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Chicago Home Care Resources

  • Talking to Children About Tragedies and Other Traumatic News Events

    The American Academy of Pediatrics encourages parents, teachers, child care providers, and others who work closely with children to filter information about crises and present it in a way that their child can accommodate, adjust to and cope with. HealthyChildren.org provides information on where to start and how to provide the right support in this article, “Talking to Children About Tragedies and Other Traumatic News Events.”

  • Talking to Children About Racial Bias

    HealthyChildren.org provides information on understanding how racial bias works in children as well as strategies to help them deal with and react to racial differences.

  • Help Illinois Families Emergency Relief Initiative

    Help Illinois Families expands on the existing Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and Community Services Block Program (CSBG). New eligibility thresholds make Help Illinois Families available to more individuals and families. If you meet the income requirements and submit your application, you may be eligible for emergency assistance to cover the costs of utility bills, rent, temporary shelter, food and other household necessities.

    LIHEAP helps eligible low-income households pay for home energy services. This includes assistance with heating, gas, propane and electricity. The last day to apply online with the Request for Services form is April 15. After that date, you can still apply through your local administering agency through May 31 2022.

    CSBG offers Illinoisans an opportunity to receive support for an array of essential services including rent assistance, food, temporary shelter, medicine and more. CSBG applications are avaialble year-round.

    This initiative remains available for all qualifying households with low income, regardless of how they may be affected by COVID-19. Eligible families may qualify for hundreds of dollars of support.

  • Holy Trinity High School in Chicago Summer Meals

    Free meals are available to all children and young adults under 18 years old.  Children need not be present at pick up, nor do they need to attend the school where pick up is made.  There is a maximum of five meals per car.

    Holy Trinity High School (Starting June 15)
    1443 W Division St
    Chicago, IL 60642
    Monday-Friday,  11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

  • Mother McAuley High School Summer Meals

    We are excited to announce our pick up points for the Summer Food Service Program.  Free meals are available to all children and young adults under 18 years old.  Children need not be present at pick up, nor do they need to attend the school where pick up is made.  There is a maximum of five meals per car.

    Mother McAuley High School (Starting June 15)
    3737 W 99th St
    Chicago, IL 60655
    Monday-Friday,  10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

  • Oak Lawn Community High School Summer Food Service Program

    Free meals will be available for curbside pick-up from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Each daily meal packet will include breakfast, lunch, snack and beverage items. The meals will be distributed at Oak Lawn Community High School from the Performing Arts Center/Door #14.

  • Share Our Spare

    Share Our Spare collects new and gently-used items for children ages 0-5 and donates them to low-income families living in Metropolitan Chicago. Items are not available directly: instead, Share our Spare reaches families in need by partnering with local social services organizations that provide their clients with needed social services such as parenting classes, early childhood education, housing referrals, job readiness training, and behavioral health services.