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Chicago Police Department opens a variety of park fieldhouses to the public to warm up during periods of extreme cold.

Chicago Lights' General Case Management offers case managers who provide compassionate, supportive service during appointments, helping adults obtain ID documents, create budgets, update resumes, get health or legal referrals, or apply for employment.

Cook County Southland Juvenile Justice Council partners with the South Cook Intermediate Service Center to address the chronic absenteeism/truancy that is plaguing South Suburban Cook County. The partnership consisted of creating, implementing, and/or enhancing tools, trends, and processes utilized by school districts to reduce their numbers while engaging youth and their families holistically while providing any wraparound services and supports that would assist youth to return to school.

Chicago Public Library acts as a warming center free to the public during periods of extreme cold.

WestCare Illinois' (WCIL) Recovery Support Specialists facilitate three Recovery Groups for participants that focus on job readiness. The programs work on individual job referrals, resume building, mock interviewing, mentoring, and support. The program is also a resource group that connects participants to resources within their communities for food, housing, medical needs, documentation, jobs, and positive recreational activities.

Michigan Avenue Primary Care provides health services, education, and support for family planning, including birth control and pregnancy care.

Children's Legal Center provides free immigration legal services to children facing removal proceedings.

ACCESS Community Health Network (ACHN) operates a number of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that provide support for individuals with opioid use disorder. Services provided included weekly visitation, group support sessions, behavioral health services and counseling, and prescribed medication such as buprenorphine or vivitrol.

Shore Community Services Services' Community Integrated Living Arrangements (CILA) consists of three sites: a home in Evanston for two men, a home in Skokie for six men, and a home in Skokie for seven women.24-hour staff supervision is provided in each home to help individuals with specialized needs become as independent as they are able.The goal of the CILAs is to deliver services that provide for the total array of mental health and developmental service needs to support and ensure integrated community living.

Family Guidance Centers, Inc. uses a state-of-the-art testing method, which takes less than five minutes and utilizes non-intrusive oral swabs, with results from a licensed laboratory available within a few days.

Inner Voice Inc., operates Pioneer House, a residential program designed to move people out of chronic homelessness or housing instability towards independence and more permanent housing. This service is for individuals released from prison, jail, hospital, or mental health programs.

Everbrook Academy offers formal education that focuses on cognitive and social development for children under 5 years old.

The Children's Center of Cicero-Berwyn provides child care for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old.

Community Assistance Programs offers services to help justice-involved adults transition back into the community. Services include employment assistance, education and training, support groups, access to housing and food, counseling, and more.

A Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)provides a more intensive treatment than an IOP. Participants attend group treatment sessions for four hours a day, five days a week, allowing participants to return home or to a supportive environment outside of treatment hours. PHP offers a higher level of support and structure than IOP. In addition to the 20 hours a week of group work this program requires, PHP will require participants to set aside additional time for individual therapy, treatment planning sessions, family/support person therapy as recommended, and psychiatric monitoring.

Goldfish Swim School offers lessons specially designed to make learning fun through guided play for beginners to advanced swimmers from 4 months to 12 years old, including infant swim lessons, toddler swimming lessons, and more.

The Resurrection Project offers immigration legal services to keep Illinois immigrant families together.

STEM Saturday programming encompasses a wide variety of topics, professions, and interests and is a pivotal stepping stone in getting children insured in STEM careers.

Chicago Public Library offers YOUmedia digital learning spaces where teens can hang out, mess around and geek out. All YOUmedia locations have laptops, cameras, music, and gaming equipment, and some YOUmedia locations have 3D printers, vinyl cutters, and more. It's an open environment where you choose what you want to do and skilled library staff provides coaching and assistance.

CJE SeniorLife's Adult Day Services (ADS) addresses the needs of older adults to help them remain in the community for as long as possible. With a person-centered approach, they support older adults living with dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and related conditions across varied stages. The program is also designed for older adults who are experiencing physical limitations or are socially isolated.

One Million Degrees - Malcolm X accelerates community college students' progress on career pathways to economic mobility. OMD provides comprehensive supports to community college students, including tutoring, volunteer coaching, financial assistance and professional development. OMD Scholars have access to an on-site OMD staff member who are there to coach and assist scholars as they pursue their college degree, participate in monthly Saturday Scholar Development workshops, are matched with volunteers who coach them on their career plan, are provided private tutors (available to scholars struggling academically), and are eligible to up to $1,000 in performance-based stipends and $250 in additional grants. OMD Scholars graduate at twice the state average with the skills and experiences necessary to launch upwardly mobile professional careers.

Ivy Garden Learning Center provides structured programming for children during the summer months.

Hel.LAS is a pro bono clinic created to serve the legal needs of low-income members of the Chicago area's Greek community. The clinic provides Greek Americans with access to legal information, referrals, and potential representation in a linguistically and culturally sensitive environment. They provide advice and counsel in a variety of areas, includingdomestic relations, immigration, contracts, bankruptcy matters, landlord/tenant disputes, wills, and powers of attorney.

Old Irving Park Community Clinic (OIPCC) offers free medical and behavioral healthcare to low-income adults, 18 and older.

Bellwood Public Library offers free notary services to the public. They can notarize most documents except real estate and immigration documents. All signers of a document must be present and must sign the document in front of the notary.