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Provides specialized treatment services for individuals who have chronic skin wounds such as pressure sores or ulcerations associated with diabetes and peripheral vascular disease that have resisted other forms of treatment.

Provides nutritious food as well as social contact to the homebound and elderly through the Meals on Wheels program.

Works with income-eligible homeowners to make their homes safer and more energy efficient by eliminating heat loss and air infiltration areas in the home. After the initial assessment, recommendations on home improvements are given to the homeowner and the Weatherization team will coordinate repairs with contractors. Examples of common improvements include sealing cracks, insulating attics, or repairing windows and doors. All improvements are completed at no cost to the homeowner.

Additional priority is given to households with elderly, disabled, and young children.

Offers assistance when funding is available, to individuals and families who are past due on their rent or utility payments and are at risk of becoming homeless or are homeless due to a recent financial crisis affecting their ability to pay housing costs. If funding available, may also be able to help with car repair assistance.

A comprehensive, team-based treatment program aimed at improving the mental health and quality of life for individuals who have experienced a first episode of a psychotic illness.

FIRST.IL Program Treatment Goals:

-- To reduce the symptoms of psychotic illnesses.

-- To improve individual and family functioning.

-- To reduce the chance of relapse.

-- To promote recovery and improve the long-term course of the illness.

-- To decrease the overall costs of treatment.

FIRST.IL treatment is a team-based approach that uses 5 modalities:

-- Psychiatric Care.

-- Individual Resiliency Training.

-- Supported Employment/Education.

-- Family Psychoeducation.

-- Case Management.

Provides mental health services that includes psychiatry, social work, counseling, psychology and nursing. Therapy and treatment are specifically oriented to each person, treating everyone as an individual.

Frequent mental health issues treated include depression, anxiety, bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia, trauma-related issues, adjustment disorders, stress, aging issues, and parenting concerns.

Psychiatry is offered for adults and children through the use of telehealth/video-conferencing as well as face-to-face services. Nursing services are also provided in conjunction with psychiatry and include medication management.

Provides a 16-week course designed to help parents build relationships with their children through supportive, skill-based learning. The program combines group-based sessions with individual in-home parent skill building. By working directly in the home environment, parents and children can see skills demonstrated, begin using them right away, and integrate them into their daily routines with confidence.

Provides information and support for caregivers. 

Offers case management to provide targeted services to families wanting to break the generational cycle of poverty and enable a path out of constant crisis. Services include, moving families from crises and vulnerability to stability and eventually self-sufficiency, meeting with a caseworker to develop your personalized action plan, tracking progress, reaching milestones, prepare for the future, service connections to: job training, health services, childcare and education, housing options, legal services, and more.

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.

Offers tuberculosis skin tests, follow-up tests, and treatment (when needed for those who test positive).

Provides a small community food pantry offering shelf stable items and a limited selection of fresh fruit or vegetables when available. Community Members may access the food pantry once each calendar month. Community members may select items of choice with an overall limit on the number of items based upon supply and household size.

Offers all DHS offices across the state during open hours for people to use as a warm/cool place to stay.

DCFS has the primary responsibility of protecting children and strengthening families through the investigation and intervention of suspected child abuse or neglect by parents and other caregivers.

DCFS links families with community services to address struggles families are having, offers preventative services to referred families in an attempt to keep family units together to address findings of abuse/neglect, and works with families who have children under the legal custody of DCFS while working to reunify families when possible or provide a permanent home for children.

As part of its duties, DCFS also licenses and monitors all Illinois child welfare agencies, child care agencies, domestic and international adoption providers, and group homes in the state.

Provides immunizations to those that qualify in Cass County.

Provides victims and concerned citizens with a toll-free number they can call for up-to-date information on the custody and/or case status of an offender. Callers may choose to register for automatic notification through Illinois AVN.

Illinois AVN is also available online at the VINE website, a public website that allows visitors to search for offender custody and case status. Users can also register online for phone or e-mail notification of changes in an offender's custody and/or court case status.

Provides food items.

Provides library services as well as computer and internet access.

Offers support groups for parents covering a variety of topics such as financial literacy, family planning, parenting struggles, conflict resolution and more.