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Community Resources /  Social Service Agencies


Community Help Lines

Addiction Treatment Center
Lutheran General Hospital
Park Ridge
847-723-6050

Counseling, Individual and Family
Metropolitan Family Service of Evanston/Skokie Valley
847-328-2404

Maine Center for Mental Health
Serving Northwest suburbs
Park Ridge
847-696-1570

Irene Jocelyn Clinic serving North Shore suburban area
Northfield
847-441-5600

Eating Disorders
ANAD
Highland Park
847-831-3438

Legal advice
Chicago Bar Association Call-A-Lawyer (3rd Saturday of every month free legal advice) 1-312-554-2001
 
Hot Lines for Emergency Assistance

Adolescent Girls, Shelter
The Harbor emergency shelter
847-297-8540

Battered Women and Children
Evanston Shelter
847-864-8780

The Harbor (Shelter in Park Ridge)
847-297-8540

Friends
800-603-(HELP)4357

Shalva (Jewish Center for Battered Women)
773-583-4673

Skokie NorthShore Casa
847-679-3960

LifeSpan Center
847-824-0382 or 0232

Child Care Resource and Referral, Cook County
773-769-8000

Counseling and Referral Center
847-475-7003

Crisis Intervention, Evanston Hospital
847-570-2500

Employment Assistance, Women Employed
312-782-3902

Rape and Sexual Assault
RAINN
800-656-(HOPE)4673

Northwest Action Against Rape
Arlington Heights
847-806-6526

Shelter, Emergency
WINGS
847-803-0977
 

Counseling Resources

The Family Institute of Chicago
312-908-7285
OASIS Counseling Center of Chicago
773-274-6777
Lilac Tree for Women in Trasition
847-328-0313

Social Service Agencies for Immigrant Women

Alternatives, Inc
Services for all immigrants; youth
773-973-5400

Public Health and Education Association Midwest
847-328-1620
fax... 847-328-1642
Connects immigrants and minorities with health care; Spanish speaker on staff

APNA-Ghar
Services for immigrant women (Asian and Indian): domestic abuse, sexual abuse
773-334-0173
crisis line, 773-334-HOME

The ARK
Multiple services for immigrant women
773-973-1000

Asian Human Services
773-728-2235

Legal clinic, Assyrian Universal Alliance
773-274-9262
 

 

Page Coordinator: Linda Zimmerman
lindaz@oakton.edu
Oakton Community College
January, 2001

 

 

 

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