The Career Access Network at Trinity Services assists people with disabilities and mental illness in finding community-based employment with competitive earnings and benefits.

For more information, contact Trinity Serves at (815) 485-6197 or info@trinityservices.org.

Bridges to a New Day provides counseling, intervention and educational services to foster non-violence in the lives of children and adults. Telehealth and in-person services are available.

For more information, please call (815) 838-2690. The best time to call is Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Infinite Potential Through Technology (Infinitec) brings assistive technology to people with disabilities in Illinois. Infinitec provides information about assistive technology as well as training, equipment and access to specialists and resources.

Infinitec includes information about mobility devices, home modifications, independent living, orthotics and prosthetics, adaptive toys, adaptive sports, hearing resource guides, vision resource guides and more.

The Arc of Illinois advocates for and empowers people with disabilities and their families to reach their goals and fully participate in community life. The Arc of Illinois provides information, resources, family support, and training to help make Illinois a place where people with disabilities can learn, play, work, and live in communities across the state.

The Arc of Illinois’ services and programs include:

• The Illinois Life Span program
• Children’s services and caregiver support
• Monthly webinars
• Assistive technology resources
• The Arc of Illinois fact sheets and more

For questions, please contact The Arc of Illinois using the online form or call  (815) 464-1832.

Service, Inc. of Illinois is dedicated to helping people with developmental delays and disabilities find the services and supports they need to live a better life. Programs and offices are organized by county.

Child and Family Connections #15 serves children ages birth to 3 with disabilities and their families residing in Will, Grundy, Kankakee, and LaSalle Counties.

For information on how to make a referral, please call the CFC referral coordinator at (815) 768-3730.

Families can also visit Service, Inc.’s Frequently Asked Questions page for more information and more details for requesting help anywhere in Illinois.

The Illinois Client Assistance Program (CAP) is a federally funded program that helps persons with disabilities understand and use rehabilitation services. The program:

• Informs and advises individuals of the services and benefits available to them through programs authorized under the Rehabilitation Act and Title 1 of the Americans with Disabilities Act
• Advocates and provides assistance for people seeking programs and services provided for within the Rehabilitation Act
• Helps to identify and resolve problems that may arise during the rehabilitation process
• Identifies problem areas in providing rehabilitation services and makes suggestions for improving services

Those eligible for CAP are:

• Anyone seeking information, applying for services or already receiving services from the Division of Rehabilitation Services (DRS), the Vocational Rehabilitation and the Centers for Independent Living
• Persons who are dissatisfied with the services they are receiving, or who have been denied services for which they may be eligible
• Persons needing intervention or assistance in their relationships with programs providing rehabilitation service

For more information about CAP, call (855) 452-2725 (1-855-ILCAP-25). TTY and Relay callers can dial 711. You can also email cap@equipforequality.org or visit equipforequality.org/cap for more details.

DSCC’s Health Care Transition Readiness Assessment for Youth provides a checklist for youth to use to identify what they know about their health, self-care skills and abilities they have met, and areas where they may need additional focus as they prepare for the transition to adulthood. The skills list also includes medication and treatment management and managing insurance benefits. Some of these activities may not apply to everyone.

Health Care Transition Readiness Assessment for Youth in English

Health Care Transition Readiness Assessment for Youth in Spanish

Love and Logic provides tools and techniques to help adults achieve respectful, healthy relationships with their children. While some materials can be purchased, this links to the free articles and handouts for parents.

The Shannon Foundation is a non-profit organization helps pays for medical care for children whose families can’t afford it.  Working through social workers at various hospitals across the country to identify kids in need, the foundation has paid for medicine, medical tests and procedures, equipment (such as wheelchairs, ventilators, etc.), hospital visits, surgery, medical co-pays, chemotherapy and physical therapy.

For more information, use the online form on the Shannon Foundation’s website, email shannonfoundation@fishersuhr.com or call (303) 436-1224.

As a part of the University of Illinois Chicago’s Institute on Disability and Human Development, the Developmental Disabilities Family Clinic aims to maximize potential with a real focus on quality of life. Its clinical staff takes a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to providing services for individuals (ages 3 and older) with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. It is located at 1640 W. Roosevelt Road, DHSP 103, in Chicago.

The clinic’s licensed and credentialed team includes social workers, speech-language pathologists, licensed professional counselors, physicians and clinical psychologists. The clinic provides services in English and Spanish and has a distinct interdisciplinary bilingual team of Spanish-speaking professionals serving the Chicago developmental disabilities community. The clinic provides services and support in the following areas:

• Autism support
• Transition to adulthood services and future planning (including guardianship)
• Early intervention for babies and toddlers (services available on site and at home)
• Emotional and behavioral consultation
• Dual diagnosis
• Social skills and relationships
• Trauma

For more information, email ddfc@uic.edu or call (312) 413-1871.