Useful Information and Links

Government Services, Financial, Medical & Legal/Guardianship

• How to Apply for SSI

• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

• Earning Limits while receiving SSI

• A Guide for Representative Payees

• SSA Redbook

• Information about different Guardianship Options

• Guardianship without an attorney

• Guardianship Court Packet

• Power of Attorney for Health Care

• Illinois Department of Health and Human Services

• Family Benefit Solutions 

• Protected Tomorrows

• Benefit Boost, Inc

• Rubin Law- Special Needs Legal and Future Planning

• L. Mark Russel Special Needs Legal and Future Planning

• Rivkin & Rivkin, LLC- Pro Bono Supplemental Needs Planning

• What is an ABLE account?

• 5 Things to Know About ABLE Accounts

• Health Benefits for Workers with Disabilities HBWD

• Guide to Adult Guardianship in Illinois

• Supported Decision Making

Post-Secondary Resources and Programs:

• College of Lake County- Office for Students with Disabilities

• College of Lake County- Personal Success Program

• CHOICES fair

• Harper College- Career Skills Institute

• P.A.C.E. Program at National Louis University

• REACH at University of Iowa

• Elmhurst Learning and Success Academy

• Think College Illinois

• Shepherds College

• Lincoln College- Office for Disability Services

• Options for College Success

• RISE Program at Judson University

Recreational/Social:

• Special Recreation Association of Central Lake County

• Special Recreation Services of Northern Lake County- Lindenhurst

• Special Recreation Services of Northern Lake County- Round Lake

• Special Recreation Services of Northern Lake County- Zion

• Warren Township Special Recreation

• Northern Illinois Special Recreation

• Discovery Program- RecPlex

• Center for Enriched Living

• Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association

• Arts of Life

• Gigi’s Playhouse

• Friendship Circle of Illinois

• Special Gifts Theater 

• Camp Redleaf Respite

• Partners for Progress

• Equestrian Connections

• New Transitions Teen Center

Residential Programs (Developmental Disability):

• Lambs Farm

• Northpointe Resources

• Glenkirk 

• Center for Independent Futures

• Search, Inc

• Clearbrook

• Little City

• Riverside Foundation

• Misericordia Home

• Avenues to Independence

Transportation:

• PACE Paratransit Program

• Dial a Ride and Northwest Demonstration Project

• RTA Chicago- People with Disabilities Ride Free Program

• Marianjoy Driver Rehabilitation and Assessment

• Special Needs Chicago- Wheelchair Accessible Transportation

Resources for People with Mental Health Disabilities:

• Lake County Behavioral Health Services

• Lake County Crisis Care Program

• Lake County Mental Health Group Home

• Independence Center

• Northpointe Resources SOARR Program

• Thresholds

• Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Illinois

• Family Service of Lake County

• Rosecrance Behavioral Health

• NICASA

• New Transitions Counseling Center

• Mental Health America Ranking the States

• Mental Health and Transition aged youth- Preparing for the future