SERVICE RESOURCES DIRECTORY

Caring.com is an online resource for people exploring options for assisted living. The website offers a comprehensive directory of assisted living facilities in Illinois that allows users to compare monthly living costs and financial assistance options. 

The free legal aid hotline of Cook County. While they do not represent clients in court, CARPLS offers legal advice and document preparation assistance.

Catholic Charities provides a wide range of social services to residents of Lake and Suburban Cook counties. These services include (but are not limited to) emergency assistance, veterans services, affordable housing options, and legal assistance. 

The Center for Changing Lives provides a range of financially focused services to Chicagoans currently experiencing homelessness or a housing or financial hardship, with a focus on the Northwest side of Chicago. They focus on financial literacy, access to career pathways, improving credit, building assets, and developing the skills and capacities needed to achieve individualized goals. In addition to financial workshops, the Center for Changing Lives offers first-time homebuyer workshops and office careers training programs. 

The Chicago Area Project is a community-based organization that promotes juvenile justice, workforce development, and community welfare. Focusing on the youth of under-served urban neighborhoods, CAP offers educational, cultural, and recreational programs, while also working in community organizing and advocacy.

The Chicago Bungalow Association equips homeowners with energy efficiency grants and educational resources to maintain, preserve, and adapt their Chicago bungalows and vintage homes. The CBA has partnered with ComEd and Peoples Gas to provide customers with free home energy upgrades that may include free weatherization services and the installation of free energy-saving products. 

The Chicago Housing Authority oversees public housing in Chicago and distributes Housing Choice Vouchers to eligible individuals and households. 

Offers low cost legal services on a sliding scale based on income.

The Social Service Center at Chicago Lights connects individuals with resources and partner agencies. Services include case management, a food pantry, clothing assistance, housing assistance, job-readiness training, street outreach, and support groups. Skilled Assessors can connect chronically homeless individuals with resources and make referrals for them at public housing agencies in Chicago. The Social Service Center also works with the John Marshall Fair Housing Legal Clinic to provide legal assistance related to housing matters. 

Chicago Methodist Senior Services seeks to improve the quality of life for older adults  in Chicago by offering moderately priced senior services that include memory care, short-term rehabilitation, long-term skilled nursing, supportive living, low-income housing, and computer and technology services.