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Provides environmental health services to the Vermilion County area. Services include investigating sewage discharges onto the surface of the ground or into waterways, inspecting sewage systems for home sales, investigating dumpsites, outdoor accumulations of garbage, and vacant, collapsing houses, complaints about food service establishments, and inspects and issues permits for permanent and temporary food service establishments. Will also provide sample bottles for collecting water for analysis, inspects wells for home sales, and collects birds suspected of having died from West Nile Virus for testing.

Provides counseling services for both individual treatment and group work. It can be focused on a specific issue or focused on broader patterns of thinking and behavior. Both require an individual to learn new, healthier ways to think and interact.

Online counseling option also available. An online session is conducted the same as an in-person session, with the exception of never having to leave the home or office. The format is face-to-face, in real time, over a computer.

Provides supervision over elections and maintains vital records for the county, including birth, death, and marriage certificates. Issues marriage licenses. Manages vote by mail, check sold taxes, and election judges.

Primary medical services, including:

-- Family medicine

-- Internal medicine

-- Men's Clinic

-- Screenings and assessments

-- Pediatrics

-- Teen clinic

-- Special needs clinic

-- Immunizations

-- STI screenings and treatments

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.

Offers to help children in grades 4-12 develop knowledge and skills. Services include learning about citizenship, leadership, cooking, arts and crafts, mechanics and technology, horticulture, agriculture, and other subjects. To teach young people about these subjects, the 4-H program uses the learn-by-doing method of instruction.

Offers to help children in grades 4-12 develop knowledge and skills. Services include learning about citizenship, leadership, cooking, arts and crafts, mechanics and technology, horticulture, agriculture, and other subjects. To teach young people about these subjects, the 4-H program uses the learn-by-doing method of instruction.

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

Provides emergency assistance with rent, utilities, mortgage, medications, and other needs.

Provides the following library services to residents of Freeport. Services include books (including eBooks), audiobooks, movies, music, and periodicals. Also offers free access to the internet (wireless), computer lab, meeting and study rooms, and programs for all ages. 

Counseling and mental health services including individual, couples, and family counseling and anger management groups.

Offers wheelchair-accessible bus and van transportation throughout Stephenson County. Adults 60 years of age and older can ride on a donation basis after registering with the Senior Resource Center for age verification.

Transportation passes or vouchers may be available for eligible individuals to use as payment for transportation services. Services are limited to residents of Stephenson County.

Offers early childhood programming for children ages birth-5 years. Provides educational experience that fosters holistic development and engages parents in their children's learning journey, both within the classroom and at home. 

Confidential reporting service for those who have any information concerning missing persons from Illinois.

Missing children from Illinois are listed with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Provides a shelter for persons experiencing domestic violence offering emergency housing.

Offers General Assistance (GA) for residence with in Marengo Township. GA is a locally administered welfare program which provides monthly financial assistance to persons who do not have adequate income or resources to provide for their own basic needs.

The General Assistance Program is primarily for those adults without minor children, without adequate income, and ineligible for any other monetary forms of assistance.

Offers a weight management program to veterans. Program provides weight-loss support groups to assist in weight loss, healthy eating tips and cooking classes, behavioral change strategies to assist in living a healthier lifestyle.

Full assessments and tailored plans for individuals dealing with substance abuse.

Facilitates individual, group, and family counseling.

Can make referrals for:

-- Psychiatric consultation

-- Medication management

-- Crisis services

-- Child care

-- Employment training

Therapeutic, Christian-based transitional living facility for ex-offenders, including post-release support for sex offenders.

Provides a free, long-term nurse home-visiting service for at-risk pregnant individuals and their families. Every 1-3 weeks program participants meet with a nurse in the comfort of their home.

Services include:

-- Nurse home visiting care/support for pregnant individuals and their families

-- Mobile clinic services

-- Child and family education

-- Employment opportunities

-- Healthy food access

-- Investigates all reportable diseases occurring in Jo Daviess County in order to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

-- Tuberculosis skin testing, treatment, and follow up care.

-- Provide individual/community education.