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Aerotek helps connect workers to available employment opportunities.

A volunteer provides support to Families in Crisis (e.g. mentoring, transportation) and respite to Host Families (e.g. providing meals, baysitting).

A Certified Financial Counselor teaches clients healthy financial skills, including debt management, budgeting, and responsible spending. The financial counselor may make recommendations to the Clinical Director for financial assistance to clients, often in the form of rent and utility assistance.

Prairie Trails Public Library has six different MEternally Reminisce Kits available for checkout. These kits are intended as a resource for individuals with dementia or memory loss and their caregivers. Each kit includes double-sided photo and activity cards, and a DVD containing several videos that are created for the enjoyment of those with dementia, their caregivers, and family to provide comfort and inspire connections and conversation through reminiscence.

This program helps individuals seeking to learn English as a Second Language (ESL). Language is taught via practical skills, such as using a computer, registering to vote, filing tax returns, and taking public transit. The program also provides field trips around the city of Chicago for participants.Hispanic community members who do not know how to read and/or write in Spanish are offered UP's Mejorando Escritura y Lectura (MELE) program.

Stickney Township offers low-cost Summer Fun and Pre-K. Programs are offered at various locations and in various age groups.

Blackstone Bicycle Works aims to empower youth through bicycle education, leadership, and life skills development.

Planned Parenthood of Illinois offers services related to the testing, counseling, and treatment referrals for HIV. Rapid HIV testing can be done with a blood sample taken from a finger stick. The results are available in 10-40 minutes.

Northwest Center Against Sexual Assault offers medical advocacy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at hospital emergency rooms. Whenever a survivor presents at the hospital for treatment, the hospital calls the hotline, and an advocate is sent out to sit with the survivor. The advocate offers emotional support, provides information on sexual violence, and gives any necessary referrals.

PCC Community Wellness Center operates a number of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that provide preventive and primary care medicine for pediatric patients up through adults.

Greater Chicago Legal Clinic's Parentage and Child Support Advice Desk helps self-represented litigants with paternity and child support issues in judicial (court) and administrative cases. The Desk can assist with establishing or contesting paternity. The Desk can also help with child support issues, including modifying support, arrears contests, and vacating orders due to service issues, as well as motions to reconsider and appeals of administrative cases.

National Able Network provides educational courses for adults who want to improve their basic skills in reading, writing, math, listening, and speaking.

Henry Booth House's preschool program provides activities to help children become problem solvers and lifelong learners. Through independent exploration, structured activities and hands-on learning, children will work on early literacy, math, science and social studies concepts. Running, jumping, and dancing is also included. Activities may vary from small to large group activities, individual activities, and outdoor activities to advocate for healthy environment-appreciation.

Vox Chicago provides voice/speech therapy services based on a behavioral approach, maximizing vocal functions, and eliminating harmful behaviors.

Family Christian Health Center (FCHC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) whose Primary Care Department provides individuals and families with a provider who will get to know their health needs and help them make the best healthcare decisions.

ATI Physical Therapy provides physical therapy services to promote mobility and function needed for daily life.

Village of Deerfield offers the farmers market every Saturday morning between mid-June through mid-October. The market is held on Park Avenue between Jewett Park Drive and Hazel Avenue.

Crisis Text Line offers free, 24/7 support for those in crisis. Text 741741 from anywhere in the U.S. to speak with a trained Crisis Counselor. Crisis Text Line trains volunteers to support people in crisis.

Oxford Houses provide women residential environments for self-help recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.

Kiddy Kare provides assessment to identify concerns or delays in a child's development and to establish the necessity of early intervention services.

Ascend Justice offers free help with legal problems commonly experienced by survivors, such as: need reasonable accommodations at work, break their leases or change their locks, screening and referrals for bankruptcy along with crime victims' compensation.

Violence Prevention Parent Education Program helps parents increase positive relationships with their children, positive discipline, educating children about finances, family interaction, and education.

Drop-in centers on the north, west, and south sides of Chicago offer rapid response HIV and STI screening, access to an on-site healthcare team, case workers, and more for individuals who identify as transgender.

Village of Orland Hills offers door-to-door transportation to residents within the village boundaries.

Romanian American Community Center provides assistance with applying to CEDA's various utility bill payment and energy services programs. This includes the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Peoples Gas Share the Warmth (Chicago residents only), City of Chicago Utility Billing Relief (UBR) (Chicago residents only), Home Weatherization, and Energy Saving Kits.On November 1, all income eligible households may apply. The LIHEAP DVP Program will be resuming October 1st to October 31st for the following households and populations:Households with an older adult, age 60 and over;Households with a person living with a disability;Families with children aged 5 and under;Households who are disconnected from one or more of their utilities or in jeopardy of being disconnected from one or both utilities.