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Offers free and age appropriate educational services to children and young adults from pre-school to college levels. Will also present valuable information to churches, civic groups or other organizations, as well as business and industry. Presentations can be tailor-made to suit school or organization’s needs. All programs are completely free.

Offers a wide variety of activities and classes for children, teens, and adults in public parks, including clubs and classes for active older adults, athletics, arts and crafts, dance classes, cultural activities, fitness, seasonal special events, and opportunities for recreation in spaces maintained for public enjoyment and beauty.

Administers the Illinois Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in Illinois with respect to employment, financial credit, public accommodations, housing and sexual harassment, as well as sexual harassment in education. The website includes forms, instructions, and links to numerous other related websites as well as detailed information on how the discrimination charge process works.

Also maintains a helpline for assistance specifically with sexual harassment and discrimination.

Offers employment services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Individuals participating in the vocational program receive job skill education and assessment, job coaching and pre-vocational services as needed. 

Emergency, critical care, and non-emergency ambulance transportation. Select ambulances are equipped with bariatric rigs that have ramps and winch to transport large patients.

Offers clinical rides for students at community colleges.

Povides nutrition education, breastfeeding support, community referrals, and nutritious supplemental foods for eligible pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5. WIC can help families get healthy foods and connect to healthcare and other services. 

Provides primary health care to those in the community. Also offers pediatric services.

Provides an affordable housing program for low and extremely low-income individuals.

Offers a variety of opportunities to socialize virtually and in-person. Includes activities such as bingo, card games, holiday parties, crafts, and bus trips to ball games, theatre events, and other special outings. Also works with professional organizations/individuals who give presentations on a variety of topics of interest to older adults. 

Provides events focused on maintaining the health of older adults. Programs and activities include exercise programs, fall awareness presentations, flu shots, medication management, and a wide range of screenings including those for blood pressure, hearing and sight, mental health, and counseling.

Provides recreational and social activities for seniors. Activities include bingo, cards, painting, dancing, group exercise sessions and lunches.

Offers educational classes with experienced facilitators on everything from prenatal care and childbirth to breastfeeding and newborn care. The goal is to set clients up for success in pregnancy and in parenthood through educational classes.

Provides a wide variety of services to the community, including literacy programs, Recycle for Sight, vision screening, community service.

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 utility bill payment assistance to local residents in need.

Provides neighbors in the Macon County area with household goods. Offering everything from cereal bowls to refrigerators at no cost. Clients are referred by social service organizations, schools, and churches in the area.

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.

Offers a one-time, assistance program for water and wastewater bills.

Provides help for families to adopt children within the foster care system who are unable to return to their family of origin. A child placed in a foster home after six moths of care can become eligible for adoption. Families will receive the support of an Adoption Specialist who will help the family prepare for the transition. The adoption Specialist will also help the family identify any additional resources needed before adoption  is completed.

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.