Resources for Area Assistance & Employment Organizations

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1 Resources for Area Assistance & Employment Organizations Area Assistance Agencies: Dept. of Children & Family Services OR Hotline Dept. of Human Services ( DHS ) For application and/ or assistance with the Medical Card, Food Stamps, Childcare, SNAP, Cash Assistance-Taniff and other programs. 4C's Childcare Low Income Housing & Section Lutheran Social Services of Illinois Hope - Domestic Violence Crisis Hotline Lee/Ogle Transportation OR For assistance with critical programs that include; foster care, adoption, mental health services, alcohol & drug treatment, affordable senior housing, senior home care, residential programs for people with developmental disabilities, and programs that help formerly incarcerated individuals integrate back into society and other programs. Ogle County Health Department Offering available programs in: Chronic Disease, Communicable Disease, Drinking Water, Emergency Preparedness, Family Case Management, Food Sanitation, Health Education & Promotion, HIV/AIDS, Illinois Breast & Cervical Cancer Control, Illinois Asthma Program, Illinois Tobacco Free Communities, Maternal Health & High Risk Infant, Nuisance Control, Private Sewage, Reality Illinois, TB Care & Treatment, Women, Infants and Children ( WIC) program. Ogle Co. Sheriff - Non Emergency Poison Control Center Prairie Legal Services OR Rosecrance - for Behavioral, Mental Health & Substance Abuse Sinnissippi Centers - for Behavioral, Mental Health & Substance Abuse Oregon / Rochelle / Dixon / Hotline Tri-County Opportunities Council - for Health, Small Business Loans, Social Services, Community Services Block Grant ( CSBG), Family Development Program, Family Rewards Program, LIHEAP ( low income home energy assistance program) Foster Grandparent Program ( FGP), Homemaker Program, Illinois Home Weatherization Program ( IHWAP), Housing Project, Head Start Program, Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Program - Rock Falls OR Rochelle Office / Oregon Office

2 Community Colleges & Universities Highland Community College Sauk Valley Community College Kishwaukee Community College Rock Valley Community College Northern Illinois University Rockford University Rockford Career College St. Anthony's College of Nursing

3 Employment: You can contact online the Illinois Dept of Employment Security ( IDES) agency at: You can contact online the Illinois WorkNet Center agency at: www2.illinoisworknet.com/# You can contact online the Workforce Connection employment agency at: You can contact online the Illinois Hardest Hit Program (HHFA) agency at: You can contact online the Northern Illinois Employee Assistance Professional Association agency at: You can contact locally: Manpower Employment - Sterling/ Dixon BEST Inc. - Business Employment Skills Team- an IL. WorkNet partner Oregon Office Offers assistance with creating resumes, job applications & job searches and other assistance. Including special courses to obtain special certification for corporate employers & financial assistance in career change college tuition up to 10k when funding is available ( must be a registered client with Best Inc.).

4 Ogle County Food Pantries BYRON People Helping People. 2nd & 4 th Mondays Serving: Byron, Marion, Rockvale, 127 No.Washington St. 10:30-11:30am Monroe, Scott & Leaf River or CHANA Chana Methodist Church. 1st & 3rd Saturdays Offering: Free Clothing 606 Main Street. 9am - Noon FORRESTON New Life Community Center. Tues & Sat. mornings. Serving : Forreston School District The Old Fire House. 9 am - Noon 207 E. Main Street LINDENWOOD Immanuel Lutheran Good Samaritan Saturdays. Bring Current Utility Bill Lindenwood Road. 9am- 11am. (for proof of address) * can come every 30 days MT. MORRIS Loaves & Fish Food Pantry. 1st & 3 rd Thursdays. Serving: Mt. Morris, Leaf River & Church of the Brethren. 4:30-7pm. Eastern Baileyville 409 W. Brayton Rd. 2nd & 4th Mondays :00-4:30 pm OREGON Lifeline Food Pantry. Tuesdays: 9:30 - Noon. Serving : Oregon & Chana Conover Square Mall. Fridays: 1:30-4:30 pm 201 No. 3rd Street *Saturdays: 10:30-1:30 pm. *Clothes Only on Saturday POLO Polo Lifeline Food Pantry. Tues. & Sat. Mornings. Serving: Polo School District 113 No. Green St. 9:00-11:30 am ROCHELLE Hand in Hand Mon. 9:00 - Noon Serving: Those in Need 414 Cherry Ave. and 12:30-2:00 pm. CLOSED the first week of Jan. every year Wed. 2:00-4:00 pm ROCHELLE 770 W. Lincoln. Tues & Fri.'s afternoons. Serving : Rochelle High School District :00-3:30 pm STILLMAN VALLEY Bread of Life Food Pantry. 2nd & 4th Tuesdays Serving: Stillman Valley, Monroe Center, Valley Evangelical Church 3:45pm - 5:00 pm. Byron & Davis Junction * continued...

5 *Some Food Pantries require proof of residency. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ) provides nutrition assistance to people with low income It can help you buy nutritious food for a better diet. Contact: Department of Human Services (DHS) at: The WIC helps with nutrition assistance to families of low income with children from newborn to age 5. Contact: Ogle County Health Dept. at: University of Illinois Extension-Ogle County. SNAP-ED, 421 W. Pines Road, Oregon, IL Phone: Univ. of IL. College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, U.S.Dept. of Agriculture, Local Extension Councils Cooperating Univ. of IL. Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment. The Supplemental Nutritional Program is funded with Food Stamp Administrative funds by the Food, Nutrition & Consumer Service of the U.S. Government. For Assistance & Other Resource Referrals Contact Linda Straith at : You Can Also Find Us At :

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