Official State Website: http://www.illinois.gov

President and Vice President: www.whitehouse.gov

State Representative: http://www.house.gov/

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/

Local Child Abuse Number: 800-252-2873 (in state)
217-524-2606 (out of state)

Children's Rights Foundation:
1-800-329-KIDS
http://www.preventchildabusenow.org/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=abt_ntwk

Heartland International FACES
Contact: Joan Liautaud
Phone: (773) 751-4054
Email: JLiautaud@heartlandalliance.org
Web: http://www.heartland-alliance.org

La Rabida Children's Hospital-Chicago Child Trauma Center
Contact: Brad Stolbach
Phone: (773) 256-5735
Email: bstolbach@larabida.org
Web: http://www.larabida.org/

Shelters

Christian Family Care Center
2010 Third Avenue
Rock Island, IL 61204
Phone: (309)788-2276

Danville Rescue Mission
834 N. Bowman Avenue
Danville, IL 61834-1485
Phone: (217)446-7223
FAX: (217)446-3313

Galesburg Rescue Mission
435 E. Third Street
Galesburg, IL 61402-0591
Phone: (309)343-4151

Home Sweet Home Mission
303 E. Oakland Avenue
Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: 309-828-7356
FAX: 309-827-6415

Hope in Christ Ministries, Inc.
1515 S. 14th Street
Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
Phone: 618-241-9307

Mt. Vernon Rescue Mission
811 S. 10th Street
Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
Phone: (618)242-3756

Peoria Rescue Ministries
601 S. W. Adams
Peoria, IL 61652
Phone: (309)676-6416

Rockford Rescue Mission
715 West State Street
Rockford, IL 61110
Phone: (815)965-5332

Shelter Care Ministries
412 N. Church Street
Rockford, IL 61103
Phone: 815-964-5520

Wayside Cross Rescue Mission
215 E. New York Street
Aurora, IL 60505
Phone: (708)892-4239
FAX: (708)892-4259

Women's Shelters

Domestic Violence:
http://www.ilcadv.org
http://www.sboard.org/resources.htm?

Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
801 S. 11th Street
Springfield, IL 62703
(217) 789-2830 Fax: (217) 789-1939
Email: ilcadv@ilcadv.org
Website: http://www.ilcadv.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
http://www.ndvh.org/help/help_in_area.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.ncadv.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence:
http://www.nnedv.org

Directory of Women's Shelters:
http://wedirectyou.com/womennmr/women.htm

Sounding Board Counseling Center:
http://www.sboard.org then click on shelters in your State

Community Action Program:
http://www.liheapillinois.com/community.html
http://www.ncaf.org/linkcaas.htm

Head Start Program:
http://www.ilheadstart.org/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/hsweb/index.jsp
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/ehs_tkit1.htm

Search by State

Family and Youth Services:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/

Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

Government Grants:
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.grants.gov/
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Housing Grants:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Health Care: For the Uninsured
http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc/

Help finding healthcare in your area:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/healthcare/

Emergency Food and Shelter:
http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/EFSP/WC.DLL?EFSP~FundedStates