Connect to Community Resources & Public Benefits
The Wellness Center can help you to find community resources to meet your basic needs.
Case management services help you connect to community resources and public aid benefits
- Provides practical support to link you to free or low-cost services in the community
- Assists in completing applications for state and federal public aid programs
- Helps you to create an action plan to secure and maintain basic resources
- Includes referrals for low-cost medical services, including health, dental, and vision care.
- Can be combined with personal counseling
Apply for Public Aid Benefits
Wellness Center case management services can support you in applying for public aid programs. Also, the Shriver Center provides college students in Illinois and easy-to-use guide to learn about and apply for public beneifts on your own. Check out Getting Ahead: An Adult Student’s Guide to Public Benefits in Illinois
Wellness Center Resources List
The following list of web links can help you identify community resources for basic needs (emergency housing, food pantries, employment support, child care, and various public aid programs) and for low-cost, sliding-fee health services. If you need assistance in your search, please stop by the Wellness Center or call us to make an appointment.
Comprehensive Social Services Agencies
- Metropolitan Family Services
- Catholic Charities
- Jewish Child and Family Services
- Heartland Alliance
- Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
- Social Services in Chicago via Mapquest
Public Aid/Applying for
Emergency Housing/Shelters/Legal
- Chicago Homeless Shelter Directory
- Illinois Action for Children
- Chicago Legal Clinic
- Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
