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Goodwill Industries of Southeastern WI and Metropolitan Chicago Lyft Jobs Access program aims to close the short-term transportation needs for job seekers by offering gas cards.

ACCESS Community Health Network (ACHN) operates a number of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that provide onsite benefit specialists who work with care teams to provide patients with benefits enrollment, Medicaid redetermination and enrollment, insurance open enrollment assistance, and WIC/SNAP assistance.

El Hogar Del Niño (now a part of Brightpoint) offers Early Head Start/Head Start and Child Care services through their Family Child Care Homes (FCCH) program. They currently coordinate one home located around Chicago's southwest side; Rosa's Daycare has been a partner since 2001, which provides services to children ranging from six weeks to five years of age. The family childcare setting promotes small group sizes of 5-8 children within the home and offers opportunities for siblings to be cared for together. It also promotes an environment that is comfortable and feels like home, while supporting children's needs and their learning experiences to the fullest potential.

Queer Riot is a program for high-school-aged people interested in learning about the history of LGBTQIA+ activism in the United States. The program focuses on the experiences and organizing efforts of QTBIPOC from 1890 to 1990. Queer Riot equips youth with knowledge and skills while providing a physical space for youth to their knowledge into practice through organizing events and projects.

Norwood Park Township allows Norwood Park Township residents to safely dispose of their unwanted medicines by bringing them to the collection box located at the township office. No Liquid pharmaceutical drugs or loose pharmaceuticals are accepted. Call for additional information.

Illinois Department of Human Services's (IDHS) Office of Rehabilitation Services helps individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, or deafblind find jobs, get ready to go to work, or obtain services to meet their needs. They serve as a resource to professionals, state agencies, community organizations, and the public, providing information related to employment, training, and accommodations for persons who have a hearing loss.

Dental Art Specialists offers pediatric dentistry services.

Some Chicago Park District locations have at least one air-conditioned room available for public use during periods of extreme heat.

This hot meal program is operated in partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Cook County Southland Juvenile Justice Council provides a safe, place and opportunity for community members to address harmful behavior in a process that explores harms and needs, obligations, and necessary engagement. All parties, including the responsible parties, the impacted parties, the affected parties, and family and friends, come together to discuss their issues. CCSJJC facilitates the Circles and helps toward resolution to the satisfaction of all parties.

Palatine Library District offers opportunities for ESL learners to practice their English conversations skills with friendly volunteers. Additionally, ESL Read Together is a book club that provides participants with a non-threatening environment where the love of reading and understanding of English books come together.

The Family Business Program provides expert consultation, education, and research services. We focus on the problems that arise at the complex intersection of the family's relationships and its business interests.

The Better Birth Outcomes (BBO) program is a prenatal education and support program that helps women achieve healthy pregnancies and healthy babies. This free program provides prenatal health education, linkage to and coordination of care with primary and specialty medical care and other social services, referrals to free childbirth education and parenting classes, access to contraceptive services, and overall care coordination for pregnant women with risk factors that lead to poor birth outcomes.

The Safer Foundation provides vocational skills training that enables individuals who have been formerly incarcerated to overcome barriers to accessing, maintaining, or returning to employment, including soft skills training, support with entry exams, and financial support for entry-level certifications and post-training employment.

Some Chicago Park District locations have at least one air-conditioned room available for public use during periods of extreme heat.

Oak-Leyden's Community Living Services Program operates 12 residential community homes for residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The homes, known as Community Integrated Living Arrangements (or CILAs), allow adult participants to enjoy comfort, safety, and community in Chicago's near-west suburbs.Residents are provided 24-hour support and care that promote personal independence and physical well-being. Each of these accessible, family-like spaces house an average of four residents. Participants are able to grow and live as independently as possible, participating in communities as their neighbors do.In addition, Oak-Leyden offers intermittent support to adults with developmental disabilities who live on their own in the community. Oak-Leyden staff helps Intermittent CILA participants maintain their personal independence by providing the support they need.

This food pantry is operated in partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

After-School Programs bring children into an educational and safe environment with activities such as homework help, games centered on STEM lessons, literacy through creative writing, visual and performing arts, character development, and socioemotional learning, life skills training, and more. Many programs also provide support services to families of participating children.

ATI Physical Therapy provides physical therapy services to promote mobility and function needed for daily life.

Illinois Action For Children offers Home Visiting for pregnant women and families of infants, toddlers, and twos. Parent educators will partner with you in your home (or at one of the Early Learning Centers) in three key areas: child-centered parenting, parent-child interaction, and family well-being.

Year Up offers a variety of skills-based job training pathways that match the expertise corporate partners are seeking for their talent pool. From IT and software development to business operations and banking & customer success, Year Up provides a broad range of job training pathways. Year Up is 100% tuition-free, and students receive the support, tools, and resources they'll need to succeed in their desired career path regardless of their background, income, or zip code.

Expanding access to nutritious, local, sustainably-produced food is one of the pillars of Green City Market's mission - that's why they welcome and 2:1 match Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (also known as Link in Illinois or EBT nationally) at all farmers' markets, thanks to generous donors and their partnership with Experimental Station and their Link Up Illinois Program.When shoppers with Link spend $25 of benefits at Green City Market, they receive $75 in Link vouchers or tokens to spend. $50 will be given in GCM For All vouchers or tokens that may be used on any SNAP eligible item. $25 will be given in Link Up Illinois vouchers that are restricted to fruits and vegetables only. In addition to this 2:1 match, Green City Market 1:1 matches any additional link spending past $25.

Chicago Public Library locations act as a cooling center free to the public during periods of extreme heat. Locations also have water fountains available.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) gives you cognitive and behavioral tools to change problematic behaviors and thoughts and teaches you skills for improving your life and relationships.

Hanul provides free one-on-one or small-group tutoring sessions for adult learners. We pair you with trained volunteer tutors and you meet on a weekly basis. You can improve your conversational and literacy skills in a smaller focused setting. Currently, this program runs on a quarterly basis.