Advocacy & Assistance

YWCA Evanston/North Shore

 

YWCA Evanston/North Shore

1215 Church St.

Evanston, IL 60201

Phone: 847.864.8445

Fax: 847.864.8498

Hotline: 877.718.1868

Legal Advocacy Line: 847.470.5052

 

The YWCA Evanston/North Shore provides the only comprehensive residential domestic violence program in the northeastern Ch

North/Northwest Surburban Task Force On Supportive Housing For Individuals With Mental Illness

 

North/Northwest Suburban Task Force On Supportive Housing For Individuals With Mental Illness

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Parenting A Child With Special Needs: A JCFS Support Group

Parenting A Child With Special Needs: A JCFS Support Group

Meeting Site: 1156 W. Shure Drive

Arlington Heights, IL 

Phone: 224.625.2804.

 

 

An ongoing weekly support group for parents raising children with special needs.

Oakton Community College Assist Committee

Contact: Teresa O'Sullivan, Special Needs Coordinator
1600 E. Golf Road

Des Plaines, Ill. 60016

847.635.1759

Email: tosulliv@oakton.edu

 

Easter Seals of Metropolitan Chicago

1939 West 13th Street, Suite 300,

Chicago, IL 60608-1226

Phone: 312.939.5115

Fax: 312.733.0247 

 

Every day, across the country people look to Easter Seals to help them realize their full potential and become independent members of society.  In response to the needs of our communities, Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago offers a wide range of programs including:

Rice Child + Family Center

1101 Washington St.

Evanston, IL

847.866.3800

 

Children with a history of violence and abuse often exhibit extremely volatile and severe behavior. Inevitably, well meaning foster parents are unable to deal with these behaviors, often resulting in the child becoming a ward of the state.

Rainbow Animal Assisted Therapy, Inc.

Rainbow Animal Assisted Therapy, Inc.

6042 West Oakton Street

Morton Grove, IL 60053

Phone: 773.283.1129

Fax: 847.581.0233

http://www.rainbowaat.org/

Northwestern University Learning Disabilities Clinic

2240 Campus Drive

Evanston, IL 60208

847.491.3184

 

Services: Educational (diagnostic)

March of Dimes

111 W. Jackson, 22nd Floor

Chicago, IL 60604

312.435.4007

 

Services: Information & Referral

Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation (M-NASR)

6820 W. Dempster Street

Morton Grove, IL 60053

847.966.5522

 

Services: Advocacy, Counseling (leisure), Equipment (adaptive), Financial, Information & Referral, Recreational, Transportation (for programs)

Jewish Council for Youth Services (JCYS) Camp Red Leaf

P.O. Box 297

Ingleside, IL 60041

847.740.5010

 

Contact: Tony Warner (camp director)

 

Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

 

Services: Residential/Summer Camp for disabled children and adults, also offers respite care

Ray Graham Association

2801 Finley Rd.

Downers Grove, IL 60575

630.620.2222

 

Services: Barb Camp, Counseling, Educational, Housing, Recreational, Transportation, Vocational

Glenkirk

3504 Commercial Ave

Northbrook, IL 60062

847.272.5111

 

Services: Advocacy, Educational, Housing, Vocational for Developmentally Disabled.

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