Here the Connection Nook offers you a list of resources that could be helpful to create the space, balance, and breathing room you need to navigate your journey toward lasting wellness.

Social and community resources are designed to build a compassionate safety net around you, ensuring you have the practical tools, stable foundation, and understanding environment you deserve.

Resource Websites

• www.findhelp.org -Portal where you can seek for help with food, transit, goods, health, work and education

• https://namichicago.org/helpline/ - Helpline provides compassionate support and personalized referrals

Community Programs

• www.stepupformentalhealth.org - Provide peer-to-peer advocacy group providing support, assistance, and education.

• https://www.cedaorg.net/en - Assistance for utility bills, for women and children nutrition and home weatherization

• https://www.hascares.org/programs/mental-health/ - Community Mental Health

HIV Care

• https://lawndale.org/health-services#hiv-care - Offers a multidisciplinary approach to caring for patients living with HIV, as well as those at risk for this disease or affected by it in some other way

• https://hivcare.org/ahf-services/- AHF Healthcare Centers provide advanced medical care designed specifically for HIV-positive clients.

Homeless

• https://careforfriends.org/ - Clothes, Doctors and community for homeless

Alzheimer

• https://www.alz.org/help-support/resources/education-training-center - The Alzheimer's Association Training and Education Center helps prepare and improve the lives of both caregivers and those living with Alzheimer's and dementia.

• https://www.alz.org/help-support/caregiving/stages-behaviors/wandering#ixzz2SpGGFEnK - A nationwide emergency response service that facilitates the safe return of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia who wander or have a medical emergency.

Pregnancy

• https://www.caris.org/ - Clients have access to (FREE) individual counseling sessions (online or in-person) for women who are or have experienced an unplanned pregnancy, (FREE) Connection Groups with moms in similar life stages, and (FREE) life skills Workshops for women and families.

Addiction Treatment

• https://www.bicyclehealth.com/ - Bicycle Health offers medication assisted treatment to help those struggling with an opioid addiction reduce or eliminate opioid usage.

Crisis

• https://988lifeline.org/ - 24/7 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free and confidential telephonic support to people in distress by a trained crisis counselor. People can call or text 988 or chat for themselves or if they are worried about a loved one who may need crisis support.

• https://www.thresholds.org/programs-services/crisis-response/the-living-room - Mobile crisis respond team

• https://www.hrdi.org/ctc.html- Mental Health Crisis Assessment, substance use treatment, referrals for treatment and case management

• https://www.lssi.org/services/mental-health-and-addiction-services/mental-health-services/welcoming-center/ - Mental health clinic for adults (18+) that offers counseling, case management, and psychiatric appointments.

Hotlines

• https://www.callblackline.com/ - Provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing, and affirming the lived experiences for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) who are most impacted by systematic oppression.

• https://www.ioaging.org/friendship-line/ - Provides emotional support and crisis intervention for adults 60+ or Disabled 18+ and Caregivers – operated by the Institute on Aging.

• https://www.thehotline.org/ - Provides essential tools and support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free of abuse.

• https://mchb.hrsa.gov/ - Provides free, confidential, 24/7 mental health support for moms and their families before, during, and after pregnancy.

• https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/ - Connects Veterans and Service members in crisis and their families and friends with qualified, caring VA responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text.