World Relief Quad Cities is a not-for-profit agency providing services to refugees and immigrants in western Illinois and eastern Iowa. World Relief Quad Cities provides financial, emotional and cultural support to refugees – victims of war and persecution around the world – in the Quad Cities area.

World Relief Quad Cities’ Moline office provides:

Cook For Love is a nonprofit organization providing support, resources and education to individuals, families and clinicians managing phenylketonuria (PKU). The site empowers members of the metabolic disorders community to improve their health through cooking and education.

Cook for Love’s website includes:

• Recipes for creating low-protein foods
• Information about low-protein products to keep in your pantry
• Step-by-step instructions
• Videos for making meals and treats

The Complex Care at Home for Children website aims to provide an educational resource for parents and caregivers of children with medical complexity. The site offers information and tools to help facilitate daily care, ensuring a safe environment for the child and family. Topics include:

• Tracheostomy and other types of respiratory care
• Peritoneal dialysis
• Enterostomy care
• Enteral nutrition
• Parenteral nutrition
• Intravenous antibiotic therapy
• Intermittent bladder catheterization

The Illinois Poison Center’s Caregivers Guide webpage offers practical advice on keeping children safe from potentially harmful substances. The guide provides general safety tips along with concrete steps for medicine safety, handbag/purse safety and plant safety. It also offers:

• Related resources
• Free online poison prevention education training, educational materials and presentation tools
• Next steps for when children eat something they shouldn’t

You can also download a PDF of the guide:

• Caregivers Guide to Poison Prevention in English
• Caregivers Guide to Poison Prevention in Spanish

In case of emergency, call the Poison Center Helpline at (800) 222-1222. Calls are free and confidential.

Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) provides research, resources and advocacy to improve the quality of life and health of people of all ages with food allergy. Food allergy can cause life-threatening allergic reactions. FARE supports food allergy research, education programs for people with and without food allergy, and awareness around healthcare options and treatment.

FARE programs and services also include:

• “Teen Talk,” a monthly virtual hangout for preteens, teens, and young adults with food allergies
• Allergy alerts and ingredient notices
• A Food Allergy Guide, toolkits and other downloadable resources in English and Spanish
• Resources for dieticians and other healthcare professionals
• Recipes
• Support groups

KidsWork Children’s Museum of New Lenox encourages children of all abilities to be curious explorers, engaged learners, creative and critical thinkers, and thoughtful and kind individuals. Kids can have playful learning experiences that encourage gross motor play, imaginative storytelling, creative projects and investigative discoveries across a range of developmental levels and interests. Sensory-friendly playtime is on the first and third Wednesdays of each month.

KidsWork Children’s Museum of New Lenox also offers a social story and other tools to help prepare for museum visits.

The UIS Performing Arts Center is a certified Sensory Inclusive Venue through KultureCity. Most sensory friendly shows are in the UIS Studio Theatre with limited lighting and sound changes. Audience members can also move, speak, sing along, and come and go as needed. Trained staff can also help guests with sensory needs. The UIS Performing Arts Center’s sensory-friendly initiatives also include sensory bags, weighted lap pads, quiet areas, social stories and more.

Junior Achievement USA (JA) helps young people own their economic success, plan for their future and make smart academic and economic choices. The organization offers educational materials for schools and other organizations and hands-on learning experiences for students focusing on work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. JA Connect also provides online self-guided activities to help students learn, apply and practice new skills. JA outreach in Illinois also includes:

• Junior Achievement of Central Illinois Inc.
• Junior Achievement of Chicago
• Junior Achievement of the Heartland

John Wood Community College (JWCC) offers various support services to help students in Adams and Brown County succeed in the classroom. Students with disabilities can get help exploring career options, finding resources to pay for college, tutoring and more. Other programs include:

• College for Life (CFL) program
• JWCC Disability Services
• Perkins Student Support
• TRiO Student Support Services (TRiO SSS), a federal grant that provides free help to 175 qualifying JWCC students who are first-generation college students, meet income guidelines, or who have a disability.

Do It for the Love inspires hope and healing through music. The non-profit organization grants live concert wishes for people with life-threatening illnesses, children with severe challenges and wounded veterans. You can apply for yourself or your child or nominate someone for a live music wish.