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Illinois Respite Coalition offers caregiver training.

The Veterans Assistance Commission (VAC) of Fulton County is available to assist veterans with their VA administrative needs, like filing claims; re-certifying paperwork with the VA; obtaining military and civilian medical documents, etc. for help with Veterans Administration claims; registering for VA Health Care; and acquiring legal copies of military records to include copies of Certificate of Discharge and Release from Active Duty (DD-214). The VAC has an accredited veteran service officer available to file claims. The office also offers Emergency Financial Assistance to Honorably Discharged Fulton County Veterans who qualify under the Federal Poverty Guidelines. In addition, the Veterans Assistance Commission provides free transportation to and from VA Health Care Facility appointments in Illinois and Iowa. These rides are on a first come first serve basis. Veterans should call in to reserve their ride immediately upon notification of their next appointment.

The Family Advocacy Center provides of case management, mentoring, intensive parent coaching, and overall guidance for families navigating the child welfare system or otherwise in need of support. The Center also offers anger management for adults. Occasionally, one-day sessions are available for teens.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) provides support, advocacy, and resources for victims of drunk and drug-impaired driving, as well as prevention and education services aimed at ending impaired driving. The organization's 24/7 Victim Helpline is a confidential, toll-free line that provides emotional support, information, and referrals for individuals and families impacted by drunk or drug-impaired driving crashes. Assistance can include help navigating the criminal justice system, victims’ rights, compensation options, and community-based victim services. In addition, MADD can assist in locating Victim Impact Panels, which are educational programs where victims or survivors share personal stories about the consequences of impaired driving. These are typically court-ordered for individuals convicted of DUI/DWI offenses, but may also be attended voluntarily. They are offered in many communities and sometimes available online, depending on location.

The Illinois School for the Deaf offers residential programming for students who are deaf or hard of hearing and live more than 25 miles from Jacksonville, and day programming for students who live within 25 miles of Jacksonville. In addition to comprehensive assessment, enrichment, intervention, and educational services for school-age residents of Illinois who are deaf and hard of hearing, the ISD also serves adult clients of the Division of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) who are deaf and hard of hearing, and referred by their rehabilitation counselors.

The VA offers a crisis line specifically for Veterans who need to speak to someone. Call 988 and press 1 for free, private help anytime 24/7.

The Osceola Township Office offers limited community assistance/general relief to qualifying township residents. Osceola Township covers the village of Bradford as well as some surrounding rural area, largely to the west. Please confirm your township using the map link below. To confirm that you are in Osceola Township, please view the following map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Osceola+Township,+IL

The National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) provides career services, training, youth services, housing, and financial assistance to eligible migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW) and their dependents who reside in Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin. This program helps farmworkers and their dependents acquire the necessary skills to either stabilize their current employment or advance in their agricultural jobs. Additionally, individuals may obtain employment in locally high-demand industries with the goal of gaining higher wages and year-round employment. UMOS case managers work with clients to assess what their strengths are currently, how they wish to develop professionally, where they can best get the vocational training, and then provide the financial support to ensure clients accomplish these goals.

The Division of Rehabilitation Services is the state's lead agency serving individuals with disabilities. DRS works in partnership with people with disabilities and their families to assist them in making informed choices to achieve full community participation through employment, education, and independent living opportunities.

The Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Peoria offers baby formula and food, diapers, and occasionally other baby items for those in need.

The Peoria Heights Police Department serves as a medication disposal drop-off location.

The society assists patients in finding their medical records, so long as their physician is or has been a member of our society and we are able to locate the physician or their partners.

Carle Health Pekin Hospital is a 107-bed medical center serving Central Illinois since 1913.

Employment Security offers state unemployment insurance appeals/complaints.

Helping Hands Home healthcare offers physical therapy.

The Illinois Department of Human Services is one of the state's largest agencies, offering the SNAP/Link, Medicaid, TANF, and AABD (Aid to the Aged, Blind, or Disabled) programs, among others.

The City of Peoria administers relief programs that once were under its township. Coverage area is primarily west of Western Avenue, north of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and south of Nebraska Avenue (the City of West Peoria).

Tazewell County Health Department offers child passenger safety education.

The Center for Senior Behavioral Health at Carle Health Proctor Hospital is an inpatient specialty unit for adults ages 65 and older in need of care for emotional or behavioral concerns. Services include individual, group, and family therapy guided by a team of clinicians, activity therapists, nurses, and psychiatrists.

Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored mentoring matches between adult volunteers ("Bigs") and children("Littles"), ages 7 through 14, in communities across the country.

The Stroke Family Warmline connects stroke survivors, their families, and caregivers with an American Stroke Association team member who can provide support, helpful information, or just a listening ear. In addition, in-person support groups are offered in many areas. Those can be located by entering your zip code on the following site: www.stroke.org/en/stroke-support-group-finder The American Stroke Association is a division of the American Heart Association.

North Central Behavioral Health Systems, Inc. is a non-profit behavioral health care organization serving La Salle, Bureau, Marshall, Putnam, Fulton, McDonough, and Grundy counties.

Founded in 2004 as a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c) (3) organization, the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes provides assistance, as resources allow, to the wounded veterans and families of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn.

Easterseals Central Illinois assists children with developmental delays, disabilities, and other special needs through early intervention services, therapy, autism services, and more.

Children's Home offers a family focused, strengths-based care coordination and wrap-around service for youth with complex behavioral health needs. Children's Home is the Care Coordination and Support Organization (CCSO) for Pathways to Success in Central Illinois, serving as a centralized leader with a dedicated and trained team of coordinators that offer support to clients and families. Pathways is a program for Medicaid-enrolled youth under the age of 21 in Illinois who have complex behavioral health needs and could benefit from additional support. Care coordinators collaborate closely with community services to help build supports in the home, school, and community. The goal of the Pathways program is to improve family functioning, reduce caregiver stress, provide stability for at-risk youth in the home, improve school attendance, and reduce hospitalization. For more information, please contact Dianna Taylor Meneses, LCPC at [email protected] or call 309-285-0131.