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Coordinates organ and tissue donation while supporting families of donors in Illinois and portions of Indiana. Streamlines the organ donation process and provides support to both donor and recipient families.

Specific services include:

- Evaluation of donors.

- 24/7 referral coordination.

- Educational programs.

- Registration.

- Lab screenings.

- General help for patients and medical providers involved in the organ donation process.

- Information on the Illinois Organ/Tissue Donor Registry, Donate Life Illinois, and the critical need for organs and tissue.

Offers library services. Services include books (audio books), DVDs/Blu-rays, electronic resources, video games, magazines, newspapers, foreign language materials, business equipment, puzzles, science kits, meeting spaces, computers with internet and word processing, copiers, scanners and other equipment. Home delivery and outreach services may be available for those in need. Mobile scooters, wheelchairs rolling walkers, child strollers and assistive technology are available for in-library use. Programs and tours are available for individuals, classes and groups. Programs include story times for preschoolers, STEM/STEAM programs for elementary school age children, and more.   

Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.

Helps with subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues, evictions from mobile home parks, evictions by private landlords, discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project), foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues, and housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.

Offers employment opportunities services. Providing a variety of services for job seekers, including career counseling, education and job-training guidance, financial aid for education and training, personalized career plans, unemployment insurance services, America's Job Bank and other internet job listings, and referrals to partner organizations. In addition, individuals are offered assistance with resumes, cover letters for employers, and interview skills.

Provides adult basic education, including literacy, ESL classes, and tutoring in reading and math.

Provides a variety of enforcement, educational, and animal disposition services including, dog licensing, cruelty and complaint investigation, pet care presentations, animal adoptions.

For situations in which an animal's welfare may be in jeopardy (such as animal abuse, neglect, injury, or endangerment) or where public health or safety may be impacted (such as a bite, attack, or harassment of a person by an animal), contact the office to report what was seen or heard. An Animal Control Officer will be dispatched to investigate the situation.

Offers a safe space for individuals experiencing emotional stress or overwhelming symptoms due to live circumstances.

Service may include, emotional support groups, assistance in applying for Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, housing applications, and Social Security and a safe place to enjoy a snack, watch TV, make art, or play a game.

Provides a non-profit, no-kill animal rescue and shelter. Also provides spay and neuter services for owned dogs and cats on Wednesdays.

Provides after-school programs for K-12 children at 18 schools and one community center in Vermilion County. These programs offer homework assistance, tutoring, and credit recovery. Also sponsors project-based academic enrichment activities, including STEM, literacy, entrepreneurship, arts and music, physical activity, service learning, mentoring, prevention programming, life skills development, youth leadership, college and career readiness, field trips, and more. In addition, Project Success provides students with snacks and meals.

Transitional housing for men.

Runs a screening process that provides financial assistance toward eyeglasses for those found eligible.

Provides one-on-one support throughout pregnancy.

Offers personalized support for a healthy pregnancy, full term delivery, and postpartum care through the baby’s first 6 months.

Navigators (who are nurses and social workers) can also connect clients with community resources and help find medical care.

Those who qualify for the program may receive:

- Personalized prenatal and postpartum education.

- Community referrals and links to services.

- Services provided free of charge.

Provides a school for students with developmental disabilities due to physical and intellectual disabilities. The students are instructed by certified special education teachers and assisted by paraprofessionals. Also offers a variety of therapies such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, music therapy and more.

Provides a childcare service. Services include an early childhood development center for children ages 6 weeks to preschool. 

Provides police and dispatch services responsible for emergency assessment and response. 

Provides public housing apartment units across 4 communities in Macomb and Bushnell, Illinois.

Provides amplified phones, CapTel phones, and Braille phones to those individuals whose hearing loss can be verified by by physician.

Offers bus driver training courses, including a segment of first aid procedures and school bus driver safety. Courses include 8-hour initial training for all new school bus drivers prior to getting a bus permit. Also includes, 2-hour refresher workshop in the 12-month period prior to renew a school bus permit.