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Breakthrough Urban Ministries' Community Economic Development (CED) program provides education, work experience, and supportive services so that individuals increase skills, gain and retain employment, and access to resources and opportunities. Located on the 2nd floor of the Breakthrough Women's Center.

Services

Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Personal Financial Counseling
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Provides older adults assistance to apply for the Benefits Access Application (BAA), which offers a discount on license plate renewal and free bus passes. Once application is approved, a certificate of eligibility can be printed to take to one's local transit authority or Secretary of State Office. Qualifying individuals will receive a discount on their license plate renewal fee, making the plates available to them for $10. Bus passes will be free.

Services

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Benefits Screening
Supports individuals, family members, and/or significant others in their deliberations to determine care choices based on the individual's needs/preferences, values, and individual circumstances.

Services

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Case/Care Management
Medicaid Information/Counseling
Long Term Care Options Counseling

Legal service program that helps:

-- Individuals and families obtain and maintain Medicaid and Medicare and obtain coverage for services needed.

-- With medical assistance denials, terminations, spend down issues (Medicaid, Medicare).

-- Older adults and people with disabilities get the help needed to remain in their own home or secure coverage for long-term care.

-- Older adults and people with disabilities establish powers of attorney.

-- With nursing home discharges.

-- Family members obtain guardianship or other legal authority to care for loved ones.

-- People with HIV/AIDS obtain care and services.

Services

Medicaid Information/Counseling
Health Related Advocacy Groups
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Elder Law

Provides assistance with completing the Illinois Department on Aging (IDOA) Benefit Access Program application in order to receive a discount on license plate fees and free rides on fixed-route transit systems.

Services

Veteran Benefits Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Provides older adults assistance to apply for the Benefits Access Application (BAA), which offers a discount on license plate renewal and free bus passes. Once application is approved, a certificate of eligibility can be printed to take to one's local transit authority or Secretary of State Office. Qualifying individuals will receive a discount on their license plate renewal fee, making the plates available to them for $10. Bus passes will be free.

Services

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Benefits Screening

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Services

General Benefits and Services Assistance
General Legal Aid
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
SHIP/SHAP counselors are on site to help seniors with understanding Medicare and other health insurance, and with signing up for Medicare Part D, Medicare Savings Program, Benefits Access Application, etc.

Services

Medicare Information/Counseling
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Beloved Community Family Wellness Center - Robbins Satellite Office facilitates enrollment in the supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children. This program provides assistance to pregnant mothers and to caregivers of children up to age 5 in the form of nutrition counseling for mothers and children, breastfeeding support, and vaccines.

Services

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Stickney Township Aging and Disability Resource Center is designed to assist individuals over the age of 60 and disabled in receiving benefits to which they may be entitled. Services include: options counseling, referral for services, and information on a variety of services to assist in remaining independent.

Services

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Aging and Disability Resource Centers

Outreach staff visit older persons or their caregivers to inform them about available benefits and services. Outreach Services may include:

- Encouraging older persons to participate in senior programs.

- Assisting older persons in gaining access to needed services (Benefit Access Application, Medicare Part D, etc.).

- Follow up with older persons and agencies to determine whether services have been received and the needs of the older person are met.

- Provide client advocacy to secure benefits.

Services

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling

Provides refugee resettlement and immigration and citizenship services including refugee employment services, English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, housing, mediation, and counseling, assistance with green cards, citizenship, counseling, legal services.

On-site therapy, counseling, group-based programming, and individual/family case management to improve lives of immigrants who have experienced severe loss and trauma.

Also currently serving refugees from Ukraine.

Services

General Counseling Services
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
English as a Second Language
Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs
Cultural Transition Counseling
Comprehensive Information and Referral
General Benefits and Services Assistance
You can use ABE to apply on-line for healthcare, SNAP, cash assistance and the Medicare Savings programs with the State of Illinois.
Thornton Township offers a wide range of services and special events for senior citizens of Thornton Township. Services may include tax filing assistance, benefits application assistance, a mature driving class, exercise classes, senior parties, and more.

Services

AARP Tax Aide Program Sites
General Benefits and Services Assistance
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Older Adults
Exercise Classes/Groups
Blood Pressure Screening
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Senior Centers
Mature Driver Training

Provides assistance with a variety of needs, including translation, interpretation of documents, benefit applications such as SNAP, Medicaid, ADC and SSI.

Services

Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Immigrant Benefits Assistance

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Services

General Benefits and Services Assistance
General Legal Aid
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Services

General Benefits and Services Assistance
General Legal Aid
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance
Pathlights helps you learn about, evaluate, assess eligibility and apply for these cost-saving programs. In addition, we provide Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) counseling on health insurance related matters such as Medicare Supplements, Medicaid, Medicare Part B, Extra Help programs and Medicare Part D Prescription Drug plans and coverage.
Pillars Community Health's location in La Grange Park is designated as Community Health Clinic (CHC) and provides assistance enrolling in public benefit services such as Medicaid and SNAP.
UI Health - Mile Square Health Center helps households complete applications for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) supplemental nutrition assistance program. The WIC program provides healthy eating classes, breastfeeding support, and food vouchers to eligible pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5. In order to be eligible for this program, households must meet income guidelines and also be at nutritional risk as determined by a health professional. Nutritional risk recognizes medically-based risks such as anemia and diet-based risks including poor nutrition.

Services

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Provides older adults assistance to apply for the Benefits Access Application (BAA), which offers a discount on license plate renewal and free bus passes. Once application is approved, a certificate of eligibility can be printed to take to one's local transit authority or Secretary of State Office. Qualifying individuals will receive a discount on their license plate renewal fee, making the plates available to them for $10. Bus passes will be free.

Services

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Benefits Screening

Caregiver services are available to informal or family caregivers of persons over the age of 60 or to grandparents raising grandchildren.

Services can include respite care (services that give caregivers a rest), home modification, assistive devices, transportation, and financial assistance.

Services

Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Assistive Technology Equipment
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Adult In Home Respite Care
Caregiver Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care

Legal service program that helps:

-- Individuals and families obtain and maintain Medicaid and Medicare and obtain coverage for services needed.

-- With medical assistance denials, terminations, spend down issues (Medicaid, Medicare).

-- Older adults and people with disabilities get the help needed to remain in their own home or secure coverage for long-term care.

-- Older adults and people with disabilities establish powers of attorney.

-- With nursing home discharges.

-- Family members obtain guardianship or other legal authority to care for loved ones.

-- People with HIV/AIDS obtain care and services.

Services

Medicaid Information/Counseling
Health Related Advocacy Groups
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Elder Law
Provides advocacy and referrals to walk in individuals who are experiencing crisis but do not need or are not eligible for rent/utility assistance or other assistance programs.
Offers telephone consultations and in-person visits to provide information and referral services, as well as case management to older adults in Champaign County.

Services

Case/Care Management
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral