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Offers help to first and second-time parents managing the demands of caring for a child during the first three years of life. Family-support workers visit the home to encourage new parents by building on their strengths, emphasizing the joys of parenting and easing concerns with education and hands-on assistance. Services can start before the baby is born with prenatal home visits by a doula.

Provides primary medical care, well-child visits, sports physicals, medical management, vaccinations, sick visits.

Provides emergency food services for families in crisis, offering a 3 to5 day food supply. When available may also pick up bread, meat and seasonally available produce

Offers crime victim and support services to victims of gun violence and their families, including:

- Crisis Response: Crisis Response services are available to every family in the aftermath of gun violence. This includes mental health first-aid, practical needs of the victim and family, liaise with law enforcement, engage in interactive safety planning, and address any other emerging urgent needs.

- Funeral Expense Assistance: For deaths by gun violence, our specialists provide information and rights assistance and expense assistance for funeral arrangements.

- Legal & Medical Advocacy: Case Manager will ensure you are supported and informed during the aftermath. This includes: getting case updates from the police department, attending court alongside individuals or families, attending doctors appointments or hearings, etc.

- Government Aid Assistance: Case Manager can assist in necessary applications for Medicaid benefits.

- Support Groups: Offered for parents that have lost someone to gun violence, for teens that have been affected by gun violence, for adults that have been affected by gun violence, for victims of gun violence, and for our forgiveness campaign.

Empowers people with disabilities to attain new skills and techniques so they are able to participate in daily living, recreational/social opportunities, and vocational/volunteering activities. Services work to assist people in mastering skills they need to live independently, like accessing public transportation, managing a personal budget, promoting self-advocacy, teaching home-making skills, utilizing community services, and obtaining assistive devices and durable medical equipment. 

Weekly group meetings are held for young adults pregnant or parenting a childbirth until entry into kindergarten. Each meeting provides a meal, parent/child activities, childcare and parenting discussion groups. Groups are provided for expecting parents, childbirth, newborn, infant moms, toddler moms, preschool moms, dads, Hispanic Moms and Hispanic Dads, African French/Swahili families.

Provides a youth residential center, youth therapeutic treatment center, youth emergency shelter, teen parenting treatment center, and a community youth shelter. Services may include professional counseling services (school-based counseling, crisis response, mental health awareness and training) and substance use services (intensive outpatient program, DUI services, DUI court ordered evaluations). 

Blind Rehabilitation Services provides advanced low vision optometry, legally blind rehabilitation, and visual impairment support for veterans. The program includes opportunities for mutual support among individuals with visual impairments, fostering the sharing of information, resources, practical tips for daily living, and encouragement. Eligibility is limited to veterans who meet the required guidelines.

Offers free Christmas trees and decorations. Call for information.

Provides a dog rescue devoted to saving canines in need. Programs include adoption program, foster program, and home to home program, as well as humane investigation (abuse and neglect of dogs). All of the dogs are in foster homes and people must make an appointment and complete the adoption application before adopting. To view available dogs, see the website.

Provides law enforcement and jail services to the county.

Serves as a crisis team with an Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor providing mobile crisis response intervention including on-site counseling, mental health evaluation, and asessment for psychiatric hospitalization.

Provides home-delivered meals to individuals aged 60 and older, including those with disabilities or spouses of eligible individuals. Home delivered meals are also provided to those who are home-bound, isolated, frail or unable to prepare meals for themselves.

Provides meals to senior citizens, aged 60 and over, in four counties, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson and Whiteside counties.

Congregate Meal Site Locations:

Stephenson County - Central Kitchen, 524 West Stephenson Street, Lower Level, Freeport, IL.

Whiteside County - Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 West 9th Street, Sterling, IL.