"H" - Organizations Ready
to Help:
Habitat for Humanity
Hazel Bland Promise Center
HB &
Associates
Help
Me Grow Hotline
Holy
Angels Shelter
Home Instead Senior Care
Hospice of Southern Illinois
Hoyleton Youth and Family Services
Hudelson/Central Baptist Family
Services
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Habitat for Humanity – Metro East
804 Claremont Avenue
Collinsville, IL
618.344.0990
Information: Works to build new, affordable homes for
low income people and/or refurbish existing homes.
Volunteer possibilities range from office help to
construction help.
Hazel Bland Promise Center
2900 State Street
East St. Louis, IL 62205
618.274.3500
Hours: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday – Friday
Services offered: School programs which are
developmentally and age appropriate for infants and toddlers
aged 0-3 and their families, services can be provided weekly
in the home or in the Center. Children aged 3-21 attend
school daily for 5 hours. Transportation is provided by the
local school district. Family Support Unit (FSU) programs
include the Community Integrated Living Arrangement (CILA)
Respite Care and Drop In Respite. Family Support Units
prevent individuals with developmental disabilities from
being institutionalized.
Person served: Developmentally disabled persons in
St. Clair County.
Fees: None.
(Information provided by Special Services Center of
Southwestern Illinois College, June 2003)
HB & Associates
26 West Main Street
Mascoutah, IL 62258
618.566.3901
FAX: 618.566.3902
Hours: 9 a.m. – 9 p.m., 7 days a week
Appointment: By appointment only.
Information: Services for Spanish speaking clients
available.
Services offered: DUI evaluations and 10-hour Drivers
Risk Education Class; American Heart Association CPR
Training; on site and off site training available.
Persons served: All.
Fees: Evaluations - $100.00; Risk Education Class -
$100.00 CPR Training: Group discounts available, variable.
(Information provided by Special Services Center of
Southwestern Illinois College, June 2003)
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)
FAX: 217.557.3777
TDD: 1.800.547.0466
Hours: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday
Appointment information: Information and Referral
Hotline Only
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.
Persons served: Illinois residents, especially
pregnant women, infants and children.
Fees: Referrals are free.
(Information provided by Special Services Center of
Southwestern Illinois College, June 2003)
Holy Angels Shelter
1410 North 37th Street
East St. Louis, IL 62204
618.874.4079
FAX: 618.874.8277
Pat Lewis, Director
Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week
Services offered: Temporary shelter for women,
children, and families in crisis situation. Married couples
with proof of marriage. Three meals plus snack. Assistance
with transportation, rental assistance, counseling, etc.
Persons served: Anyone homeless or in need of
shelter, if room available.
Fees: None.
(Information provided by Special Services Center of
Southwestern Illinois College, June 2003)
Home Instead Senior Care
2321 Country Road
Belleville, IL 62221
618.234.7640
Website:
www.homeinstead.com
Hours: 24 hours a day/7 days a week
Services offered: Non-medical companionship, meal
preparation, light housekeeping, laundry, errands,
incidental transportation, medication reminders, bathing and
dressing assistance. Discounted sleepover services.
Persons served: St. Clair and Madison counties
Fees: $15/hour – 1 person; $16/hour – 2 people (3
hour minimum)
(Information provided by St. Clair County Community
Mental Health Board, 2007)
Hospice of Southern Illinois, Inc.
305 South Illinois Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.235.1703 or 1.800.233.1708
FAX: 618.235.2828
Email:
info@hospice.org
Website:
www.hospice.org
Hours: 7 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday, on call
service available 24 hours each day.
Appointment information: Call for referrals or to
schedule an assessment or an admission.
Information: Not-for-profit, free-standing
community-based hospice. Licensed by the state of Illinois
as a full hospice in 36 counties. Medicare/Medicaid
certified. Contracts with hospitals and nursing homes
throughout service area.
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.
Persons served: Terminally ill patients of all ages
and their families.
Fees: None. Costs may be covered by Medicare,
Medicaid or private insurance.
(Information provided by Special Services Center of
Southwestern Illinois College, June 2003)
Hoyleton Youth and Family Services
3120 State Street, Suite A
East St. Louis, IL 62205
618.875.0673
FAX: 618.875.0861
Website:
www.hoyleton.org
Hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday
Information: HYFS was established in 1895. There is
a residential unit in Hoyleton, IL for BD/DD children. The
Metro East office was established approximately 20 years
ago.
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.
Person served: See above.
Fees: Varies depending on service provided.
(Information provided by Special Services Center of
Southwestern Illinois College, June 2003)
Hudelson/Central
Baptist Family Services
907 North Bluff, Suite #9
Collinsville, IL 62234
618.345.9644
FAX: 618.345.6577
Margaret L. Maher, Senior Vice President
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday
Services offered: System of care for children in
foster care or relative placement is a multi-service and
collaborative planning and delivery of services to stabilize
placement of high need children under the guardianship of
the State. Family Support Services are proved to families
fro problems of home and child management, child abuse,
neglect and/or dependency, licensed and resource
utilization. Youth Seeking Opportunities to Succeed (YSOS)
is a community diversion program that provides community
based counseling and social services to youth 9-17 years of
age who are high risk and/or involved with the juvenile
justice system. Our goal is to provide youth and families
with opportunities to develop skills to be successful
contributing members of society. Functional Family Therapy
is an evidence based “best practice” family focused model of
intervention aimed to strengthen the family and prevent out
of home placement. Multisystemic Therapy also evidence
based best practice model, is an intensive family and home
based treatment that aims to change antisocial behaviors in
multi problem youth and to reduce out of home placement of
teenagers.
Persons served: Children under guardianship of DCFS
for therapy program. Homemaker services must be an open
family case with DCFS or covered under contract with another
agency. Illinois Counties: Madison, St. Clair, Bond,
Monroe, Randolph, Clinton, Washington. For YSOS, referrals
are accepted from Madison County Probation and Court
Services, local police departments and the Office of the
State’s Attorney.
Fees: Please call for information.
(Information provided by Special Services Center of
Southwestern Illinois College, June 2003)
