Catholic Charities of Southern Illinois – Diocese of Belleville Pastoral Center
2620 Lebanon Avenue
Belleville, IL  62221
618.235.9601

Center for Racial Harmony
P.O. Box 296
Belleville, IL  62222
618.233.0508
FAX: 618.233.0523

D.A.R.E. (Drug Awareness Resistance Education) – Belleville Police Department
101 South Illinois Street
Belleville, IL  62220
618.234.1212
Website: www.bellevillepolice.org

Discovery
810 Obernuefemann Road
O’Fallon, IL  62269
618.632.3604
Services offered: Half-day preschool, kindergarten, state funded at-risk program, enrichment class, extended day.

Educational Opportunity Center
110 North High Street
Belleville, IL  62220
618.235.1776
Services offered: Counselors will match your interests and capabilities with job training or career education; help select a college or vocational school; information on GED; apply for financial aid.  Career Interest Inventory Testing facility.

Federal Information Center
P.O. Box 450
Camby, IN  46113
1.800.FED.INFO
Website: www.info.gov
Services offered: Serves as a one-stop clearinghouse for inquiries about federal and state government functions.  Provides answers to questions about the government or government-funded programs or refers inquiries to the appropriate office.

Gerontology Program – Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Alumni Hall, 0138
Edwardsville, IL  62026
618.650.3454
Services offered: Education and training – courses on aging at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  Graduate level Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Gerontology.  Short-term training in gerontology in the form of workshops, conferences, colloquia, in-service sessions and lecture series.  Through the Illinois Missouri Geriatric Education Center, the Gerontology Program provides geriatric education and training to health professionals and educators in southern Illinois.  Public service programs for older adults.  Dialogue with Senior Citizens, Annual Senior Citizens Fair and lecture series and courses designed for older adults.

HB & Associates
26 West Main Street
Mascoutah, IL  62258
618.566.3901
Services offered: DUI evaluations and 10-hour Drivers Risk Education Class; American Heart Association CPR Training; on site and off site training available.

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.

Life Adventures – YMCA of Southwestern Illinois
15 North 1st Street
Belleville, IL  62220
618.233.1243
Services offered: Custom designed challenge and adventure based programs.  The programs address a wide range of recreational, educational and therapeutic needs through the Outdoor Program site (Marguerite Roth High Adventure Center and a Climbing/Rappelling Tower). Indoor Challenge Center and other off-site locations.  The experimental model utilized in Life Adventures programs enables the teaching of life skills not commonly addressed in traditional educational and work settings.

Southwestern Illinois College Adult Basic Education Department
2500 Carlyle Avenue
Belleville, IL  62221
618.235.2700, ext. 5323 or 1.800.555.5131
Services offered: Provides free GED (high school equivalency), basic reading, ESL (English As a Second Language), citizenship, vocational and job readiness classes.  One-to-one literacy tutoring is available at many locations throughout St. Clair, Madison, Monroe and Randolph counties.  Other services include family literacy programs in Cahokia-Centreville and Early School Leaver programs in Granite City and East St. Louis.  In addition, there are eight-week intensive classes in Office Technology in Belleville, East St. Louis and Granite City and a twelve-week Information Processing class at Belleville.

Southern Illinois College – Center for Training Innovations (CTI)
Information Sciences Building
2500 Carlyle Avenue
Belleville, IL  62221
618.235.2700, ext. 5202
Services offered: Workshops, seminars, and college classes for the business/industrial community.  Training capabilities include most business managerial, computer, basic skills, and industrial/technical fields.  Grants and contracts from local governments also enable the Center to offer workplace basic skills programs to businesses and a variety of training programs to WIA-eligible individuals.  Free resume assistance, career and training information, and office skills self-testing in IETC Satellite, Room I-1140

Southwestern Illinois College – Department Counseling & Human Development
Information Science Building
2500 Carlyle Avenue
Belleville, IL  62221
618.235.2700
Information: All areas of Counseling work together to provide students and potential students with the best possible service and assistance.  Counseling services are both educational and therapeutic and are designed to foster academic, personal, and career success.  Below is a brief explanation of counseling services and descriptions of each of the Counseling areas.
Academic: Counselors will help students make educational and occupational decisions compatible with their goals for completing an Associate’s degree or certificate.  Counselors will assist students in transferring to a four year college or university.  Students are strongly encouraged to see a counselor early in their academic studies to insure proper program and course selection.
Career: Career activities lead students through the career development process including: self-awareness, career exploration, and job placement.  Traditional age and returning adult students will gain useful insights into their interests and abilities, research occupational information, and learn employability skills.
Personal: Personal growth activities serve two purposes:

1. Assist students with psychological, emotional, social, or cultural differences and;
2. Teach students successful living strategies to achieve their goals.

Southwestern Illinois College Library
Information Sciences Building
2500 Carlyle Avenue
Belleville, IL  62221
618.235.2700, ext. 5204
Services offered: Books may be checked out for three weeks.  Videotapes and compact discs may be checked out for one week.  Reference assistance is available.  Online Research Databases including full-text periodicals and newspapers may be accessed.

Southwestern Illinois College - Success Centers
Information Sciences Building
2500 Carlyle Avenue
Belleville, IL  62221
618.235.2700, ext. 5117
Services offered: Tutoring -  The Success Centers’ Staff, LACE assistants and peer tutors provide tutoring in a number of academic areas.  Tutoring schedules are available in each Success Center.  Online Writing Lab (OWL) – The OWL provides access to writing tutors for Southwestern Illinois College students who have difficulty coming to one of the Success Centers.  Writing tutors provide analysis and suggestions for improvement of papers that are submitted on-line www.swic.edu/successcenter/owl.  Workshops – Workshops are offered each semester on general and specific academic skills, study skills and career exploration.  Each Success Center staff, as well as faculty and staff from throughout the college facilitates the workshops.  Computer Programs – Computers are available for academic support and Internet access.  Instructional Videos and Equipment – Instructional videos for academic and study skills and equipment such as graphing calculators are available for use in the Success Centers.  Peer Study Groups – Students meet to study, work problems and discuss concepts, projects and strategies for succeeding in a variety of courses.  For more information visit the Success Centers’ website www.swic.edu/successcenter.

Sylvan Learning Center
4610 North Illinois Street
Fairview Heights, IL  62208
618.277.1101
Services offered: Sylvan Learning Center teaches students of all ages and skill levels to increase confidence and independence.  Provides students with skills that will last a lifetime.  Sylvan personalizes instruction to effectively meet the student’s individual needs.  The Center offers reading, math, writing, study skills, and ACT preparation.

Volunteers of America – Illinois Chapter
4700 State Street, Suite #2
East St. Louis, IL  62205
618.271.9833
Services offered: Foster parent recruitment/licensing, foster care, adoption, reunification, specialized foster care, sexual assault prevention and public education.

Y.W.C.A. (Young Women’s Christian Association) of St. Clair County
9507 West Main Street
Belleville, IL  62223
618.397.0477
Services offered: Sleep-Over Program, summer day camp, legal counsel, supplemental education, after-school program, abstinence education for local schools in St. Clair County and E. St. Louis, teen pregnancy prevention program “Baby Think It Over”.

 

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