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The Comprehensive Services staff provides support services to children, families, and seniors. These include our Education Drop-In Center, a support team for senior citizens, and a variety of school-based projects. Social service and medical based case management support are offered to pregnant and parenting mothers and their children. First-time parents are provided with home visits and training in parent-child development. Family support services also provides support for grandparents responsible for child |
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rearing. The department has developed intergenerational programs to strengthen families and the communities in which they live. This office also administers the Illinois State Child Health Initiative (SCHIP), KidCare. In addition, we provide outpatient substance abuse treatment, which employs a variety of proven techniques including acupuncture. |
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The Division of Medical Social Work |
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| Professional social work support is available to patients using health services at any of our health centers. This support may be in the form of case management (assess and link: assessing the patient need and linking to appropriate community services), individual counseling with a state licensed social worker, group support for the benefit of realizing mutual aid from one's peers, or health education for the prevention and/or maintenance of healthy lifestyles. All of these support services are delivered under the auspices of a qualified, state licensed social worker utilizing a social work service delivery model. | |
The Division of Substance Abuse Treatment |
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| Support is available for adults, wanting to get clean and sober, through our outpatient treatment program, which is licensed through the Illinois Department of Health Services' Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse. Priority populations include pregnant women, injecting drug abusers, people with HIV/AIDS, TANF recipients, and DCFS and Department of Corrections referrals. | |
The Division of Family Support Services |
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| The Division of Family Support Services offers coordinated intensive and comprehensive case management and support services to high-risk pregnant and parenting mothers, infants, and children up to age two. These services are offered through two Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) programs; Healthy Start and Healthy Families. The services include the following: case coordination, newborn follow-up, home visitation to participants, interconceptional care, family planning education, health education, maternal depression screening and treatment, parenting classes, and referrals to other community services. | |
The Division of Youth Intiative |
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| This Division provides health education to area youth within the public school setting. This education curriculum seeks to prevent early pregnancy, violence, STD and HIV infection, and school drop-out rates throught the promotion of character and self-esteem building activities. | |