Community Resources

Illinois & Chicago

211 Illinois:
211illinois.org

Chicago 311:
311.chicago.gov

City of Chicago Family and Support: chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fss.html‍ ‍

IDHS Family and Community Services: dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=31754‍ ‍

SPIDER (Service Provider Identification & Exploration Resource): spider.dcfs.illinois.gov

Caregiving

• Chicagoland Fussy Baby Network (through Erikson): erikson.edu/fussy-baby-network ‍

• IL Dept of Aging: Caregiver Support: ilaging.illinois.gov/programs/caregiver.html

• IL DHS Home Services Programs: dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=29738

• Illinois Family Caregiver Coalition: illinoisfamilycaregiver.org/resources

• Illinois Respite Coalition: illinoisrespitecoalition.org

• Support Healthy Aging Resources & Education (SHARE): sharenetworkchicago.org

Education and Job-Related

• Greater West Town Community Development Project: gwtp.org

• Illinois Pride Connect: ilprideconnect.org/school-and-education

• Jewish Vocation Services (JVS): jcfs.org/jvs

• Onward Neighborhood House: onwardhouse.org
  

Food

• Brave Space Alliance: bravespacealliance.org/programs-services-resources-food

• Catholic Charities Cook County Locations Food Pantries: catholiccharities.net/food-and-basic-needs/food-pantries

• Dream Fridge (Englewood): dionschicagodream.com/dream-fridge

• Find Food Illinois: extension.illinois.edu/food/find-food-illinois

• Freedge (Find a Freedge): freedge.org/locations

• Greater Chicago Food Depository: chicagosfoodbank.org

• Illinois Dept of Human Services: Food Connection: dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=31245

• LoveFridge Chicago: thelovefridge.com

• Nourishing Hope Chicago: nourishinghopechi.org

• St. Vincent Depaul Cook County Locations Food Pantries: stvincentdepaulchicago.org/food-pantries

• We Got You Illinois: Find Food Map: wegotyouillinois.org/find-food

Housing

• Brave Space Alliance: bravespacealliance.org/programs-services-resources-housing

• Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness: chicagohomeless.org

• Illinois Housing Search Resources: ilhousingsearch.org/Resources.html

• Night Ministry: thenightministry.org

• Orange Tent Project: orangetentproject.org

• Thresholds Homeless Outreach Program: thresholds.org/programs-services/homeless-outreach
  

Mental Health Organizations

• American Indian Health Service (AIHS) of Chicago: aihschgo.org/behavioral-health

• Black Women's Health Imperative (BWHI): bwhi.org
  “To help protect and advance the health and wellness of Black women and girls.”

• Chinese American Service League (CASL): casl.org

• Center on Halsted: centeronhalsted.org
  Supports the LGBTQIA2S+ community

• Casa Central: casacentral.org‍ en español: casacentral.org/espanol
  Social service agency focused on supporting Latino individuals and families.

• Esperanza Health Center: esperanzachicago.org/page/behavioral-health

• Inner City Muslim Action Network (IMAN): imancentral.org
  Two physical locations on the southside of the city (Chicago Lawn & Englewood)
  
  
  

• GRO Community —https://grocommunity.org/about-history-gro-community‍ ‍
  trauma-informed care for boys and men, focused on Black and Brown communities

• Howard Brown Health — howardbrown.org

• HRDI — hrdi.org
  Community mental health center on the South Side

• Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) — lssi.org

• Mental Health America — mhanational.org
  BIPOC mental health toolkit, also available in Spanish

• National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network — nqttcn.com —
  Organization for QTBIPOC mental health

• Sista Afya Community Care — sistaafya.com
  Mental health support for Black women

• Trilogy Behavioral Health — trilogyinc.org
  Drop-in center (open 7 days a week); also have mobile crisis response unit

• Trellus — mytrellus.org —
  Behavioral health services and case management for immigrants and refugees
  

Medical & Sexual Health

• Aids Foundation of Chicago: www.aidschicago.org

• American Indian Health Service (AIHS) of Chicago: aihschgo.org/health-clinic

• Brave Space Alliance for HIV and STD testing: bravespacealliance.org/programs-services-resources-health

• Chicago Abortion Fund: chicagoabortionfund.org

• Esperanza Health Center Chicago: esperanzachicago.org en español: esperanzachicago.org/es

• Illinois Pride Connect: ilprideconnect.org/healthcare

• Planned Parenthood of Illinois: plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-illinois

• Trans UpFront Illinois Gender Affirming Care: transupfrontil.com/gac

Support Groups

• Brave Space Alliance: bravespacealliance.org/programs-services-resources-identity
  

• Dinner Party: www.thedinnerparty.org/programs
  From the website, “Our programs are reserved for those living in the United States, ages 21-45, who have experienced bereavement.”
  

• NAMI Chicago: www.namichicago.org/groups-and-classes
  From the website: “NAMI Chicago offers support groups virtually and in-person for people with mental health conditions to connect with one another, as well as family groups for people who are supporting someone living with a mental health condition.”
  

• PSI (Postpartum Support International): postpartum.net/get-help/psi-online-support-meetings
  Over 50 free online support groups, including fertility, loss, TFMR, eating disorders, OCD, and NICU experiences.
  

• SHARE (Support Healthy Aging Resources Education): sharenetworkchicago.org/resources/caregiver-support-groups
  From this section of the website: “Caregiver support groups are safe places for caregivers to meet and develop a mutual support system