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Real Foods Collective offers a Bilingual Outreach and Social Services coordinator who can assist with SNAP and link applications.
Willow Creek Care Center provides free or low-cost legal assistance related to contesting the decision on clients' public benefits applications, with the goal of securing them the benefit(s).
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) helps people with disabilities find and keep jobs. Through their Transition and STEP programs they help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation. The Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits. The 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

Welfare Rights Assistance
Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Pearson Disability Law, LLC offers assistance with Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applicants to ensure any eligible applicant receives the benefits they deserve.
The Greater Chicago Legal Clinic offers representation in Social Security Disability and/or SSI Disability reconsideration and appeals.
Arab-American Family Services (AAFS) helps individuals and families complete applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps". The SNAP program helps eligible households afford the cost of nutritious foods at supermarkets, grocery stores, and farmer's markets. Program participants receive monthly electronic benefits transfers (EBT) which can be used to purchase food at participating retailers."

Services

Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
Welfare Rights Assistance
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) helps people with disabilities find and keep jobs. Through their Transition and STEP programs they help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation. The Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits. The 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

Welfare Rights Assistance
Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) helps people with disabilities find and keep jobs. Through their Transition and STEP programs they help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation. The Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits. The 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

Welfare Rights Assistance
Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) helps people with disabilities find and keep jobs. Through their Transition and STEP programs they help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation. The Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits. The 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

Welfare Rights Assistance
Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Pearson Disability Law, LLC offers assistance with Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applicants to ensure any eligible applicant receives the benefits they deserve.
Chicago Public Schools's Children and Family Benefits Unit (CFBU) provides a hotline which assists families with social services support, including Medicaid and SNAP enrollment and utilization. CFBU can connect families to free and low-cost food, healthcare, and emergency resources to keep your family healthy and safe.
Westside Health Authority works in collaboration with external agencies to provide for all of the employment, supportive services, and other needs of the formerly incarcerated. Services include case management, personal identification assistance, referrals for basic needs, public benefits assistance, and more.

Services

Ex-Offenders
Housing Search Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Identification Application/Replacement Clinics
Case/Care Management Referrals
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) helps people with disabilities find and keep jobs. Through their Transition and STEP programs they help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation. The Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits. The 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

Welfare Rights Assistance
Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
CPS Office of Student Health and Wellness (OSHW) hosts or facilitates enrollment into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Case managers can assist eligible individuals with various facets of community support. Common issues include applying for benefits, arranging for help in the home, receiving home-delivered meals, or gaining access to medical care and affordable housing. Their trained volunteers assist older adults in applying for and maintaining public entitlements. Individuals are screened for programs that may provide financial assistance or services. Programs offered: LIHEAP, SNAP/Link Benefits and Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP).

Services

Welfare Rights Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Senior Programs strives to improve the quality of life for those in the community. They provide services and referrals designed to foster independence, enabling the individual to remain active members of the community for as long as possible.

Services

Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Medicaid Information/Counseling
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Welfare Rights Assistance
Case management provides comprehensive direct services to domestic violence survivors and empowers women to make informed decisions about ending violence in their lives. Case management services include individual counseling, job skill development, a financial empowerment program, and assistance in applying for public benefits.

Services

Welfare Rights Assistance
Occupation Specific Job Training
Financial Literacy Training
Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council assists with filling out an application for Medicaid and SNAP. They also assist with redeterminations for SNAP and Medicaid.
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) helps people with disabilities find and keep jobs. Through their Transition and STEP programs they help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation. The Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits. The 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

Welfare Rights Assistance
Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Magnolia Care Solutions completes applications and manages issues related to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, and insurance.
CJE SeniorLife's Benefits Specialists are available to help seniors identify and apply for the broadest range possible of benefits and support services. Staff provides a person-centered service that helps seniors and their families find ways to reduce expenses and increase income so they can live in the community with dignity and respect as they age. The service is available at many locations across the Chicago area in English and Russian.

Services

Welfare Rights Assistance
Medicaid Information/Counseling
Medicare Information/Counseling
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) helps people with disabilities find and keep jobs. Through their Transition and STEP programs they help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation. The Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits. The 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

Welfare Rights Assistance
Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) helps people with disabilities find and keep jobs. Through their Transition and STEP programs they help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation. The Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits. The 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

Welfare Rights Assistance
Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Legal assistance for low-income individuals and the elderly in civil matters involving basic needs. The type of services they provide range from telephone advice or brief service, to representation in court or at administrative hearings. Areas of legal assistance include: - Family Law (domestic violence, orders of protection, elder abuse, family violence, guardianship, bankruptcy). - Housing Law (landlord/tenant dispute, including evictions, foreclosures, fair housing issues). - Educational Law (children with disabilities, school suspensions, children's educational rights). - Consumer Law (identity theft, debt collection rights, consumer fraud). - Elder Law & Disability Rights (adult protective issues, guardianship issues). - Health and Economic Security (help obtaining/keeping public benefits, clearing/sealing criminal records).

Services

Welfare Rights Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Protective/Restraining Orders
State Unemployment Insurance Appeals/Complaints
General Legal Aid
Offers benefits management, financial assistance when eligible, and free care coordination for the diagnosis and treatment of children with eligible health care needs including: - Blood disorders. - Cardiovascular impairments. - Craniofacial and External body impairments. - Eye Impairments. - Gastrointestinal impairments. - Hearing impairments. - Inborn metabolism errors. - Nervous system impairments. - Orthopedic impairments. - Pulmonary impairments. - Urogenital impairments.

Services

Welfare Rights Assistance
Pediatrics
Case/Care Management