Adoption Preservation
Provides home-based intervention to families formed through adoption or subsidized guardianship. Adjustment, grief/loss resolution, attachment, educational and emotional issues are addressed through counseling, crisis intervention and 24-hour on-call assistance. Therapeutic respite services and related referrals, psycho-educational and support groups, workshops and help with securing resources also are provided. The program is supported by DCFS.
Adult Mental Health
Offers case management and psychiatric services to individuals with mental illness to help them live productively and independently in their communities. The program also provides crisis intervention services.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Promotes healthy growth and development through psychiatric services and individual, family and group counseling and community support services to help children and adolescents address problems which may interfere with daily functioning and school performance.
CILA (Community Integrated Living Arrangement)
Offers a supported, shared-apartment living environment for adults with mental illness, with staff on-site 24 hours a day. Staff provide case management, medication monitoring, transportation to medical appointments and training to learn daily living skills.
Counseling
Builds on individual strengths and capacity for change, while addressing special needs, behavioral and situational problems or mental illness. Counseling services are offered for children, families, adults and seniors. Psychiatric services are available at certain centers.
Emergency Psych Services
Works closely with local hospital emergency rooms to evaluate the needs of those experiencing severe psychiatric crisis.
Legal Aid
Provides legal assistance in the areas of domestic violence, family and elder law, housing and consumer issues to low-income individuals.
Parents Plus Partners
Provides parent education services to families with children ages birth to 5 years. Through home visits, family nights, play groups, developmental screenings and other services, parents increase self-confidence and competence as their child's first and most influential teacher, providing a solid foundation for their child's success in school.
School-Based Services
Provides classroom workshops for students, teachers and parents to enhance skills such as conflict resolution, violence prevention and communication. School-Based Services may include individual and group counseling.
Screening Assessment and Supportive Services (SASS)
Stabilizes crisis situations and provides intensive mental health services to children and adolescents who are experiencing acute psychiatric episodes. SASS uses intensive community-based intervention to limit psychiatric hospitalizations.
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