disabilities.

- Coordinates public disability awareness activities including presentations to community groups.

- Assists individuals with hearing and speech disabilities access communication needs.

- Assists with independent living skills training (money management, assertiveness training, self-advocacy, etc.).

- Provides information and referral services.

- Provides peer mentoring for individual and group settings.

- Provides transition services such as moving qualified individuals from nursing facilities or other institutions to independent living.

- Assists youth with disabilities transition from high school to adult life.

- Provides personal assistant services.

- Operates a Community Advocacy Training program for youth and adults.

- Assists individuals with vision loss or blindness acquire assistive devices and skills training.

- Operates a medical equipment loan program.

- Provides mentoring for parents of youth with disabilities.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Assistive Technology Equipment
Centers for Independent Living
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Specialized Information and Referral

Services include:

-- Access/screening.

-- Anger Management Counseling.

-- Caregiver Connection.

-- Crisis stabilization services.

-- Case Management.

-- Child Outpatient Therapy.

-- Family Counseling.

-- Linkage with psychiatric medical services.

-- ADHD Services and Resources.

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In Person Crisis Intervention
Specialized Information and Referral
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Caregiver Counseling
Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling
Mental Health Evaluation
Psychiatric Case Management
Anger Management

Provides information and referrals to area agencies that offer support services to the Washington and Marion County residents.