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Centro de Informacion, Cooperates with several organizations to bring services to Elgin, Carpentersville, Poplar Creek, and the Mill Apartments to assist Spanish-speaking individuals and families. Broad program of activities to meet these needs, including the following: information and referral, job fairs, employment services, assistance in filling out unemployment compensation claim forms, assistance in obtaining housing and resolving housing disputes, 28 North Grove Avenue, Elgin, IL 60120, 847-695-9050Hanover Township Welfare Services, 8N180 Route 59,

Hanover Township Welfare Services, 8N180 Route 59, Bartlett, IL 60103 630-837-0301

Residents for Effective Shelter Transitions

Lakefront SRO, Providing Housing for Low Income and Homeless Individuals, 4946 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60640, 773-561-0900

Community Supportive Living Systems, Inc., A multifaceted approach involving a continuum of transitional and permanent housing, and providing supportive services including access to emotional conseling, financial management, health maintainance and life skills guidance, 11250 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL 60628, 773-785-8000

Southwest Women Working Together, 4051 West 63rd Street, Chicago, IL 60629, 773-582-0550

New Moms, Inc., A ministry to enable, empower and equip at-risk adolescent parents and their children through Christian-based services and mentoring., 2825 West McLean Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647, 773-252-3253

Chicago Uptown Ministry, Counseling, community hospitality, food pantry, 4720 North Sheridan, Chicago, IL 60640, 773-271-3760

Family Rescue, Domestic violence shelter & counseling, PO Box 17528, Chicago, IL 60617, Refuge: 3234 East 91st Street, 24 hour violence hotline: 312-375-8400

Vision House, Permanent housing for low-income and homeless people living with HIV/AIDS and their families, 514 East 50th Place, Chicago, IL 773-624-9112

P.H.D. - Society for the Preservation of Human Dignity, non-profit organization dedicated to providing professional counseling, ducation, and support services to anyone facing issues relating to pregnancy and its continuing challenges, 37 North Plum Grove Road, Palatine, IL 60067, 847-359-4919

Crisis Pregnancy Center, 101 East State Street, South Elgin, IL 60177, 847-697-0200

Serenity House, Treatment programs, halfway house, counseling, 891 S. Route 53, Addison, IL 60101 630-620-6616

Roseland Christian Ministries, Center for families providing hot lunch, food pantry, resale store, drop-in center, 10858 S. Michigan, Chicago, IL 60628, 773-264-5665 or 5858

Gateway Foundation, Answers to Addiction, 819 South Wabash, Chicago, IL 60605, 312-663-1130

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1818, Chicago, IL 60604, 312-660-1313

Korean American Women in Need, Helping Korean-American women suffering from violence and abuse, PO Box 59133, Chicago, IL 60659, 773-583-1392, Hotline: 773-583-0880