Counseling Services/Mental Health & Wellness:
Sensitive and knowledgeable assistance in the
areas of mental health…
Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) of St. Clair County
700 North 66th Street
Belleville, IL 62223
618.397.0584
Services offered: A
fellowship of individuals who share their experience,
strength and hope to recover from the effects of having been
brought up in an alcoholic household or dysfunctional
family.
Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, Alateen and Pre-Alateen
Family Groups
1.800.711.6375 or
618.239.0408
618.398.9470 - Belleville Al-Anon and ACA
Service offered: Informal
round table discussions based on the AA, Al-Anon, and
Alateen approved programs.
Anxiety and Phobia Treatment Center, Inc.
10606 Lincoln Trail Drive
Fairview Heights, IL 62208
618.397.6925 (24-hour answering service)
Services offered: Individual, martial, and family
psychotherapy. Marriage, individual and family counseling.
Treatment of children and adolescents (school phobias).
Parenting seminars.
Behavioral Healthcare Addiction Services – St.
Elizabeth’s Hospital
211 South 3rd Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.234.2120, ext. 1555
Website:
www.steliz.org
Services offered: Provides inpatient day treatment
and evening treatment for adults with alcohol and drug
addition.
Birdsong Counseling Services
Eagle Center 8, Suite 3
O’Fallon, IL 62269
618.624.1234
Website:
www.FamilyNow1.com
Services offered: Birdsong had assisted clients in
making progress on their concerns around: depression,
anxiety, anger, panic attacks, adolescent issues, single
parenting blended family conflicts, parenting issues,
employee/employer relationships, job change/job loss,
phobias, affairs, addictions: drug, alcohol, gambling as
well as spiritual/religious faith concerns.
Call for Help
9400 Lebanon Avenue
Edgemont, IL 62203
618.397.0968
24-hour suicide and crisis telephone:
618.397.0963
Sexual Assault Victim’s Care-Unit: 618.397.0975
Youth/Teen Line & Run-Away Hot Line: 618.397.8707
Parent HelpLine: 1.800.397.8707
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: 618.397.0963
Residential Adult Program: 618.397.0977
Transitional Living Center: 618.397.3076
Information and Referral: 618.397.0996
Website:
www.callforhelpinc.org
Services offered: Adult Residential
Services: short-term therapeutic setting for individuals
experiencing a mental health crisis. Individuals are
referred by local mental health, local and state hospitals,
psychiatrists and private agencies that address mental
health issues. Medication monitoring, counseling and
medical assistance are interventions provided to help
stabilize consumer behavior. Referrals are made to
community agencies for financial assistance, housing for
those who find themselves homeless and employment to empower
individuals as they transition to community living. The
thrust of the program is to prevent hospitalization through
early intervention. Transitional Living
Shelter: Began in 1998 and was developed to provide and
assist homeless young women between 16 and 21 years of age
in their pursuit to become independent and self-sufficient
citizens within the community. These young women can
maintain residence for up to 18 months while pursuing an
education or job training skills. While residents of the
shelter, these women will be afforded life skills training
through classes provided by staff and community volunteers.
Information and Referral: Links people in need with
local agencies, churches, and organizations that can help
them. We maintain an extensive, up-to-date file of agencies
and programs that provide assistance with housing, medical
services, financial aid, transportation, food and critical
services. A Central Aid Registry for the churches and
agencies in the community who are part of a networking
system is maintained. An emergency food pantry to meet
immediate needs is provided when other pantries are closed,
and one-time assistance for those needing emergency
medications is offered. When funds are available, we work
through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide
one month’s rent to those who face eviction from their
homes. Sexual Assault Victim’s Care Service: Provides
services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to all victims of
sexual assault. These services include telephone crisis
intervention, counseling, groups and advocacy. Our trained
advocates provide crisis intervention at area hospitals,
police departments and court hearings. Our services extend
not only to the victim, but also to his/her family. We
provide group counseling and short or long-term therapy to
adults and children to reduce the trauma of rape, incest or
other offenses such as sexual harassment, voyeurism or
exhibitionism. Community education and professional
training programs are available for interested groups upon
request. Suicide and Crisis Intervention: A
24-hour a day, 7 days a week, telephone crisis service
staffed by professional crisis workers and volunteers who
have completed a 40-hour training program which includes
sessions on suicide, crisis intervention, mental disorders,
sexual assault, teen issues, AIDS, and community referrals.
A telephone device for the deaf is also available by calling
618.397.0992 Suicide & Crisis Counseling is provided in the
Call For Help Office by appointment. The counseling is
short-term and focuses on issues that have placed a person
in crisis and/or precipitated the suicidal thoughts.
Counselors will also help schools, agencies and
organizations with Suicide Assessment when help is requested
and the time is available. Parent/Youth Help Line:
Staff listens and responds to family problems, help relieve
everyday or situational stress and make referrals to
appropriate community services to meet the needs. Survivors
of Suicide Support Group: Group meets on the 3rd
Tuesday of each month at 7p.m., located at the Call For
Help, Inc. office, 9400 Lebanon Road, Edgemont, IL.
Individual counseling is also available. These services are
to help survivors through the grief process of a death due
to suicide 618.397.0963.
Caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s
220 West Lincoln Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.234.4410, ext. 7033
Services offered:
Primary focus of the group is to
provide support to the children of aged parents with
Alzheimer’s cope with the stress and burden of care giving.
Catholic Charities of Southern Illinois – Diocese of
Belleville Pastoral Center
2620 Lebanon Avenue
Belleville, IL 62221
618.235.9601
FAX:
618.212.0012
Website:
www.ccsil.org
Center for Addictions Rehabilitation and Treatment
Services (ARTS)
4601 State Street
East St. Louis, IL 62205
618.482.7385
Website:
www.cmhc1.org
Services offered: Provides outpatient services for
addiction treatment under the auspices of Comprehensive
Mental Health Center. Provides residential services at
different sites.
Chestnut Healthcare Systems, Inc.
12 North 64th Street
Belleville, IL 62223
618.397.0900
Services offered:
Individual and family therapy,
psychiatric evaluations, case management, housing, 24-hour
emergency services, psychosocial rehabilitation program,
drop-in center.
Child & Family Connections
4941 Benchmark, Suite 200
Swansea, IL 62226
618.624.3309 or 1.888.594.8364
Website:
www.specialchildren.net or
www.childandfamilyconnections.org
Services offered: Intake, evaluations to determine
eligibility for early intervention services and linkage to
one or more of the 16 early intervention services.
Children’s Center for Behavioral Development
353 North 88th Street
Centreville, IL 62203
618.398.1152 (24-Hour Hotline)
Services offered:
Day Treatment Program: A
Special Education program for emotionally disturbed,
behaviorally disordered, and learning disabled children and
adolescents. Students, ages 5 to 21, attend the special day
school program 5 ½ hours per day, five days per week. Day
program services are provided free of charge to the
families. Referrals and payments are made by the student’s
home school district. Outpatient Program: Individual
and group counseling for children, adolescents, and their
families, with special emphasis on treatment of sexually
abusive behavior. Any person or agency may refer children
or families for outpatient services. Residential
Program: 40-Bed facility provides round-the-clock
therapeutic, educational and recreational services in a
residential setting for adolescents with sexually abusive
problems.
Children First Program
307 East Washington
Belleville, IL 62220
618.236.2099
Website:
www.stc708.org
Services offered: This program (via video tape
presentation) provides divorcing parents the opportunity to
learn about and discuss the effect that divorce and changing
family situations have no children. The court mandated
program is conducted in one two-hour session on Monday at
4:30 and 7 p.m., Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. and one Saturday a
month at 9 a.m. Both parents must attend during separately
scheduled sessions. An appointment is needed to attend.
The program is provided by the St. Clair County Mental
Health Board.
Children’s Home and Aid Society of Illinois (CHASI)
7623 West Main Street
Belleville, IL 62223
618.398.6700
Services offered: Adoption/Foster Care:
Relative Foster Care, Treatment Foster care, Adoption and
Licensing of Foster Parents. Childcare: Employment
Related Daycare, Therapeutic Child Care. Counseling:
Family Preservation/Reunification, Teen Parent, Parent
Education, Parents Anonymous, Youth Services, Adoption
Preservation, Family Intervention and Support Services,
Delinquency Prevention. Child Care Resource and
Referral: Computer listing of Child Care Providers,
Toll-Free Counseling and Referral Services, Technical
Assistance, Eligibility Determination for subsidized Child
Care and Case Management.
Compassionate Friends of St. Clair County – St.
Elizabeth’s Hospital
211 South 3rd Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.234.2120, ext. 1091
Services offered: For parents of any age, who have
lost a child of any age, to death.
Comprehensive Mental Health Center of St. Clair
County, Inc.
3911 State Street
East St. Louis, IL 62205
618.482.7330
Services offered: The Center offers outpatient
treatment, partial hospitalization, residential alternatives
for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled;
alcoholism/drug treatment, emergency services, consultation
and education services, children’s early intervention and
parenting for success programs, counseling for the elderly,
as well as case management for the homeless.
Cornell Interventions
302 North 5th Street
East St. Louis, IL 62201
618.271.4542
Website:
www.cornellcompanies.com
Services offered: An outpatient methadone maintenance
program for adult males and females addicted to opiates.
The program also serves dually diagnosed, or mentally ill
substance abusers.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
101 West Main Street – P.O. Box 7977
Belleville, IL 62222
618.234.4278
Services offered: Advocates on behalf of abused and
neglected children 0-18 going through the court system.
CUPFUL/NAMI
1505 Market Avenue – Lower level at Church of God
East St. Louis, IL
618.271.0527 or 314.868.8031
Website:
www.cupful.nami.org
Services offered: Provides useful resources and
referral to families, friends, caregivers and the
community. Also provide opportunities for advocacy on
behalf of those facing the challenge of mental illness.
D.A.R.T. (Drug/Alcohol Rehabilitation and Treatment) Inc.
1307 Lindberg Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63132
314.569.3105
Hotline: 314.569.2161
Services offered: DART offers outpatient counseling
for drug/alcohol abuse, outpatient methadone treatment for
opiate addiction, and inpatient treatment for those who
could benefit from a more structured environment.
The Depressive and Bi-Polar Support Alliance
1905 South Grand
St. Louis, MO 63104
314.776.3969
Services offered: DMDA offers groups (self-help)
throughout the area and runs the program at the St. Louis
Empowerment Center. The Association has services for
consumers of mental health services. All mentally ill are
welcome at the group meetings and at the Center.
Families Affected Come Together
(FACT) – Special Needs Children – St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
211 South 3rd Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.234.2120, ext. 2003
Services offered:
Support group for families of
children with special needs. Meetings arranged through
Occupational Therapy.
Family Hospice
5110 West Main Street
Belleville, IL 62226
618.277.1800
Website:
www.familyhospice.org
Services offered: Interdisciplinary program of care that
offers symptom management, psycho/social and spiritual care
for terminally ill patients and their families. Care
offered in patient’s home-like setting; includes regularly
scheduled R.N. (nursing), home health aides, social worker,
and/or pastoral care. Trained volunteers available for
patient/family visits and support. Bereavement counseling
for families up to 15 months after patient’s death.
Children’s grief program (Heartlinks).
Fibromyalgia Support Group – Memorial Hospital
4500 Memorial Drive
Belleville, IL 62226
618.257.5649
Website:
www.memhosp.com
Services offered: The meetings are informal. If
there is not a guest speaker an open discussion of “Care &
Share” is held. New attendees receive a take home packet.
A meeting reminder is sent to everyone on the meeting list.
Gateway Foundation – Belleville Outpatient Program
7 North High Street, 3rd Floor
Belleville, IL 62220
618.234.9005
Services offered: Assessment, individual, group, and
intensive group services. Groups for clients with chemical
dependency and mental health issues. Specific treatment
tracks for women and DUI referred clients. Childcare is
available for women receiving services. Psychiatric
evaluations available for registered clients.
The Gay and Lesbian Hotline
14 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108
314.367.0084
(Messages); 24-hour voice mail.
Services offered: In addition to Hotline help,
sometimes able to provide speakers.
Gay and Lesbian Support Group (Youth)
618.234.0291
Services offered: The group organizes quality
services for the youth gays and lesbians and provides
support and information.
Grandparents Parenting Again
618.452.8900, ext. 112
Services offered:
Offers support for grandparents
raising one or more grandchildren. Addresses the many
concerns facing these special grandparents such as legal
issues (custody guardianship, foster care and adoption).
They will offer resources for the development needs of a
child, financial assistance, and other important topics.
Child care is available. Please call ahead to assure this
free service.
Grow
203 South Charles Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.235.4868
Services offered:
Non-denominational self-help
program utilizing a unique group method for mental and
emotional well-being.
Help Me Grow Hotline – Illinois Department of Human
Services
2501 North Dirksen Parkway
Springfield, IL 62761
217.785.5368
Hotline: 1.800.323.4769 (GROW)
Services offered: The DHS Help Me Grow Helpline
provides information and statewide referrals in the
following areas: adoption, AIDS, alcoholism/drug abuse,
child care, child safety seats, child support, dental,
disabilities, domestic violence, early intervention,
education emergency services, employment, financial aid,
family planning, food supplementation, gang prevention,
health/physician referral, hearing aids, housing,
immunization, infant health, insurance, intergenerational
interaction, lead, legal advice, male responsibility,
maternity home/school, mental health (general and suicide),
miscellaneous, multi-service agencies, nurse midwife,
parent/child/teen/mate communication, parenting
education/support, parents anonymous, pregnancy/substance
abuse, pre-kindergarten, parental, school/peer pressure,
seniors, sexual assault, sexuality, sexually transmitted
diseases, shelter/drop-in/overnight/transitional, state
agency, teratogen (environmental or occupational) and WIC
vendors/complaints. Women’s Health categories include:
breast and cervical cancer, cardiovascular disease,
depression, domestic violence, menopause and osteoporosis.
Hospice of Southern Illinois, Inc.
305 South Illinois Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.235.1703 or 1.800.233.1708
Website:
www.hospice.org
Services offered: A full range of
medical and emotional support including physician, nursing,
social, chaplain, volunteer and bereavement services that
deal with end-of-life issues.
Hoyleton Youth and Family Services
3120 State Street, Suite A
East St. Louis, IL 62205
618.875.0673
Website:
www.hoyleton.org
Services offered: 1. Foster care and adoption. 2.
Shared cooperative living program: works with CDFS parenting
wards in an independent living setting. 3. Youth at Risk:
DHHS-funded service for runaway and homeless youth and
prevention services for other at-risk youth. 4. Teen
parenting services: DHS contract working with parenting
teens to facilitate obtaining diploma/GED. 5. Family care
services; counseling services provided at location in East
St. Louis, Belleville, Fairview Heights, and Edwardsville;
Children First in Madison County for divorcing parents; Kids
Rebound in Schools for kids who are dealing with
divorce/death/grief issues.
Illinois Department of Human Services Office of
Rehabilitation Services
601 S. High Street
Belleville, Illinois 62220
618.235.5300
TDD/TT/Voice
Services offered: Counseling, vocational planning,
training, treatment assistance, placement assistance,
blindness skills instruction, mobility training, other
services. Also provides in-home services such as chore
housekeeping and personal care to eligible individuals who
are at risk of entering nursing homes or other long-term
care facilities.
Illinois Department of Public Health
22 Kettle River Drive
Glen Carbon, IL 62034
618.656.6680
Services offered:
Office of Community
Health: Provides education, training, consultation and
technical assistance through the following programs
conducted by the Divisions of Dental Health; Family Health,
and Health Assessment and Screening; lead poisoning control;
maternal and child health; vision and hearing. Office of
Health Care Regulation: Responsible for evaluating the
quality of care rendered in hospitals, HMOs, home health
agencies, and ambulatory surgical treatment centers through
the Division of Health Care Facilities and Programs.
Licensure/certification survey and inspection activities and
complaint investigations for nursing homes are conducted
through the Division of Long Term Care Field Operations.
Ambulance Inspection and Certification of EMS personnel are
provided through the Division of Emergency Medical
Services. Office of Health Protection: Administers
programs and activities related to the identification,
investigation, and control of public health hazards and
diseases. This office conducts the following programs
through the Divisions of Infectious Diseases: Food, Drugs
and Dairies; and Environmental Health: Communicable disease
investigation; immunization; food sanitation; inspection of
dairy farms, processing plants and milk tank trucks;
regulation of private water supplies, sewage systems, well
drillers, plumbers, manufactured housing, mobile home parks,
migrant labor camps, recreational parks and bathing
facilities, youth camps, pesticides, and structural pest
control technicians.
Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
4500 College Ave., Suite 100
Alton, Illinois 62002
618.474.5503 or 866.333.3362
Services offered:
Human Rights Authority – investigates
rights violations of disabled individuals in a service
delivery system. Legal assistance for persons being
involuntarily admitted to psychiatric facility. Legal
Advocacy Service – legal help for disabled people. Office
of State Guardian – Court-appointed guardian of last
resort. Decision makers for disabled adults. Consultation
with providers and private guardians.
InTouch (Illinois Network to Organize Understanding
of Community Health) – Region 16
500 Wilshire Drive
Belleville, IL 62223
618.397.8930 ext. 121
Services offered: InTouch is a statewide
collaborative system for substance abuse prevention services
in Illinois. It uses a systematic approach of addressing
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse prevention by
providing leadership for a network of community-based
service providers, educators, local task forces, and other
community stakeholders to link efforts in the development of
comprehensive prevention programs and services. InTouch is
administrated by the Illinois Department of Human Services
Bureau of Substance Abuse. InTouch, in cooperation with
other state and privately funded agencies, disseminates
information in the form of printed materials, videos,
newsletters, workshops, and conferences. InTouch also
promotes local and statewide media campaigns, youth forums,
anti-tobacco/alcohol advocacy, and other social policy
issues as they relate to prevention.
Kids Time Grief Support – St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
211 South 3rd Street
Belleville, IL 62222
618.234.2120, ext. 1091
Services offered: Emotional support for children and
parents/guardians who have lost a loved one to death.
King’s House – Retreat and Renewal Center
700 North 66th Street
Belleville, IL 62223
618.397.0584
Services offered: King’s House offers spiritual
direction as well as support groups, retreats, and workshops
for personal and spiritual growth.
Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois
208 Lebanon Avenue
Belleville, IL 62221
618.234.8904
Website:
www.lcfs.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=178&srcid=-2
Services offered: Services of Children:
adoption, home-based and foster care services. Services
for families: individual, marital and family counseling;
Family Life Education; pregnancy counseling. Services
for the Community: Fathers’ Center; individual, marital,
family and group counseling; educational and vocational
services; food and clothing distribution; Nice Twice Resale
Shop. Camp Wartburg: Summer camp, retreats, day
camps, picnics and swim parties.
Memorial Hospital
4500 Memorial Drive
Belleville, IL 62226
618.233.7750 ext. 5649
Services offered:
General hospital with medical,
surgical, emergency, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative
and other specialized inpatient and outpatient care
services. Has 24-hour emergency services. The hospital
offers various community programs, workshops and services.
Community Services – Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Course, Audiological-Otological Clinic, Basic Life Support
Class, Sibling Class and Support Groups. Dietitian –
designs programs for individuals with diabetes and others
concerned about weight control, good health and prevention
of heart disease. Physical Therapy Programs –
Amputee Training, Home Program Planning, Non-Invasive Pain
Control, Pre- and Post-Operative Thoracotomy Rehabilitation,
Post-Mastectomy Rehabilitation, Relaxation Training Stress
Control, and TMJ Evaluation and Treatment. Speakers Bureau
– programs and speakers available for organizations and
clubs. Support Groups – Hope Group (cancer), Heart
Group, Nu-Voice (laryngectomees), Lupus, Diabetes and,
Fibromyalgia. Wellness Programs – Freedom From
Smoking, and “Project Trim” Weight Loss Program.
Memorial Hospital Social Services
4500 Memorial Drive
Belleville, IL 62226
618.257.5420
Services offered: Counseling, information, and
referral for hospitalized persons.
Metro East A.B.C. Support Group (M.S.) – St.
Elizabeth’s Medical Arts Building
180 South 3rd Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.235.8823
Services offered: Support for persons with Multiple
Sclerosis, any age.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) – St. Clair
County Chapter
140 Iowa Avenue, Suite 1
Belleville, IL 62220
618.377.6713
Website:
www.madd.org
Services offered: Victim assistance program, victims’
advocacy in the criminal justice system, financial recovery
after a drunk driving crash, victim support, grief
counseling, victim impact panels, victim impact statements,
and yearly candlelight vigil.
National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows – Family
Life Office
442 South DeMazennod Drive
Belleville, IL 62223
618.397.6205
Services offered: Programs for separated, divorced,
widowed, marriage programs, marriage enrichment weekends,
Widowed-Starting Over Series and Widowed Weekend Retreat.
Share and Care Speakers Group – meets third Thursday
of each month, 7 p.m. for separated, divorced, and widowed
individuals.
Marriage Enrichment Weekends – to provide couples
with time to access and reaffirm their relationship within
the context of Christian marriage values.
Conference for Separated, Divorced, Widowed – held
annually with workshops and speakers in a Christian context
– call for information. Marriage Celebration –
Afternoon of Reflection and Mass for couples celebrating
their anniversaries of 10, 25, 40, 50 and 60+ years –
September – call for information.
New Day Grief Support Group/TAG Grief Support/Kids
Time – St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
211 3rd Street
Belleville, IL 62222
618.234.2120, ext. 1091
or 1166
Services offered:
A support group, which meets eight
consecutive weeks, for women and men who are going through
the stages of grieving the death of a spouse, friend, or
family member. Also: TAG – Teenage Grief Support for high
school students at Belleville West, Belleville East and
O’Fallon High School. Kids Time for children ages 6-13
going through the grief process. Meets Monday evenings 6:30
– 8 p.m. for 8 weeks, two times per year.
Next Chapter Separated/Divorced Support Group –
Diocesan Pastoral Center
2620 Lebanon Avenue
Belleville, IL 62221
618.235.9601, ext. 110
Services offered:
A support group dedicated to
individual recovery and rebuilding following a separation or
a divorce. Even though painful, this experience is a gift
from God which may be used to come to a more perfect
understanding of oneself, a greater maturity, and a closer
union with the giver.
Our World Adult Day Services
145 Springfield Court
O’Fallon, IL 62269
618.632.3674
Services offered: Supervised day-care program for
frail elderly. Transportation to and from center. Nursing
services, nutritional program, recreation, social and
therapeutic activities. Caregiver’s Support Group meets
monthly for families of Alzheimer’s patients or
dementia-type disorders.
Parent/Youth Helpline
9400 Lebanon Road
Edgemont, IL 62203
618.397.8707
Services offered: The Parent/Youth Helpline is for
parents who need to talk to someone about their problems
with their kids or want to know where to get help to deal
with the problems. The Parent/Youth Helpline is for kids
who need to talk to someone about their problems; problems
at school, at home, with friends, anywhere.
Parents of Murdered Children and Other Survivors of
Homicide Victims – St. Louis Chapter
9 North 17th Street
Belleville, IL 62226
618.972.0429
Services offered:
Provides
support to family and loved ones enduring the horrors
associated with the loss of a loved one who has been
murdered.
Parents Without Partners, Inc.
P.O. Box 137
Belleville, IL 62222
618.397.9531
Services offered:
A general meeting is held every
month. Social and educational meetings, planned programs
and activities for parents and families. Joining the
organization entitles you to a membership in both the local
chapter and in International Parents Without Partners, Inc.
Provident Counseling, Inc.
141 Market Place Drive, Suite 2006
Fairview Heights, IL 62208
618.398.7250
Website:
www.providentc.org
Services offered: Family, martial and individual
counseling for a wide range of mental health and
relationship problems. Men Ending Domestic Violence
– a program for men who have been abusive or violent to
their partners. Experienced therapists will access and
provide treatment. Anger management co-ed group. Services
also available in six other St. Louis area locations.
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Support Group – Memorial
Hospital
4500 Memorial Drive
Belleville, IL 62226
618.257.5560
Services offered: A group for people with diseases of
the lung and their families. Participants learn about their
disease and share ideas and solutions to their problems.
Meetings are held on the last Wednesday of every month
(except June thru August) at 1:30 p.m. in the hospital
auditorium. For more information, call Respiratory
Care/Pulmonary Rehab. at the above number.
Recovery, Inc., A Community
Mental Health Organization – St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
211 South 3rd Street
Belleville, IL 62222
618.234.2120, ext. 1228
Services offered: Training in developing
self-leadership and in handling trivialities of everyday
life without getting emotionally worked up with nervous
symptoms.
St. Clair County Health Department
19 Public Square, Suite 150
Belleville, IL 62220
618.233.7703
Website:
www.scchd.org
Services offered: Women, Infants, and Children (WIC),
family case management, teen parent services, KidCare,
immunizations, communicable disease surveillance and
treatment, screenings (blood lead, vision and hearing,
breast and cervical cancer), abstinence only education,
tobacco-free communities support program, violence
prevention, HIV/AIDS prevention and care, environmental
protection, food service sanitation, potable water supply
program, private sewage disposal program, pollution
prevention, community health assessment and planning, health
and wellness initiatives.
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
211 South 3rd Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.234.2120, ext. 1335
Services offered: General hospital with medical,
surgical, emergency, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative
and other specialized inpatient and outpatient care
services. 24-hour physician-staff emergency services. The
hospital offers various community health education programs,
support groups and community services.
Community Health Education Programs: Arthritis
self-help group; Diabetes (DIAB) workshop; Prepared
Childbirth Classes, Maternity Orientation Tours, Childbirth
Refresher Course, Sibling Preparation Class, Infant Care
Class, Health Science Library (consumer day-first Tuesday of
every month).
Wellness Programs: Weight Loss Programs for adults;
Senior Aerobic Classes; Baby-sitter Workshops; Health
Screenings; and Nutritional Counseling.
Support Groups: Alcoholics Anonymous; Alzheimer’s
Support Group; Amputee Support Group; Belleville Mended
Hearts Chapter 226; Belleville Area Ostomy Association;
Compassionate Friends of St. Clair County; SHARE;
Depressive/Manic Depressive; F.A.C.T. (Families Affected
Come Together); Kids Time; Life After Breast Cancer;
Lymphedema; New Day Adult Grief Support; Recovery, Inc.;
Stroke Support Group; TAG (Teenage Grief). Community
Services: Meals-on-Wheels (hot noon meals delivered to
the elderly); Just for Kids, (daycare for ill children in
the pediatric unit for minimal cost); drug testing; and
Senior VIP Program (a special program and benefits for
adults age 50 and up).
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Behavioral Healthcare –
Mental Health Services
211 South 3rd Street
Belleville, IL 62222
618.234.2120, ext. 1555
Hotline: 1.800.800.9011
Services offered: Inpatient and day partial hospital
and intensive outpatient programs for mental and emotional
problems. Family education. Confidentiality always
maintained.
Scott AFB - Airman and Family Readiness Center
375 MSS/DPF 502 Ward Drive
Scott AFB, IL 62225
618.256.8668
Services offered:
Crisis intervention (assessment
counseling), information and referral, food and financial
assistance to foreign-born spouses, financial counseling and
money management, employment & relocation counseling, Family
Life Education Workshops (parenting, couples, relocation,
separation due to duty, divorce, etc.).
SHARE – St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
211 South 3rd Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.539.6196
Services offered: Support for those affected by the
death of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn
death.
Sight Loss Support Group
201 North Church Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.234.4410, ext. 7031
Services offered:
Support and education for older
adults concerned with unresolved reduced vision. Meetings
are held the second Thursday of each month at PSOP in Room
106.
Southwest Family and Children’s Testing and Therapy
Clinic, Inc.
501 Emily Drive
O’Fallon, IL 62269
618.632.7400
Services offered: Southwest offers educational,
psychological and emotional evaluation for individuals with
emotional and learning difficulties, individual remediation
of learning disabilities, individual psychotherapy, marriage
and family counseling, and services for children with
behavioral problems. Hypnosis is offered for problems
involving stress, smoking and weight control. A Speech and
Language Clinic as well as a Reading Clinic are also
available. Medical testing for stress pathology is
conducted and a Wellness Program designed for clients to
reduce stress.
Ruth E. Sponsler MSed, MA,
LCPC, PC
520 Fullerton Road,
Suite B
Belleville, IL 62223
618.277.6770
Services offered:
Individual and family therapy, marriage counseling.
Survivors of Suicide (SOS)
Support Group
9400 Lebanon Road
Edgemont, IL 62203
618.397.0968
Services offered:
These meetings are held at
Call For Help on the first and third Wednesday of each
month. Individual counseling is also offered.
TAG (Teen Age
Grief) – St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
211 South 3rd
Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.234.2120, ext. 1091
Services Offered:
Emotional support for teenagers who have experienced the
death of a loved one.
T.A.S.C. (Treatment
Alternatives for Safer Communities)
218A
West Main Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.277.0410
Website:
www.tasc.org
Services offered:
Assessment, referral and case management for substance
abusing juveniles under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile
Justice systems. Life Skills and Anger Management Program.
Adult Criminal Justice Program: Assessment, referral
and case management for substance abusing adults involved in
the criminal justice system. DUI Program: Assessment and
referral for persons charged with DUI as well as those
involved as result of the zero tolerance law. Also provides
evaluation updates for persons seeking reinstatement of
driving privileges. Other: Substance abuse assessments for
the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and
urine monitoring for the Illinois Department of Professional
Regulation (IDPR).
T.A.S.C. – Youth Enrichment
Services
218A West Main Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.277.0410
Services offered:
Screening, assessment and referral for adolescents to
determine acceptability/appropriateness of group
participation, recommendations, and referrals to mental
health, substance abuse, and other social service providers
if needed.
Unity Hospice
8787 State Street
East St. Louis, IL 62203
618.394.1055 or
888.394.1055
Services offered:
Nursing care, physician
services, spiritual care services, home health aide and
homemaker services, nutritional consultation, medical
supplies and equipment, trained volunteers for practical
support services, physical-speech-occupational therapies,
short term facility care to provide respite for the family
or caregiver, drugs used for pain relief and symptom
management, on call 24-hour availability of hospice team,
continuing family support. “Mending Hearts” a bereavement
care and comfort support group is available.
Violence Prevention Center of Southwestern Illinois
P.O. Box 831
Belleville, IL 62222
618.236.2531
(administration)
24 Hours: 618.235.0892 (crisis line)
Website:
www.vpcswi.org
Services offered: 24 hour Hotline, temporary
emergency shelter for mothers and dependent children,
individual and group counseling, support groups, court
advocacy, children’s program, and walk-in services.
Counseling, support group, court advocacy, information and
referral.
Violent Crime Victims Assistance Program
301 River Park Drive, 3rd Floor
East St. Louis, IL 62201
618.482.6605
Services offered: Crime Victim Compensation is
provided as a direct reimbursement to, or on behalf of, a
crime victim for crime related expenses such as medical
costs, mental health counseling, funeral and burial costs,
lost wages, or loss of support. Compensation under this
program is a secondary source of recovery. There is no
compensation for property loss or damage. Total
compensation may not exceed $27,000. State requires victims
to report crimes in 3 days and to file claims within 1 year
of date incident.
