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Offers independent living skills training for individuals with disabilities. Offers the following courses:
- Assistive technology training
- Braille training
- Independent living skills training
- Personal assistant services: teaches individuals how to hire and manage in-home care assistants
- Adult employment readiness - 12-week course offering job skills assessment, resume writing, financial literacy, and assistance finding work
- Youth employment readiness: 18-week course offering job skills development
- Older blind services - geared towards seniors with vision loss who are already trained in adaptive devices
Also offers information and referral services, benefits counseling, and application assistance.
Offers independent living skills training for individuals with disabilities. Offers the following courses:
- Assistive technology training
- Braille training
- Independent living skills training
- Personal assistant services: teaches individuals how to hire and manage in-home care assistants
- Adult employment readiness - 12-week course offering job skills assessment, resume writing, financial literacy, and assistance finding work
- Youth employment readiness: 18-week course offering job skills development
- Older blind services - geared towards seniors with vision loss who are already trained in adaptive devices
Also offers information and referral services, benefits counseling, and application assistance.
Services
General Benefits and Services Assistance
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.
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
Outreach Programs
General Benefits and Services Assistance
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.
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
Outreach Programs
General Benefits and Services Assistance
DRS staff talk to persons with disabilities about their employment needs and help them find a job or get ready to go to work. They also make sure that people have the supports they need to stay on the job.
Specialized vocational rehabilitation services for people who are:
- Blind or visually impaired.
- Deaf or hard of hearing.
- Hispanic or Latino with disabilities.
DRS help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation.
DRS Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits.
DRS Supported Employment Program (SEP) serves eligible people with significant disabilities who want to go to work and need on-going support services to succeed on the job.
DRS staff talk to persons with disabilities about their employment needs and help them find a job or get ready to go to work. They also make sure that people have the supports they need to stay on the job.
Specialized vocational rehabilitation services for people who are:
- Blind or visually impaired.
- Deaf or hard of hearing.
- Hispanic or Latino with disabilities.
DRS help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation.
DRS Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits.
DRS Supported Employment Program (SEP) serves eligible people with significant disabilities who want to go to work and need on-going support services to succeed on the job.
Services
Vocational Rehabilitation
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
The Senior Center offers many programs which include:
- Senior Citizens Nutrition Program: Congregate and home delivered meals.
- Senior Benefits Assistance (BAA Program).
- Health Insurance and Medicare Assistance (SHIP Program).
- Pharmaceutical assistance.
- Legal Aid for seniors.
- Transportation for age 60+, anywhere inside city limits. Wheelchair lift vans available.
- Recreation: Pool, TV, exercise equipment, quilting, painting, bingo, etc.
- Fitness programs: Exercise classes, bowling.
- Health screenings: Blood pressure, flu shots.
- Telephone reassurance/wellness checks.
- Home visits.
The Senior Center offers many programs which include:
- Senior Citizens Nutrition Program: Congregate and home delivered meals.
- Senior Benefits Assistance (BAA Program).
- Health Insurance and Medicare Assistance (SHIP Program).
- Pharmaceutical assistance.
- Legal Aid for seniors.
- Transportation for age 60+, anywhere inside city limits. Wheelchair lift vans available.
- Recreation: Pool, TV, exercise equipment, quilting, painting, bingo, etc.
- Fitness programs: Exercise classes, bowling.
- Health screenings: Blood pressure, flu shots.
- Telephone reassurance/wellness checks.
- Home visits.
Services
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Temporary Financial Assistance
Senior Centers
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Senior Ride Programs
General Legal Aid
Prescription Expense Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Home Delivered Meals
DRS staff talk to persons with disabilities about their employment needs and help them find a job or get ready to go to work. They also make sure that people have the supports they need to stay on the job.
Specialized vocational rehabilitation services for people who are:
- Blind or visually impaired.
- Deaf or hard of hearing.
- Hispanic or Latino with disabilities.
DRS help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation.
DRS Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits.
DRS Supported Employment Program (SEP) serves eligible people with significant disabilities who want to go to work and need on-going support services to succeed on the job.
DRS staff talk to persons with disabilities about their employment needs and help them find a job or get ready to go to work. They also make sure that people have the supports they need to stay on the job.
Specialized vocational rehabilitation services for people who are:
- Blind or visually impaired.
- Deaf or hard of hearing.
- Hispanic or Latino with disabilities.
DRS help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation.
DRS Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits.
DRS Supported Employment Program (SEP) serves eligible people with significant disabilities who want to go to work and need on-going support services to succeed on the job.
Services
Vocational Rehabilitation
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
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.
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 Legal Aid
General Benefits and Services Assistance
State Unemployment Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Taxpayer Advocate Services
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.
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 Legal Aid
General Benefits and Services Assistance
State Unemployment Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Taxpayer Advocate Services
Provides immigrants and refugees with information and assistance regarding public benefits, including:
- Immigrant Family Resource Program.
- Medicaid.
- SNAP (Food Stamps).
- ACA Adults.
- All Kids.
- Food Pantry.
- Notary Service.
- Translation Services.
- TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families).
- VTTC (Victims of Trafficking, Torture, and Other Serious Crimes).
Provides immigrants and refugees with information and assistance regarding public benefits, including:
- Immigrant Family Resource Program.
- Medicaid.
- SNAP (Food Stamps).
- ACA Adults.
- All Kids.
- Food Pantry.
- Notary Service.
- Translation Services.
- TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families).
- VTTC (Victims of Trafficking, Torture, and Other Serious Crimes).
Services
Information and Referral
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Food Pantries
Medicaid Information/Counseling
Provides information about many different programs available through Health and Human Services (HHS)
Includes:
- Information about available healthcare plans.
- Help with applying for Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and other insurances.
- Information about benefits programs such as TANF, SNAP, LIHEAP, and disability services.
- Information on other programs available through HHS. See website for full list of services.
Provides information about many different programs available through Health and Human Services (HHS)
Includes:
- Information about available healthcare plans.
- Help with applying for Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and other insurances.
- Information about benefits programs such as TANF, SNAP, LIHEAP, and disability services.
- Information on other programs available through HHS. See website for full list of services.
Services
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Online screeners help individuals find out if they qualify for SNAP (food stamps). Screener is available on website, or by texting "Food" to 74544. Individuals who qualify for SNAP may apply through mRelief's website.
Online screeners help individuals find out if they qualify for SNAP (food stamps). Screener is available on website, or by texting "Food" to 74544. Individuals who qualify for SNAP may apply through mRelief's website.
Services
General Benefits and Services Assistance
DRS staff talk to persons with disabilities about their employment needs and help them find a job or get ready to go to work. They also make sure that people have the supports they need to stay on the job.
Specialized vocational rehabilitation services for people who are:
- Blind or visually impaired.
- Deaf or hard of hearing.
- Hispanic or Latino with disabilities.
DRS help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation.
DRS Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits.
DRS Supported Employment Program (SEP) serves eligible people with significant disabilities who want to go to work and need on-going support services to succeed on the job.
DRS staff talk to persons with disabilities about their employment needs and help them find a job or get ready to go to work. They also make sure that people have the supports they need to stay on the job.
Specialized vocational rehabilitation services for people who are:
- Blind or visually impaired.
- Deaf or hard of hearing.
- Hispanic or Latino with disabilities.
DRS help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation.
DRS Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits.
DRS Supported Employment Program (SEP) serves eligible people with significant disabilities who want to go to work and need on-going support services to succeed on the job.
Services
Vocational Rehabilitation
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
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.
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 Legal Aid
General Benefits and Services Assistance
State Unemployment Insurance Appeals/Complaints
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Taxpayer Advocate Services
Provides options counseling, information, agency referrals, and services. Services offered include:
- Assistance with LIHEAP.
- Benefit Access Application.
- Medicare Part D/Supplements.
- Workshops.
- Distribution of farmers market coupons.
Provides options counseling, information, agency referrals, and services. Services offered include:
- Assistance with LIHEAP.
- Benefit Access Application.
- Medicare Part D/Supplements.
- Workshops.
- Distribution of farmers market coupons.
Services
Information and Referral
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Outreach Programs
Provides assistance with a variety of needs, including translation, interpretation of documents, benefit applications such as SNAP, Medicaid, ADC and SSI.
Provides assistance with a variety of needs, including translation, interpretation of documents, benefit applications such as SNAP, Medicaid, ADC and SSI.
Services
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
General Benefits and Services Assistance
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.
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
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Elder Law
Health Related Advocacy Groups
Medicaid Information/Counseling
Offers help to improve the health and outcome of care for homeless individuals and families by providing access to medical, dental, and behavioral health services.
The following services are offered and financial assistance may be granted. Services include medical, appointments, dental appointments, help with Insurance Coverage Enrollment, community agency connection to take care of additional needs and resources to assist with finding housing.
The following services are offered and financial assistance may be granted. Services include medical, appointments, dental appointments, help with Insurance Coverage Enrollment, community agency connection to take care of additional needs and resources to assist with finding housing.
Offers help to improve the health and outcome of care for homeless individuals and families by providing access to medical, dental, and behavioral health services.
The following services are offered and financial assistance may be granted. Services include medical, appointments, dental appointments, help with Insurance Coverage Enrollment, community agency connection to take care of additional needs and resources to assist with finding housing.
The following services are offered and financial assistance may be granted. Services include medical, appointments, dental appointments, help with Insurance Coverage Enrollment, community agency connection to take care of additional needs and resources to assist with finding housing.
Services
General Benefits and Services Assistance
General Counseling Services
General Medical Care
Dental Care
Provides benefits planning to assist individuals understand the impact of employment on all benefits they might receive.
Provides benefits planning to assist individuals understand the impact of employment on all benefits they might receive.
Services
General Benefits and Services Assistance
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.
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
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Personal Financial Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
You can use ABE to apply on-line for healthcare, SNAP, cash assistance and the Medicare Savings programs with the State of Illinois.
You can use ABE to apply on-line for healthcare, SNAP, cash assistance and the Medicare Savings programs with the State of Illinois.
Services
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Arab-American Family Services (AAFS) assists families in signing up for the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) food assistance program.
Arab-American Family Services (AAFS) assists families in signing up for the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) food assistance program.
Services
Arab Community
WIC Applications/Certification
General Benefits and Services Assistance
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.
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
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Elder Law
Health Related Advocacy Groups
Medicaid Information/Counseling
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.
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
A Benefits and Enrollment team is here to assist clients and patients with their insurance options.
A Benefits and Enrollment team is here to assist clients and patients with their insurance options.
Services
General Benefits and Services 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.
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.
Services
General Benefits and Services Assistance