Belleville Area Special Services Cooperative (BASSC)
2411 Pathways Crossing
Belleville, IL  62221
618.355.4700
Website: http://web.stclair.k12.il.us/bassc/
Services offered: Comprehensive program of educational, diagnostic and supportive services for children with disabilities.

Child & Family Connections
4941 Benchmark, Suite 200
Swansea, IL  62226
618.624.3309 or 1.888.594.8364
Website: www.specialchildren.net or www.childandfamilyconnections.org
Services offered: Intake, evaluations to determine eligibility for early intervention services and linkage to one or more of the 16 early intervention services.

Development Disability Services (DDS) of Metro-East
2900 Frank Scott Parkway West, Suite 928
Copperbend South
Belleville, IL  62223
618.236.7957
Website: www.ddsme.org
Services offered: Community service coordination, home ownership counseling, pre-admission screening, Bogard service coordination, waiver monitoring and individual and support services advocacy.

Easter Seal Society of Southwestern Illinois
602 East 3^rd Street
Alton, IL  62002
618.462.7325
Services offered: Provides advocacy for disabled persons and families; information and referral, short-term individual and family counseling; medical equipment; one-to-one speech and language therapy; offers hearing testing, vocational education and training program for adults.

Employment Resource Program
426 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, IL  62702
217.523.2587 or 1.800.447.4221
Services offered: Information provided on disabilities in the State of Illinois.  Assistance with finding low and no cost pharmaceuticals; assistance with finding low cost dental service; assistance with finding low cost dental service; assistance with applications, scholarships and certificates; a used equipment list is distributed four times a year; support groups; research and individual support.

Families Affected Come Together (FACT) – Special Needs Children – St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
211 South 3^rd Street
Belleville, IL  62220
618.234.2120, ext. 2003
Services offered: Support group for families of children with special needs.  Meetings arranged through Occupational Therapy.

Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
4500 College Avenue, Suite 100
Alton, IL  62002
618.474.5503
Website: www.state.il.us/igac/
Services offered: Office of State Guardian: Guardian of last resort for persons with disabilities who have no family and for whom a guardian is appointed by the courts.  Legal Advocacy: Individual representation for persons with disabilities.  Human Rights Authority: Investigative branch – Receives and investigates complaints alleging violations of the rights of persons with disabilities.

Hazel Bland Promise Center
2900 State Street
East St. Louis, IL  62205
618.274.3500
Services offered: School programs which are developmentally and age appropriate for infants and toddlers aged 0-3 and their families, services can be provided weekly in the home or in the Center.  Children aged 3-21 attend school daily for 5 hours.  Transportation is provided by the local school district.  Family Support Unit (FSU) programs include the Community Integrated Living Arrangement (CILA) Respite Care and Drop In Respite.  Family Support Units prevent individuals with developmental disabilities from being institutionalized.

Help Me Grow Hotline – Illinois Department of Human Services
2501 North Dirksen Parkway
Springfield, IL  62761
217.785.5368
Hotline: 1.800.323.4769 (GROW)
Services offered: The DHS Help Me Grow Helpline provides information and statewide referrals in the following areas: adoption, AIDS, alcoholism/drug abuse, child care, child safety seats, child support, dental, disabilities, domestic violence, early intervention, education emergency services, employment, financial aid, family planning, food supplementation, gang prevention, health/physician referral, hearing aids, housing, immunization, infant health, insurance, intergenerational interaction, lead, legal advice, male responsibility, maternity home/school, mental health (general and suicide), miscellaneous, multi-service agencies, nurse midwife, parent/child/teen/mate communication, parenting education/support, parents anonymous, pregnancy/substance abuse, pre-kindergarten, parental, school/peer pressure, seniors, sexual assault, sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases, shelter/drop-in/overnight/transitional, state agency, teratogen (environmental or occupational) and WIC vendors/complaints.  Women’s Health categories include: breast and cervical cancer, cardiovascular disease, depression, domestic violence, menopause and osteoporosis.

Illinois Center for Autism
548 South Ruby Lane
Fairview Heights, IL  62208
618.398.7500
Website: www.illinoiscenterforautism.org
Services offered: Educational program for students with autism, ages 3-21 years.  Treatment and training for children with severe behavior and communication disorders.  Pasta Fare Demonstration Program for severely disabled clients, age 21 and older.  This retail business establishment offers vocational/employment training fro adult clients.  Client Family Support Program offers educational and informational training for parents of children and adults with autism.  The Transitional Services Program serves clients with autism, ages 14 and over, and is designed to place clients into actual work situations through the cooperation of area businesses.

Illinois Department of Human Services
225 N. 9^th Street
East St. Louis, Illinois  62201
618.583.2414
Services offered:  A part of the Department of Human Services, the office administers programs of assistance to the aged, blind, disabled; Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF; medical assistance; Food Stamp program, child support services.  Provides financial assistance and offers services to needy, aged, and the disabled.

Illinois Department of Human Services Office of Rehabilitation Services
601 S. High Street
Belleville, Illinois  62220
618.235.5300 TDD/TT/Voice
Services offered:  Counseling, vocational planning, training, treatment assistance, placement assistance, blindness skills instruction, mobility training, other services.  Also provides in-home services such as chore housekeeping and personal care to eligible individuals who are at risk of entering nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.

Illinois Department of Human Services
Office of Rehabilitation Services
Bureau of Blind Services
601 S. High Street
Belleville, Illinois  62220
618.235.5300
Services offered:  Blindness skills training, vocational guidance counseling, vocational training, mobility training, employment search/preparation assistance, and access technology evaluation/vocational evaluations.

Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
4500 College Ave., Suite 100
Alton, Illinois  62002
618.474.5503 or 866.333.3362
Services offered:  Human Rights Authority – investigates rights violations of disabled individuals in a service delivery system.  Legal assistance for persons being involuntarily admitted to psychiatric facility.  Legal Advocacy Service – legal help for disabled people.  Office of State Guardian – Court-appointed guardian of last resort.  Decision makers for disabled adults.  Consultation with providers and private guardians.

Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc.
327 Missouri Avenue, Suite 300
East St. Louis, IL  62201
618.271.9140, ext. 231
Services offered: Free civil legal services to low-income individuals.  Priorities are housing, public benefits, utilities, domestic violence, special education and rights of disabled.  Office also is site of Title III-funded Senior Citizens Legal Services unit, serving seniors in seven-county area without fee.  Approximately 90 area lawyers participate in office’s Pro Bono Lawyers are made through the Land of Lincoln Office as a part of regular intake procedures.

LINC, Inc. (Living Independently Now Center)
120 East “A” Street
Belleville, IL  62220
618.235.9988
Website: www.lincinc.org
Services offered: Peer support, advocacy, information and referral, training in independent living skills and Personal Assistant services.  Other services offered include: sign language interpreting, support group meetings, architectural accessibility surveys and community education programs on disability awareness.  For more information, check out our current newsletter and a schedule of events on our website.

Mamie O. Stookey School/Special Children, Inc.
1306 Wabash Avenue
Belleville, IL  62220
618.234.6876
Services offered: Educational programs, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, social worker, and nurse on staff.

MERS/Goodwill Industries
215 West Washington, Suite 100
Belleville, IL  62220
618.257.1080
Services offered: Vocational evaluation; work adjustment; vocational counseling, skills training in office skills, entry-level accounting, building maintenance, adult/child day-care aide, culinary arts; specialized programs for chemical dependency, head trauma, deafness, learning disabilities, MR/DD, and mental illness; transition from school to work; GED classes; sheltered workshop; and job placement.

National Information Center (for Children and Youth with Disabilities) (NICHCY)
P.O. Box 1942
Washington, D.C.  20013
202.884.8200
Website: www.nichcy.org
Services offered: Information and referral service for people with disabilities, their families, individuals interested in people with disabilities, schools and professionals.  Maintains a number of publications.

National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows – Victorious Missionaries
442 South DeMazenod Drive
Belleville, IL  62223
Voice/TDD: 618.394.6281
Website: www.vmusa.org
Services offered: Spiritual support network for persons with disabilities.  The Victorious Missionaries offer a winter retreat, a May Anniversary Celebration and an October National Conference/Retreat.  The Belleville Chapter of VM’s has a monthly gathering.  Call the VM office for more information.

Parents and Friends of the Specialized Living Center
1450 Caseyville Avenue
Swansea, IL  62226
618.277.7730
Website: www.pafslc.org
Services offered: Training residential service for developmentally disabled adults; ICF/DD facility.

PRIME/CARE of Special Children, Inc.
1306 Wabash Avenue
Belleville, IL  62220
618.234.6876
Services offered: Pediatric therapy including developmental, occupational, speech, physical therapy.  Therapists provide direct therapy to the child and demonstrate activities that the parents could do with their child.

Radio Information Services for Blind and Print Handicapped
9541 Church Circle Drive
Belleville, IL  62223
618.394.6221
Services offered: Closed-circuit broadcasting for blind and print disabled individuals in St. Louis metropolitan area.  Daily broadcast of newspaper, food and shopping ads, books and magazines and instructional independent living skills.  Interviews with professionals in field of rehabilitation.  Information and referral base.

S.A.V.E. (St. Clair Associated Vocational Enterprises, Inc.)
3001 Save Road
Belleville, IL  62221
618.234.1992
Website: www.saveorg.org
Services offered: Developmental training, Vocational development services, job placement and Supported Employment services, residential services.

The Shaw Group
521 West Main Street
Belleville, IL  62223
618.235.9822 or 1.800.755.1979
Website: www.theshawgroup.com
Services offered: Complete representation for clients dealing with Social Security Disability, Supplemental Security Income Disability or Railroad Disability.

Social Security Office
1652 Lebanon Avenue
Belleville, IL  62220
618.235.0455 or 1.800.772.1213
Services offered: Administers Old Age, Survivors, Disability Health Insurance, and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under the Social Security Act.

Southwest Family and Children’s Testing and Therapy Clinic, Inc.
501 Emily Drive
O’Fallon, IL  62269
618.632.7400
Services offered: Southwest offers educational, psychological and emotional evaluation for individuals with emotional and learning difficulties, individual remediation of learning disabilities, individual psychotherapy, marriage and family counseling, and services for children with behavioral problems.  Hypnosis is offered for problems involving stress, smoking and weight control.  A Speech and Language Clinic as well as a Reading Clinic are also available.  Medical testing for stress pathology is conducted and a Wellness Program designed for clients to reduce stress.

Special Children, Inc.
1306 Wabash Avenue
Belleville, IL  62220
618.234.6876
Services offered: Educational and therapeutic services are offered to children with developmental delays between the ages of birth through 21 years of age.  Training and support groups are available to families.

Springfield Center for Independent Living (Employment Resource Program)
426 West Jefferson
Springfield, IL  62702
217.523.2587 ext. 16 or 1.800.447.4221 – for Illinois residents only
Services offered: In-depth on-line computer research or library files searches on topics such as disabilities, diseases, conditions, syndromes, laws, legislation, education, employment issues, recreation, assistive technology, agencies, service providers, architectural accessibility, etc.

White Oak Academy
463 North 88^th Street
East St. Louis, IL  62203
618.397.8085
Services offered: Full-time daily school for children with reading/learning disabilities and/or ADD/ADHD to prepare for entry back to school.

 

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