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Serves as a crisis team with an Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor providing mobile crisis response intervention including on-site counseling, mental health evaluation, and asessment for psychiatric hospitalization.
Provides a food pantry for those in need. USDA government commodities are distributed along with purchased and donated food, including weekly donations of perishable items from Trader Joes.
Offers people experiencing a mental health episode an alternative to hospitalization. Services include crisis support, stress relief, coping skills training, and community resource referrals.
Provides limited fixed rate benefits consisting of the bare necessities of life such as shelter, utilities, and food allowances. Offers short term support only. Temporary financial assistance may consist of:
- Rent/mortgage payments
- Utility payments
- Food/family essentials
- Indigent burial expenses
- Miscellaneous disability care expenses
- Transportation (bus tokens)
- Homeless/Transitional housing referrals
- Other assistance as needed and as available
Offers home health care and hospice services. Care may include:
- Regular visits to patient's home to provide care.
- Coordinate services needed from other healthcare providers, including doctors, therapists, social workers and nurse aides.
- Keeps family and primary care physician informed about progress and care plan.
VNA will also answer questions about hospice care or end-of-life questions, even if a patient is not ready for hospice care at this time. Topics include:
- Advance directives.
- End-of-life issues.
- Making plans to provide care for a loved one with a terminal illness.
- Grief and loss issues.
- Understanding palliative care vs. curative treatment.
Offers eye exams at no cost and glasses to those in need. Adults can only receive assistance once every two years, children may only receive assistance once every year.
Provides citizens to anonymously report criminal activity to the police. Information that leads up to an arrest may make the caller eligible for a cash reward.
Insurance counseling service for Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers in Champaign County. SHIP counselors:
-- Answer questions about Medicare, Medicare Supplement insurance, long-term care insurance, Medicare managed care plans (HMO, PPO & PFFS) and other health insurance
-- Answer questions regarding prescription drug coverage through Medicare D and other sources
-- Assist in filing Medicare and Medicare Supplement claims
-- Analyze Medicare Supplement and long-term care insurance policies
-- Appeal claim denials
-- Answer questions about Extra Help, a federal program to assist low-income seniors with the costs associated with Medicare D.
Counselors will also assist with the completion of Extra Help applications.
Offers library services including: books, audiobooks, movies, and music loans, computers and internet access, free Wi-Fi, notary public services, meeting rooms, printing services, and more.
Adoption services include recruitment, screening, assessing, and case management provided to persons choosing to adopt an infant. Counseling and support are provided to birth mothers/fathers choosing to place a child for adoption, as well as post-adoptive services for those who are adopted, adoptive parents, and birth parents. This includes international and private adoptions.
Adoptive home assessments provide guidance to prospective adoptive parents and/or adoptive parents in Iowa and Illinois.
Provides the following community-based therapeutic recreational services:
- Athletics and Special Olympics.
- Social outings.
- Arts and crafts.
- Music.
- Day Camp.
- Adult Day Programs.
Provides cancer care, hematology, medical oncology, and radiation oncology specialties.
Offers a varies of programs for children in need of preschool, before and after school care, and a summer day camp. Services provide academic intervention, healthy activities, and enrichment opportunities throughout the school year.
Administers the General Assistance Program. Eligible clients may receive a maximum of $435 per month towards rent, utilities (MidAmerican or City of Rock Island), personal needs and food. Vouchers are issued to clients and checks are mailed to the rental property owners. All rental properties must be registered with the City of Rock Island.
Typically, clients are single, unemployed or applying for Social Security Disability (SSDI) and have no other means of financial self-support. The application process can take up to 30 days.
In February or March, the Township usually receives a grant for help to families by paying one month’s rent or mortgage. The maximum grant is $450.
Provides a 325-bed hospital that offers a full scope of inpatient and outpatient care. Also operates many community, primary, and specialty health centers throughout the region.
Provides temporary financial assistance for pregnant women and families with one or more dependent children.
TANF provides financial assistance to help pay for food, shelter, utilities, and expenses other than medical.
Transitional services are also available to help families become independent, such as GED preparation, vocational training, job retention programs, etc.
Provides transportation services to multiple counties.
Riders are encouraged to schedule trips at least one working day in advance (same-day service is available if space permits), and riders must be ready for pick-up 15 minutes prior to the scheduled pick-up time. Cancellations must be made at least two hours prior to pick-up time.
All vehicles are wheelchair accessible and ADA compliant.
Offers scholarships, amounts are dependent of funding levels, to income eligible individuals who are planning to attend accredited Illinois University, community college, technical or vocational schools. Preference is given to applicants of racial or ethnic minorities.
Provides plans, prepares, and responds to public health emergencies that may affect and could harm the community. Examples of such public health emergencies include pandemic flue, food-based diseases, natural disasters, hazardous releases, and terrorism. Before, during, and after major disasters, the Franklin-Williamson Bi-County Health Department (FWBCHD) works in a variety of wars, in a coordinated response, to protect residents.
Offers services to help low-income senior citizens who have difficulty budgeting, paying routine bills, and keeping track of financial matters. Clients are matched with trained volunteers who assist with money management issues.
Also offers a Private Pay Money Management Program (MMP) for seniors whose income and/or assets exceed the guidelines of the Illinois Department on Aging program or people under the age of 60. Services provided range from budgeting and assistance with routine bill payment to a Representative Payee program in which all financial matters are taken care of by the MMP staff.