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1 Hesed Committee - Resources Help/Hot Lines - 24 Hours - Illinois (Dial 911 if it is an emergency) Illinois Domestic Violence Help Line (888) Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline (877) Illinois Department of Aging (800) Elder Abuse Hotline (866) Child Abuse Hotline (800) Illinois Department of Children and (800) Family Services Domestic Violence A Safe Place (Zion) (847) Shelter, counseling,legal support, and abuser intervention groups Between Friends (Chicago North) (800) Counseling, and court advocacy, offices in Rogers Park Life Span (Des Plaines) life-span.org/> (847) Non-residential options, including legal services, advocacy, and counseling. Attorneys represent those in Cook County and serves only victims SHALVA (Jewish) (773) Individual and group counseling, legal information, and financial assistance Shelter, Inc. (Arlington Heights) (847) Emergency and longer term housing for children and adolescents who are abused, neglected, or in need of supervision. Individual, group, and family counseling WINGS (Palatine) (847) Provides continuum of integrated services to end domestic violence and homelessness. Have transitional homes and permanent supportive housing units as well as counseling and emergency shelter YWCA (Evanston) (877) Emergency shelter, legal advocacy, and c.ewk0loo8lmk6f/b / counseling k.bd08/home.htm> Legal Resources

2 Between Friends-Legal Advocacy (800) Free legal clinics that meet monthly and has two locations--one on the northside of Chicago and the other in Rolling index.html> Meadows Cook County State s Attorney s (847) Office Lake County State s Attorney s (847) Office statesattorney/pages/default.aspx> Life Span Legal Services (312) Provides free legal consultation to life-span.org/> explore options Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago General: (312) Evanston: (847) Lake Co: (847) Legal services to low income residents of Cook County--only in civil cases Metropolitan Legal Aid Bureau (312) Legal services to low income individuals programs-and-services/legal-aid/ default.aspx> Northwest CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) nwcasa.org/> (847) Free legal services to sexual assault survivors and their loved ones in north and northwest suburbs of Cook County Northwest Suburban Bar Association (847) Prairie State Legal Services (847) Free legal services for low income and (Waukegan) those over 60 years old Special Population/Focus Center on Halsted (LGBTQ) (773) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender individuals can receive group therapy, classes, HIV testing, as well as psychotherapy. Located in Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago CJE Senior Life (Older Adults) (773) Adult day services, counseling, home health care, and personal care services

3 Howard Brown Health Center (LGBTQ) (773) Counseling, domestic violence support, HIV/AIDS services, substance abuse programming. In Chicago and has multiple sites Jewish Healing Network (Substance (847) Counseling and support for those with Abuse) addictions as well as those with illness, chicagofaithandhealth.org/ domestic abuse, holocaust survivors, and archives/organizations/jewish- immigrant assistance. Also offers healing-network-of-chicago> support to caregivers and to those who are grieving Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center TTY Hotline: For those with disabilities to build (Deaf) (773) supportive relationships with family, peers, and staff. Provides residential services and community and day rehab services SHALVA (Jewish) (773) Legal information and court support. Available to all women of Chicago metro area who self-identify as Jewish and victims of domestic violence Adolescence/Teens HAVEN (Youth and Family Services) havenforyouth.org/> (847) Helps youth and families in crisis. Provides counseling, 24 hour crisis intervention, teen and family counseling. Services are free. JCFS/Response (Skokie) (847) Provides counseling for teens and their families as well as sexual health services. Links North Shore Youth Health (847) Gynecological services to young women Services (Northfield) ages at a low cost. Short term counseling, low cost contaception, have a male clinic for STI s OMNI Youth Services (Buffalo Grove) (847) Prevention services of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs used by youth, in-home counseling and case management for abused and neglected children and their families, substance abuse treatment and recovery program Counseling ARK Northwest (Northbrook) (773) Case management, food pantry, rent and utility assistance, and delivery of medications

4 Name (website) Alexian Brothers Center for Mental Health services/acmh/> The Bridge Youth & Family Servies (Palatine) Center for Contextual Change Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation caase.org/> Children s Advocacy Center (Lake County) Phone Number (847) (847) (847) (773) (847) Description Outpatient therapy, daily therapy groups, partial hospitalization programs, psychiatry and medication management, 24 hour crisis intervention, located in Elk Grove Village and Hoffman Estates 24 hour crisis intervention to runaway youth and youth thrown out of their homes, covers townships in Elk Grove, Maine, Palatine, Schaumburg Provides counseling and is located in Skokie, Chicago, and Elmhurst Provides legal services against perpetrators and facilitators of sexual harm Part of State s Attorney s office, reduces trauma and provides support to child victims of violence and their families, therapeutic services, court advocacy, and crisis intervention, located in Gurnee, IL CJE Senior Life (773) EZRA Multi-Service Center (773) HIAS Chicago (refugees and immigrants) hiaschicago.org/> (312) JCERT (Emergency Response) (888) Provides services to older adults and their families including housing, healthcare, and community services Located in uptown, provides case management, limited food pantry, some free clothing, jobs program, Russian senior center, and housing locator Helps people through immigration process, resettling in new country, and getting on and staying on the path to US citizenship Prepares for and responds to critical incidents affecting the Jewish community, provides crisis intervention and trauma assistance

5 Jewish Child and Family Services Josselyn Center for Mental Health (Northfield) Kenneth Young Center (Northwest) Metropolitan Family Service (Suburbs) Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center (Lake County) Arlington Heights: (847) Central: (773) Northbrook: (847) Peterson: (773) Project Shield (Child Sexual Abuse): (847) Services for People with Disabilities: (773) Skokie: (847) Jewish Healing Network (Substance abuse): (847) (847) (847) (847) (847) Provides counseling and support, addiction recovery, support to the ill, adoption support, and sexual abuse prevention in addition to many other services Outpatient psychiatric services, psychotherapy, crisis intervention, social skills groups for children, and support groups Counseling adults, children, and families, treatment for those with serious mental illness, service coordination and in-home services for frail elderly Counseling and provides support and education to economically challenged families 24 hour crisis intervention, counseling and advocacy for victims and their loved ones of sexual assault, abuse, and rape. Free to community at large Food Pantries (individuals will need to know what township they live in) The Ark (773) Avon Township (847) Barrington Township (847) Beth Am (847) Cuba Township (847) Only open the last Sunday of the month

6 Ela Township (847) Vernon Township (847) Wheeling Township (847) Inpatient Psychiatric Units Alexian Brothers Hospital (Elk (847) Grove Village) Highland Park Hospital (Highland (847) Park) Lutheran General Hospital (Park (847) Ridge) Northwest Community Hospital (847) (Arlington Heights) Vista East (Waukegan) (847)