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

Provides care coordination and case management for adults age 60 and older, including help setting up in-home services, nursing home care assessments, and support with choosing services. Offers in-home help with cleaning, meals, laundry, shopping, errands, bathing, dressing, grooming, and special diets. Provides a 24-hour emergency response system for health and safety emergencies and automated medicine dispensers with alerts and reminders to help participants take medications on time.

Provides supportive services to pregnant mothers and new parents.

Services and programs include:

- Adoption Support.

- Maternal Health Services.

- Newborn Care Education.

- Prenatal Care Education.

- Parenting Education.

- Physician Referrals.

- Pregnancy tests.

- Food For Two program (supplemental nutritious food during pregnancy).

- Laundry Program (provides laundry supplies and laundromat vouchers). - Maternity, infant, and children's clothing (up to 18 months in size). - Diapers. - Personal care items (shampoo, toothpaste, soap, etc.). - Items for infants and children (strollers, high chairs, beds, changing tables, etc.) (available when donations are received).

Provides a support group for individuals recovering from addictions. 

Supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to find jobs in the community.

-- Discovery: Helps to learn about a client's strengths and interests through observation, conversation, and spending time with clients to help find jobs that fit their goals. Family and friends are also interviewed to learn about a client's likes, dislikes, and strengths. Two home visits and a community visit are conducted.

-- Job Development: Employment Specialists teach social and communication skills needed to be successful at work. They support with touring businesses, job shadowing, and finding a job match. Also provide help creating a resume to give to potential employers. May begin with volunteering so that clients can gain experience and grow skills.

-- Employment Support: After a client is hired, Employment Support develops accommodations and supports for the job. Employment Support forms a relationship with the employer and supports the client to expand job roles. Provides initial job coaching for 2-4 weeks.

Head Start is an educational program to help prepare children for transition into kindergarten and provides health screenings and nutrients. Transportation is available at most locations. Early Head Start is specific to meet the developmental needs of infants and toddlers. Offers home-based options with a weekly visit from a teacher in the family's home along with two special days a month for activities with other families. The program focuses on supporting every child’s education, health, nutrition, and social-emotional development while partnering with families.

Find local contacts below:

Alexander County:

- Egyptian Early Learning Center, (618) 776-5756

Hardin County:

- Hardin County Early Learning Center, (618) 287-9098

Johnson County:

- Vienna Early Learning Center, (618) 658-9229

Massac County:

- Building Blocks Day Care, (618) 524-7400

- Metropolis Head Start, (618) 524-5222

Pope County:

- Pope County Early Head Start, (618) 683-2142

Pulaski County:

- Mounds Head Start, (618) 745-6703

Union County:

- Cobden and Migrant Head Start, (618) 893-1000

- Jonesboro Early Learning Center, (618) 614-6499

Provides services in support reproductive and preventive health for anyone who needs this care. Services may include pregnancy testing, prenatal care, post-partum care, doula services, breast/chest feeding support, family planning, birth control counseling, STI screening and treatment, breast/chest and cervical cancer screening, and infertility testing and referrals.

Works to ensure that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities achieve greater independence, personal choice, self-awareness, and wellness opportunities. 

Provides county clerk services to the Moultrie County area. Functions include elections and voter information, recorder of deeds, vital records (birth, death, marriage, civil union, etc.), and tax services.

Offers vaccines and information for individuals in need to answer questions, or misinformation about certain vaccines. Services include flu vaccines, COVID-19 vaccines, and other vaccines may be offered under this program. 

State agency that has responsibility for enforcing state laws, investigating crimes, providing laboratory analysis of criminal evidence, gathering and sharing criminal intelligence, and providing expertise and resources to other law enforcement agencies throughout the state.

- Employment agency for job seekers with developmental disabilities.

- Career planning, job placement, and ongoing support and consultation to employee and employer.

- Provides community based day services, residential supports, and respite services.

- Diversity training to employers on working with people experiencing developmental disabilities.