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4-H of Will County-University of Illinois Extension
100 Manhattan Road, Joliet, IL 60433
Telephone: (815) 727-9296
Website:
http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/will/

One part of the Youth Development Program of the University of Illinois Extension. 4H is in it's 104th year as a youth service organization!

Agape Missions

68 N. Chicago Street Suite 240, Joliet, IL 60432
Telephone: (815) 723-1548
Website: http://www.agapemissionsinc.com
Serves men, women, and children with HIV/AIDS through case management, housing, education/prevention programs, social support, pastoral care, counseling, advocacy, support groups, and ongoing volunteer support. 

American Red Cross

2200 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612
Telephone: (312) 729-6100 or (630)378-0344 or (800)448-3543
Website: http://www.chicagoredcross.org
Provides emergency assistance within 24-48 hours of the initial disaster. Emergency assistance for single/multi-family fires, tornadoes, floods, etc. Emergency assistance to military service members/family members. Health & Safety classes, Community Services Outreach Education, International Services.

Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center
409 W. Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60432
Telephone: (815)
768-8750
Website: http://www.auntmarthas.org
Comprehensive, community-based services for youth and families, including child welfare, counseling, crisis intervention, delinquency intervention, parenting skills, and support for runaway youth.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will & Grundy Counties
417 W. Taylor Street, Joliet, IL 60435
Telephone:
815/723-BBBS
Website: http://www.bbbswillgrundy.org
Community volunteers providing guidance, friendship, and educational support on a one-to-one basis to at-risk children.

Boys and Girls Club
P. O. Box 683 226 E. Clinton Street, Joliet, IL 60434-0683
Telephone: (815) 723-3434
Serves boys and girls ages 8 through 18. Programs provide for the social, educational, health, and character development of its members.

RAINBOW COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
2600 N. Winterbottom Road, Morris, IL 60450
Telephone: (815) 942-4450
Website:  
www.rcscouts.org
Provides youth development programs for over 7,500 boys and girls of Will County.

CASA of Will County

River Valley Justice Center, 3200 W. McDonough Street, Joliet, IL 60431
Telephone: (815) 730-7072
Website: http://www.willcountyillinois.com/Links/CASA/tabid/346/Default.aspx
Court Appointed Special Advocate Program. Recruits, trains, and supervises volunteers to represent the best interests of children in specific abuse and neglect cases in Will County. 

Camp Fire USA Illinois Prairie Council
1235 S. Highland Ave suite A, Lombard, IL 60148
Telephone: (630) 629-5160
Website: http://www.campfireusa-illinois.org
Builds caring, confident youth and future leaders through a variety of youth development programs including in-school programs and after-school clubs, camping, and community empowerment programs. 

Catholic Charities
203 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, IL 60432
Telephone: (815) 723-3405
Website: http://www.cc-doj.org/
Provides counseling, adoption and foster care training and licensing, maternity services, early childhood services/Head Start, residential and volunteer programs for seniors.
  • Daybreak Center
    611 E. Cass Street, Joliet, IL 60432
    Telephone: (815) 774-4663
    Website: http://www.cc-doj.org/daybreak.htm
    Provides a 24-hour shelter with on-site support services for homeless individuals and families. Emergency assistance for food, rent, etc. is available to prevent homelessness, and Transitional Housing for single mothers in the community.
     

  • Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
    203 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, IL 60432
    Telephone: (815) 723-3405
    Provides seniors with volunteer opportunities that allow them to share their knowledge, wisdom, time, and talents in community-based agencies and organizations.

Center for Correctional Concerns
95 S. Chicago Street, Joliet, IL 60432
Telephone: (815) 740-5631
Serves residents of Will County Adult Detention Facility (WCADF) B education, social services, chaplaincy, life-style intervention, and outreach. 

Child Care Resource and Referral
801 N. Larkin Avenue Suite 202, Joliet, IL 60435
Telephone: (815) 741-1163
Website: http://www.childcarehelp.com/
Assists individuals in locating legal child care, trains individuals who want to do child care in the home as a profession, and assists low income families with payment for the cost of child care.

Childhood Trauma Treatment Program
P. O. Box 776, Oak Lawn, IL 60454-0776
Telephone: (630) 679-0127 or (800) 216-1110
Website: http://www.advocatehealth.com/system/services/outpatient/trauma.html
Provides therapy and psychological testing services for children, teens, and families within the foster care system who have suffered abuse.

Community Service Council of Northern Will County
719 Parkwood Avenue, Romeoville, IL 60446-1134
Telephone: (815) 886-5000
Website: http://www.thecsc.org
Provides family and individual clinical counseling, housing counseling (foreclosure or eviction), anger management and domestic violence group sessions, and DUI evaluations. Fees are based on a sliding scale.

Cornerstone Services
777 Joyce Road, Joliet, IL 60436
Telephone: (815) 727-6666
Website:  http://www.cornerstoneservices.org
Progressive, comprehensive services for people with disabilities promoting choice, dignity, and the opportunity to live and work in the community. 

Crisis Line of Will County
Telephone: (815) 722-3344. Administration (815) 744-5280
24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Comprehensive suicide prevention hotline, information, referral, telephone counseling, and Sunshine calls. Services are available for the hearing impaired.

Easter Seals Joliet Region
212 Barney Drive, Joliet, IL 60435
Telephone: (815) 725-2194
Website: http://joliet.easterseals.com/
Rehabilitation services to children and adults with disabilities, those with special needs and their families, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, inclusive developmental daycare, and early intervention, foster and residential programs.

Eastern Will County Senior Services
P. O. Box 579, 25864 S. Chestnut Road, Monee, IL 60449-0579
Telephone: (708) 534-2323
Website: http://www.geocities.com/ewcss
Provides transportation for seniors and people with disabilities (all ages), recreation, advocacy, and nutrition programs. Strives to keep individuals in their eastern Will homes for as long as possible

Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana
222 S. Riverside Plaza #2120, Chicago, IL 60606
Telephone: (815) 723-3449
Website: http://www.girlscouts-chicago.org
Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.

Good Shepherd Manor
P. O. Box 260, 4129 N. Rts. 1 & 17, Momence, IL 60954
Telephone: (815) 472-3700
Website: http://www.goodshepherdmanor.org/
Residential treatment, employment programs, academics and life enrichment experiences for men with developmental disabilities. 


Guardian Angel Community Services
1550 Plainfield Road, Joliet, IL 60435
Telephone:  (815) 729-0930. 24-hour hotline (815) 729-1228
Website: http://www.guardianangelhome.org/
Before and after school programs, mentoring, summer camp, individual and family counseling, foster care, alternative school, domestic violence shelter and services, and sexual assault services.

The H.E.A.R.T. Organization
(Helping, Enriching, Advising, Reaching & Teaching)
P. O. Box 1655, Bolingbrook, IL  60440
Telephone: (630) 226-8742
Assists juveniles (11-18 years of age) in achieving judicial compliance, as well as partake of educational program which teaches them juvenile law and consequences, social skills training and anger management, as a means of deterring the child from re-offending.

Hill Memorial Center

402 Singleton Place Lower Level, Joliet, IL 60436
Telephone: (815) 723-0942. Pre-school (815) 723-2009
Provides pre-school care and a social service outlet for youth and adults with health education, counseling, and food assistance.

Joliet Area Community Hospice

250 Water Stone Circle, Joliet, IL 60431
Telephone: (815) 740-4104 or Hospice Home (815) 460-3225 or (800) 360-1817
Website: http://www.joliethospice.org/
Provides compassionate care to those with a terminal illness through physical, psychosocial, and spiritual support. Services covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance. Assistance available for those who have no coverage.

Lamb's Fold Women's Center
153 S. Ottawa Street,  Joliet, IL 60436
Telephone: (815) 723-5262
Website: http://www.lambsfold.org/
Provides transitional housing for women over 18 and their children, offering recovery classes to help women become self sufficient.

Learning and Skills Center
1256 W. Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60435
Telephone: (815) 744-8670
Provides literacy training, GED preparation, and job placement to disadvantaged youth throughout Will County.

Model Ex-Offender Program
P. O. Box 69, Joliet, IL 60434-0069
Telephone: (815) 723-8998
Provides help with finding employment and developing employment-finding skills to ex-offenders residing in Will County.

National Alliance on Mental Illness
Telephone: (815) 731-9103
Website:
http://www.nami.org/sites/NAMI-WC
The nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families.

Peter Claver Center
P. O. Box 417, 172 S. Chicago Street, Joliet, IL 60434-0417
Telephone: (815) 722-6361
Website: http://www.peterclavercenter.com/
Serving the economically disadvantaged of Will County for over 50 years, providing educational, humanitarian, job training/placement, and recreational services.

The Salvation Army
P. O. Box 2582 300 Third Avenue, Joliet, IL 60434-2582
Telephone: (815) 726-4834
Website: http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/
Provides food, disaster relief services, financial assistance, counseling, and related support services to those in need and a community center youth program.


Senior Services Center of Will County

251 N. Center Street, Joliet, IL 60435
Telephone: (815) 723-9713  Volunteer Line: 815-838-5885
Website: http://www.willcountyseniors.org/
Programs include arranging for in-home care, elder abuse investigation, information and assistance, health screenings, nutrition, recreational and education programs, nursing home ombudsman, and care giver support.

Sertoma Speech & Hearing Center
1219 Lakeview Court, Romeoville, IL 60446
Telephone: (630) 633-5060
Website: http://www.sertomacenter.org
Provide assessments, treatments, hearing aids and contractual services to institutions and individuals who are speech or hearing impaired regardless of age or ability to pay.

The South Suburban Council
        on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse

1909 Checker Square, East Hazel Crest, IL 60429
Telephone: (708) 647-3333
Website: http://www.sscouncil.org
Provides residential and outpatient alcohol and substance abuse treatment services. 

Spanish Community Center (formerly Spanish Center)

309 N. Eastern Avenue, Joliet, IL 60432
Website: http://www.spanishcenter.org
Telephone: (815) 727-3683
Provides bilingual social services, food pantry, immigration assistance, licensed day care, full-day kindergarten, summer youth camp, and job opportunities.

Stepping Stones
1621 Theodore Street, Joliet, IL 60435
Telephone: (815) 744-4555
Website: 
http://www.steppingstonestreatment.com
Offers licensed and accredited outpatient and residential alcohol/drug treatment services for persons 18 years and older.

Trinity Services
100 N. Gougar Road, Joliet, IL 60436
Telephone: (815) 485-6197
Website: http://www.trinity-services.org/
A non-sectarian, non-profit agency serving children and adults with developmental disabilities or behavioral health needs in a variety of residential and day programs.

  • Family Counseling Center
    62 W. Washington Street, Joliet, IL 60432
    Telephone: (815) 722-4384
    a division of Trinity Services that provides individual, couple, and family therapy. The Anger Management Clinic and the Children's Clinic offer specialized services to individuals with serious anger management issues and to children with emotional and behavioral disorders and their parents.
     

United Cerebral Palsy of Will County
311 S. Reed Street, Joliet, IL 60435
Telephone: (815) 744-3500
Website: http://www.ucp.org//ucp_local.cfm/74
Adults and children with developmental disabilities and their families receive training and care through the Reedswood Day School, Adult Day Training Program, Residential Services, and the Family Support and Respite Care Programs. 

Vilaseca Day Care Center
351 N. Chicago Street, Joliet, IL 60432
Telephone:  (815) 727-1467
Provides day care and educational programs for low income and single parent families. Everyone welcome regardless of race, creed, or ability to pay. Serving six months of age to six years.

Warren-Sharpe Community Center
472 S. Joliet Street, Joliet, IL 60436
Telephone: (815) 722-2727
Serves children, youth, and families on Joliet's south side. Academic tutoring, job training, recreation, athletics, and family support services.

Will County Children's Advocacy Center
57 N. Ottawa  Street Suite 506, Joliet, IL 60432
Telephone: (815)
774-4565 http://www.willcountychildadvocacy.com
Provides services to children who are victims of sexual abuse and severe physical abuse, including child sensitive interviews, counseling, medical, legal advocacy, prosecution of sex offenders.

Will County Community Health Center
501 North Ella Avenue, Joliet, IL 60432
Telephone: (815) 727-8670
Website: http://www.willcountyhealth.org/
Provides preventive and primary health services through direct care and partnerships to the underserved people of Will County.

Will County Habitat for Humanity
417 W. Taylor Street, Joliet, IL 60435
Telephone: (815) 726-1880
Website: http://habitatwill.org/
Provides the opportunity to own affordable housing to qualified low income families that cannot obtain a conventional bank mortgage.

Will County Legal Assistance Program
Prairie State Legal Services
5 E. Van Buren Street Suite 310, Joliet, IL  60432
Telephone: (815) 727-5123
Website: http://www.willcolegalaid.org/
Provides civil legal assistance to low income and senior citizen residents of Will County in matters including domestic violence, housing, public benefits, and consumer and family law. 

Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living
2415-A W. Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60435
Telephone:  (815) 729-0162. TTY (815) 729-2085
Website: http://www.will-grundycil.org
Advocacy Self empowerment. Non-residential. Consumer control. Community reintegration. Independent living skills training. Deaf services. Special education/IEP resources. Information for persons with all disabilities of all ages.

Will-Grundy Medical Clinic
213 East Cass Street, Joliet, IL 60432
Telephone: (815) 726-3377
Website: http://www.wgmedclinic.org
Free healthcare volunteered by medical professionals.  The Free Clinic provides, at "no charge", primary, diagnostic, therapeutic, and referral medical and dental services to those with no other access to such care.

YMCA of Greater Joliet
749 Houbolt Road, Joliet, IL 60431
Telephone: (815) 729-YMCA (9622)
Website: http://www.jolietymca.org/
Serving families, youth, and adults in recreation, fitness, and safety-oriented programs with values education as a key component. Before and after school programs, summer and holiday day camps, youth sports, swim lessons, senior exercise, youth basketball leagues, youth and family open gym and swims.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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