HRDI provides peer support services for individuals struggling with substance abuse or mental health disorders.

Reach to Recovery - Online one-to-one breast cancer peer support service

Free, peer-support service for information and support to those with mental health challenges, their caregivers and family members, mental health providers and the public. Also includes Living Room drop-in center for adults needing immediate support (but not emergency crisis help).

Helpline: Provides and assists with resources and services for families in need or in crisis through their Helpline. 1:1 Peer Support Chat: Work with a Peer Support Chat Specialist (1 time only for 30 minutes or a Peer Support Facilitator for 4 to 8 Weeks.Education and Peer Support Groups: (Step Up Peer Training Circle) Peer support education workshops, classes, some free webinars, free Google Scholarships, Mental Health First Aid course (Free if grant), adult learning via on-demand video, or live events.Please sign up and register via their website. (Free or small fee for some programming).

Daughter of Destiny Outreach, Inc. helps support wounded women so they can be restored back to wholeness. Services include: 1:1 sessions, group processing, recovery coaching, mentorship, case management, spiritual support, basic life skills, parenting classes, home economics, and workshops.

Thresholds' New Freedom Centers employs staff who are in recovery from mental illness. They provide community support services focused on illness self-management, skill-building identification, and the use of natural supports and community resources. These Certified Recovery Support Specialists (CRSS) operate the two New Freedom Centers, which offer a range of daily, drop-in activities that include art groups, basic living skills, holiday parties, and volunteer opportunities. The centers provide a vital social network as well as a host of programming, including topics related to peer services, empowerment, self-advocacy, system transformation, and consumer choice.Peer Success operates two of the four New Freedom Centers at Thresholds. The centers are open seven days a week for consumers of all levels of mental health services. People who come to the New Freedom Centers learn about mental health recovery by meeting people who are themselves in recovery. Many people who are moving out of Institutes of Mental Disease or nursing homes back into their community have identified building social relationships as one of their primary struggles. The program also operates an Empowerment Center six days a week, where structured self-care and recovery groups are offered.The centers provide a vital social network as well as a host of programming, including topics related to peer services, empowerment, self-advocacy, system transformation, and consumer choice.

Erika's Lighthouse provides free teen-oriented online educational materials that allow teachers and students to start healthy, open discussions about depression students from elementary school through high school.

The Integrated Health Home Program is a statewide initiative designed to assist adults with serious mental health conditions who are Medicaid beneficiaries in coordinating and managing their health and mental health care services. The program provides support and assistance for clients in identifying their goals, communicating these goals to their healthcare team, and works with the healthcare team to ensure that the needs of the client are met. Services include coordinating the client's primary and specialty care providers; coordinating the care provided in the hospital, clinic, and the community; access to a Peer Support Specialist who have experienced living with mental illness.

Provides peer recovery services to individuals experiencing substance use disorder addiction.

Provides peer support services for adults experiencing substance use issues.

Provides peer support groups for individuals with a disability for socialization, education, leadership, and community partnership through various activities. People First Self Advocacy Group - self-advocacy, self-help organization for people with developmental disabilities.

Offers peer support services to individuals who have had or currently struggle with mental health and/or substance use disorder. Peer support specialists work with individuals as they develop and implement a personal recovery plan.

Support provided by Peer Support Specialists who have "lived experience". These specialists support the individuals served by modeling competency in recovery and coping skills. All Peer Support Specialists have worked on their own recovery and can share those experiences.

Recovery Support Services: Provides peer-based recovery support services to individuals experiencing mental health and/or substance use disorder recovery.

Services for adults with mental illness.

Day rehabilitation programs provide daily living skills, pre-vocational, social skills training, and special activities.

Community support services provide one-to-one assistance in independent living, to maximize community participation and enhance quality of life.

Residential rehabilitation provides a structured skill-building program within a group home setting.

Vocational services provides work-related training, both on and off the job, to assist individuals with mental illness to choose, obtain, and retain employment.

Peer Specialists are trained to assist those newly diagnosed with a mental health issue or are in the midst of recovery and need motivation. Peer Specialists offer insight for dealing with mental illness and how it impacts work, relationships, finances, health, and more. They also connect clients with resources and programs.

Homeless outreach services identify and engage persons who are homeless and have mental illness, and assist them to obtain housing, rehabilitation, case management and connections to other mainstream benefits. Staff meet clients in the community at shelters, hospitals, the jail system, and outside/on the streets as part of the Street Outreach team.

Assertive Community Treatment services provide a clinical team that delivers treatment, rehabilitation, and support services for persons in the community.

Case management services including assistance in applying for entitlements/financial aid, and coordination of services.

Community housing (e.g. apartments) linked with mental health rehabilitation and support services.

Family education services offer education and support to family members affected by mental illness. Individual and family sessions available. Family to Family classes offered every eight weeks.

Psychiatric Outpatient including medication management and counseling coupled with primary health care services. Also includes care coordination and health and wellness services.

First Episode Psychosis services for persons 14-34 years of age and experiencing first time with psychosis.

Provides peer support services for individuals with behavioral health issues and/or experiencing addiction.

University of Illinois at Chicago - Adult Education and Career Transition - FAST West provides a peer-to-peer transitional support program where individuals can share their experiences and learn from each other in a closed and confidential support network.

Josselyn's Drop-In Center provides a stigma-free space for individuals to connect, socialize, and learn new tools and skills. The Drop-In Center provides a space to identify and manage mental health challenges, build connections with peers on a similar journey, and engage in planned small group activities on a variety of mental health themes.

Provides a safe place for adults working on their brain health to recovery. Peer support staff offer a variety of groups throughout the week.