Funded Agencies
Aspire Children’s Services
Aspire Children’s Services supports early intervention services for children with developmental disabilities, birth to age three and continued pediatric therapies for Oak Park and River Forest children age three to eight.
Appropriate early intervention through pediatric therapies and specialized services can increase developmental and educational gains for children experiencing, or at risk of delays or disabilities.
As a result of early intervention, children with developmental delays grow up to become productive, independent individuals. Research and practice assert that children with developmental disabilities continue to achieve the positive outcomes improving quality of life when they continue in specialized services beyond age three.
Aspire begins with developmental screening and evaluations, to determine the services that best meet the needs of the child. Aspire focuses on the child in the context of the family and look at the development of the child as a whole, while providing support to the family.
Community Support Services
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A social service agency that serves the developmentally disabled and
their families by providing respite services. Options are available to
best meet individual needs including in-home services, community based
service, and evening/weekend group services.
Family Service and Mental Health Center of Oak Park-River
Forest
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CMHB funds the following services and programs of this community
mental health center servicing Oak Park and River Forest:
Adult Outpatient and Care Management Services - these
programs provide therapeutic and psychiatric rehabilitation
resources to stabilize seriously mentally ill following
hospitalization and prevent further hospitalization.
Transitional Learning Center - provides social support,
treatment and daily structure so as to assist toward the highest
level of functioning.
Emergency Psychiatric Services - a 24-hour, 7-day per week
program to provide immediate professional response to psychiatric
crises in the community.
At Risk Youth Services - provides individual, family,
group therapy and immediate crisis response to at-risk behaviors of
youth.
Services for Adults, Families & Youth - provides short
term treatment to individual, couple, and group addressing emotional
dysfunction. Sliding fee scale.
Prevention (Substance Abuse)- coordinates and facilitates
existing prevention activities and resources.
Hephzibah Children's Association
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The Family Support Program's emphasis is to improve accessibility to
the support network for children and families in Oak Park.
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