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Provides education and support services to students. Services aim to help students acquire an Illinois high school diploma, formerly known as a high school equivalency certificate, and acquire English language skills for English language learners by offering language acquisition (ELA) classes. Will also help students with the transition into college or a career pathway by offering career readiness curriculum in HSE and ELA classes and assistance transitioning into on-the-job training, college, and careers.

Provides outdoor adventure therapy and hands-on learning. Provides outdoor, client-centered mental health support that builds resilience, supports emotional wellness, and helps youth discover personal strengths through healing.

Services include individual therapy, family therapy, parent support, and social-emotional learning groups. Grants and community donations allow DeKalb County families access to services regardless of ability to pay. Reduces stigma, removes barriers to care, and builds a healthier, stronger community.

Offers over 100 two and three bedroom units as part of the Low-income Housing Tax Credit program. The apartments have rents that are below market rate for the area. The complex also offers some Project-based Section 8 housing.

Provides hot meals delivered to homebound seniors on a daily basis.

Provides a variety of services for children and families in order to support and facilitate recovery for mental illness, trauma, disruptive behavior disorders, family relationship problems, and school issues. Services include individual therapy, family therapy, parenting education and skill building, group therapy, consultation to schools and other agencies and psychiatric services.

Provides opportunities to gain job training and earn wages working at the Encore Thrift Store. Some of the positions offered are front and back-end positions at the thrift store and landscaping services offering yard maintenance and landscaping training.

Provides a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital located in Mendota, Illinois.

Advocates for nursing home residents' rights, investigates complaints and abuse allegations, provides consultation on how to choose a nursing home, and mediates solutions to problems. Works with families and residents.

Provides education and training in approved training programs in local community colleges. Can help with the cost of tuition, books, fees, required tools, and any additional items required by the program. Program also provides a work experience and on-the-job training component. 

Work Experience offers subsidizes wages at a local employer for 1 to 6 months to help customer gain experience to gain permanent employment.

On-The-Job Training offers subsidizes half of hourly wage for a set period of time at a local employer with the intention of the employer retaining the customer after training is complete.

Provides energy assistance program designed to help moderate income seniors and families who have temporarily experienced a hardship but may not meet the guidelines of government programs.

Callers must ask specifically for the Warm Neighbors Cool Friends program when they reach out to this referral.

Offers a state-wide network of resources for individuals with autism spectrum disorders. The site offers consultation, a resource room, new diagnosis orientation for families, social skill programs, play groups, training and technical assistance, and internship opportunities for students. The Resource Room has many books and DVDs that can be checked out but also has many free visual supports for use with people on the Autism Spectrum. TAP may also create customized visual supports such as schedules, social stories, and learning aids.

Helps low income residents and households conserve fuel and reduce energy costs by making their homes and apartments more energy efficient. Also provides many health and safety upgrades.

Services include air sealing, attic and wall insulation, HVAC repair or replacement, electric base load reduction (lighting and refrigerator replacement), ventilation and moisture control measures (and other health/safety measures).

- Maximum $20,000 for energy-related weatherization and repair work (per client's home).

- Maximum $3,500 for health and safety-related measures.

Provides health legal services that helps individuals and families obtain and maintain Medicaid and Medicare and obtain coverage for services needed. Can also assist with medical assistance denials, terminations, spend down issues (Medicaid, Medicare), establishing powers of attorney, nursing home discharges, helping family members obtain guardianship or other legal authority to care for loved ones, and helping people with HIV/AIDS obtain care and services.

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 practical information for anyone to access in the areas served. Education services include agriculture, horticulture, family and consumer economics, nutrition and wellness, and youth development. The website has information about different programming options available.

Offers parental training and enrichment program that offers education and family support services. The primary goal is to strengthen parent-child relationships, reinforce parenting skills, and promote child growth and development so that all children develop a strong foundation for learning.

Provides law enforcement services to the county, including responding to emergency assistance requests through a telephone response service staffed by trained personnel who assess situations and dispatch the appropriate emergency response agency.

Free winter outerwear distribution (includes coats, jackets, hats, scarves, mittens, gloves, or socks) for children and adults. Donations are accepted of new or gently used and laundered adult and child coats, jackets, mittens, socks (must be new), gloves and hats. 

Offers supportive housing facilities for those in need. Each of these facilities offers supportive services, such as counseling, educational programs, quality childcare, and job training.

Haven House: Provides a home environment for women with or without children.

Haven Apartments: Permanent supportive housing that serves homeless women and their children who may be disabled.

Hope Place: Provides a home environment for families with low-to-moderate incomes.

Offers free clothing, food, household items, furniture, and appliances to those in need.

Offers English language classes for individuals with limited English proficiency. Morning and evening class times are available on campus and at the Rantoul location for beginners. Instruction is also offered for individuals needing to improve their basic literacy skills, obtain high school equivalency certificate, or prepare for college or careers.