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Mental Health Resources

  • Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley

    Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley offers outpatient rehabilitation services for individuals with developmental delays, disabilities and autism from birth through age 21. Resources include physical and occupational therapy, speech-language services, mental health services, feeding therapy, nutrition services, audiology, autism evaluations, medical diagnostics, intensive therapy, specialty clinics, inclusive child care and more.

    Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley provides services in DuPage, Will, Kane, Kendall, DeKalb, and suburban Cook counties. Please visit Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley’s “How We Work” page on its website for more information and help navigating its services.

    You can also contact Easterseals DuPage & Fox Valley through its Contact Us page or call (630) 620-4433.

  • Erie House

    Erie House is a social services nonprofit organization that aims to provide the most comprehensive support immigrant and low-income families in Chicago need to thrive. Its services include:

    • Legal service: Its in-house team of attorneys and legal representatives helps clients navigate the U.S. citizenship and immigration system, keeping families together, and allowing them to achieve a greater sense of security.
    • Mental health: Clinical therapists provide free, individual, social-emotional and behavioral counseling services to support children, teens, adults and families when they need it most. 
    • Children and youth: Erie House works with young people from infancy through high school graduation to equip them with tools and resources to build a bright future, including educational programs and activities, mentoring and family support. 
    • Adult education and training: Through foundational academic and professional programs like ESL (English as a Second Language), civics education, workforce development and more, Erie House aims to provide the tools adults need for long-term success. 
    •  Community wellness and support services: Erie House offers workshops, support groups and counseling, all through a trauma-informed and culturally-sensitive lens. 

    Visit the Erie House website for a list of its locations throughout Chicago and the contact form.

  • Families, Addiction and Mental Health Network

    The Caregiver Action Network’s Families, Addiction & Mental Health Network (FAM) is committed to helping and supporting caregivers, families, and patients navigate specialized supports and resources.

    FAM recognizes the diversity and specialized support caregivers need to navigate substance use disorders and mental health care. FAM can connect caregivers with tailored tools and news to help navigate the complex mental healthcare landscape and advocate for their loved ones, and take care of their own health. FAM also provides educational articles, webinars, training, and other resources with lessons from fellow caregivers, healthcare professionals, social workers and others.

    For more information, fill out the Contact form on FAM’s website.

  • Find Help Southern Illinois

    Find Help Southern Illinois connects people to area programs and services, including:

    • Food and basic needs, such as food pantries, baby supplies, clothing and home goods
    • Housing and shelter options
    • Healthcare services, including medical, dental and vision care and transportation to health care
    • Addiction and recovery support
    • Mental well-being services
    • Financial assistance for child care, transportation, medical supplies and more
    • Education and employment programs
    • Legal assistance

    Use the search filter to find the help you need in your community—sort by “closest” to receive the local information first.

    The resource hub is an initiative of Southern Illinois Healthcare, Healthy Southern Illinois Delta Network and the Southern Illinois Coalition for Children and Families. The hub also receives support from the McKinney Vento Program for the Homeless Region V, Carbondale Elementary School District 95, Herrin Community Unit School District 4 Family Outreach Program, and the Carbondale Community Cabinet for Children and Youth with funding provided by Birth to Five Illinois.

  • FIRST.IL Mental Health Program

    FIRST.IL is a program of the Illinois Department of Human Services/Division of Mental Health. It is a specialized treatment approach that helps individuals who are between the ages of 14 to 40 and who have had a treated or untreated psychotic illness for no more than 18 months.

    The program aims to reduce the symptoms of psychotic illnesses, improve individual and family functioning, promote recovery, reduce the chance of relapse and more.

    Eligible diagnoses are schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder or other specified/unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder with psychotic features, major depressive disorder with psychotic features and PTSD with dissociative symptoms.

    Individuals can call the FIRST.IL agency in their service area for an assessment. If the agency determines that FIRST.IL treatment is appropriate, they will expedite an appointment with their team psychiatrist.

  • Give an Hour – Rare Caregivers

    Give an Hour aims to create resilient communities of support for rare disease caregivers and families. Through one-on-one peer support, group support, professional training and research, Give an Hour strives to build a sustainable support system for rare caregivers.

    Visit the Give an Hour Rare Caregivers website to find peer support, self-care tips, support groups and more.

  • Greater Family Health

    Greater Family Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Community Health Centers are independent, non-profit, non-governmental health care organizations that provide access to quality, cost-effective health care services to everyone, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay. Greater Family Health has 12 locations and offers patient-centered dental, health, and mental health services in the Elgin community and 54 municipalities in Illinois.

    Greater Family Health services include:

    • Women’s health and Better Birth Outcomes Comprehensive program
    • Dental services
    • Adult and senior health
    • Behavioral health and counseling
    • Sexual health

    For questions or more information, please call Greater Family Health at (844) 599-3700.

  • Guide for New Mental Health Caregivers

    Mental Health America (MHA) has created an online guide to help new mental health caregivers navigate their role. The guide includes information about getting started after a diagnosis, challenging stigma, navigating red tape, understanding challenges during recovery, knowing the role of legal caregivers, taking care of yourself and more.

    For questions, please visit Mental Health America’s website.

  • Have Dreams

    Have Dreams in Evanston and Park Ridge provides innovative programming and compassionate care for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families. It focuses on helping individuals with autism build social, communication and independence skills across the lifespan. Have Dreams’ services include free downloadable social stories and resources, counseling, support groups, after-school programs for students with autism and community-based social opportunities for neurodivergent young adults ages 22 and older.

    Have Dreams also provides:

    Please visit Have Dreams’ Contact Us page for more information.

  • Healing Hurt People Chicago

    Healing Hurt People Chicago (HHPC) is a hospital-based, youth advocacy program for violence recovery. HHPC services begin in the hospital and include crisis intervention, mental health care, medical advocacy, team support support and patient advocacy. The program also connects participants to supports and a community where they can continue to grow, thrive and break the cycle of violence once they leave the hospital.

    HHPC programs and resources for individuals, families and loved ones recovering from trauma also include:

    • Information about trauma and the SELF (Safety, Emotion, Loss, and Future) model
    • Stories of healing
    • Strategies for coping
    • Resources for families
    • Resources for providers

    For questions, please contact HHPC at info@HealingHurtPeopleChicago.org or (312) 864-2735.