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Illinois Resources

Family Issues
Department of Children and Family Services Chicago Headquarters: 100 West Randolph Street 6-200 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-814- 4150 TTD: 312-814-8783 Springfield Headquarters: 406 East Monroe Springfield IL 62701-1498 Telephone: 217-785-2509 TTD: 217-785-6605 http://www.state.il.us/dcfs/index.shtml	The Department of Children and Family Services offers services as child care, welfare, cash assistance.
Fatherhood initiative Joyce A. Thomas Mid-West Regional Hub Director for Regional Affairs, Region 5 233 North Michigan Ave, Suite 400 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-353-4237 Fax: 312-353-2204 http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/fi-regions.htm	The federal HHS department and its regional offices work to coordinate fatherhood activities throughout the states and have sponsored a variety of forums to bring together local public and private organizations and individuals to support fathers' involvement in their families and communities.
Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies 207 W. Jefferson St. Suite 503 Bloomington, IL 61701 Toll-free: 1-800-649-1884 Telephone: 309-829-5327 TTY: 800-649-1884 Fax: 309-828-1808 Email: inccrra@ilchildcare.org http://www.ilchildcare.org/index1.htm	The INCCRRA is an organization of regional Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) agencies serving communities throughout the state of Illinois. Illinois CCR&RS work in partnership with parents, business leaders, government officials, and child care providers to make high quality child care available to Illinois families, prepare individuals to enter the child care field, and assist families in locating child care to meet their needs
Illinois School Age Child Care Network 207 West Jefferson, Suite 301 Bloomington, IL 61701 Toll-free: 1-800-649-1766 E-mail: isaccn@ice.net http://www.ice.net/~isaccn/	The Illinois School-Age Child Care Network is a statewide organization that has formed to improve the quality, quantity, and public awareness of school-age care in Illinois, by increasing educational opportunities and the availability and development of resource materials for school-age providers, families and the community.
ParentLink Susie Redfern, Director 1674 Cumberland Aurora, IL 60504 Telephone: 630-499-5810 E-mail: educonn@aol.com http://www.northstarnet.org/ regional/educonn/	ParentLink Information Service's Web Site features comprehensive information on Schools (both public and private), Child Care Programs, Preschools, and Recreational Facilities throughout the Greater Chicago area.
Senior Issues
Department on Aging 421 East Capitol Avenue, #100 Springfield, IL 62701 Telephone: 217-785-3356 or Senior HelpLine at 1-800-252-8966 Fax: 217-785-4477 E-mail: ilsenior@aging.state.il.us http://www.state.il.us/aging/	The Illinois Department on Aging offers link to area agencies, various programs (care program, meal program), services as homemaker and adult day care service, senior companions, senior centers, transportation, senior employment, legal assistance, etc.
Lifelink 331 South York Road Bensenville, IL 60106 Telephone: 630-521-8046 Fax: 630-860-5130	Lifelink is a 106-year-old not-for-profit, charitable health and human service organization related to the United Church of Christ. Based in Bensenville, Illinois, Lifelink provides a range of services to children, families and the aging throughout Illinois, Iowa, Florida, Missouri and Wisconsin. Lifelink manages nursing homes and retirement communities, and helps link families with counseling, foster care, adoption and Head Start services.
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