Specialties

INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY/DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY

Previously referred to as Mental Retardation (MR), people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) and/or Developmental Delay (DD) require specialized programs and services geared toward their abilities. There is also special funding that can be applied for this population.

Programming, Support & Residential Services:

Anixter Center www.anixter.com

Envision Unlimited www.envisionunlimited.org

Community Alternatives Unlimited (CAU) www.cau.org

LSSI (Lutheran Social Services of Illinois) https://www.lssi.org/services/intellectual-developmental-disability-services/

Intermediate Care Facilities for Developmental Disabilities (ICF-IID)

For a full listing of ICF-IIDs, please visit the Department of Human Services: https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=58023

ICF-IID with Services for the Medically Complex: https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=69907

SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES & SUPPORT

Including Inpatient and Outpatient Services:

Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center https://anb.today/

Abraxas Woodridge Interventions www.abraxasyfs.com

Banyan www.banyantreatmentcenter.com

Central Dupage Hospital www.nm.org/conditions-and-care-areas/behavioral-health/behavioral-health-services-western-suburbs/substance-abuse-and-addict

Existential Counselor Society Drug & Alcohol Inpatient Rehab Center www.ecsirc.org

Gateway Foundation www.gatewayfoundation.org

Haymarket Center www.hcenter.org

Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation www.hazeldenbettyford.org/locations/chicago

Positive Sobriety Institute www.positivesobrietyinstitute.com

Recovery Centers of America https://recoverycentersofamerica.com/

Rincon Family Services www.rinconfamilyservices.org 

Rosecrance www.rosecrance.org

SAMHSA (Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration) www.samhsa.gov

South Shore Hospital www.southshorehospital.com

SunCloud Health www.suncloudhealth.com

LGBTQ

Center on Halsted www.centeronhalsted.org

The Family Institute at Northwestern https://www.family-institute.org/therapy-programs/lgbtq-behavior-health

Howard Brown www.howardbrown.org

Human Rights Campaign https://www.hrc.org/

Queery Chicago www.queery.org

The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org

IMMIGRATION SERVICES & SUPPORT

Refugee One www.refugeeone.org

World Relief www.worldreliefchicago.org

EATING DISORDERS

Eating Recovery Center www.eatingrecoverycenter.com

Renfrew Center www.renfrewcenter.com

Rogers Behavioral Health www.rogersbh.org

SunCloud Health www.suncloudhealth.com

HOMELESS

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless www.chicagohomeless.org

Chicago Homeless Shelter Directory https://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/city.cgi?city=Chicago&state=IL

Connections for the Homeless www.connect2home.org