Governmental Financial Assistance:
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Local financial help…
Department of Veteran’s Affairs
4807 West Main Street, Suite 204
Belleville, IL 62226
618.233.5140
Services offered: The Department of Veterans’ Affairs
is a State Agency, having its primary function as providing
professional counseling and assistance relative to all
veterans programs, both state and federal.

Division of Child Support – Illinois Department of
Public Aid
27 East Main Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.277.3310
Hotline:
Toll free 1.877.455.1314
Services offered: Location of non-custodial parents,
enforcement of child support orders, establishment of child
support orders, establishing parentage-genetic testing.
Serve employers wage garnishment.

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
fro 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.

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 Department of Human Services
225 N. 9th 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 Insurance
320 W. Washington
Springfield, Illinois 62767
217.782.4515
Services offered: Assists consumers having insurance
problems, complaints or questions regarding an insurance
company, agency or agent.

Illinois Department of Public Health
22 Kettle River Drive
Glen Carbon, IL 62034
618.656.6680
Services offered:
Office of Community
Health: Provides education, training, consultation and
technical assistance through the following programs
conducted by the Divisions of Dental Health; Family Health,
and Health Assessment and Screening; lead poisoning control;
maternal and child health; vision and hearing. Office of
Health Care Regulation: Responsible for evaluating the
quality of care rendered in hospitals, HMOs, home health
agencies, and ambulatory surgical treatment centers through
the Division of Health Care Facilities and Programs.
Licensure/certification survey and inspection activities and
complaint investigations for nursing homes are conducted
through the Division of Long Term Care Field Operations.
Ambulance Inspection and Certification of EMS personnel are
provided through the Division of Emergency Medical
Services. Office of Health Protection: Administers
programs and activities related to the identification,
investigation, and control of public health hazards and
diseases. This office conducts the following programs
through the Divisions of Infectious Diseases: Food, Drugs
and Dairies; and Environmental Health: Communicable disease
investigation; immunization; food sanitation; inspection of
dairy farms, processing plants and milk tank trucks;
regulation of private water supplies, sewage systems, well
drillers, plumbers, manufactured housing, mobile home parks,
migrant labor camps, recreational parks and bathing
facilities, youth camps, pesticides, and structural pest
control technicians.

KidCare
201 South Grand Avenue
Springfield, IL 62763
1.866.468.7543 (1.866.4.OUR.KIDS)
Website:
www.kidcareillinois.com
Services offered: Health insurance for
Illinois children through the age of 18 and pregnant women.

St. Clair County Health Department
19 Public Square, Suite 150
Belleville, IL 62220
618.233.7703
Website:
www.scchd.org
Services offered: Women, Infants, and Children (WIC),
family case management, teen parent services, KidCare,
immunizations, communicable disease surveillance and
treatment, screenings (blood lead, vision and hearing,
breast and cervical cancer), abstinence only education,
tobacco-free communities support program, violence
prevention, HIV/AIDS prevention and care, environmental
protection, food service sanitation, potable water supply
program, private sewage disposal program, pollution
prevention, community health assessment and planning, health
and wellness initiatives.

St. Clair County Health Department – WIC (Women,
Infants and Children) Program
19 Public Square, Suite 150
Belleville, IL 62220
618.233.6170
Services offered: Supplement nutrition with nutrition
education and health referrals.

St. Clair County Intergovernmental Grants Department
19 Public Square, Suite 200
Belleville, IL 62220
618.277.6790
Services offered: Job training and employment
assistance for individuals who qualify under the Workforce
Investment Act (WIA) as economically disadvantaged,
dislocated workers, people with employment barriers,
veterans, or older individuals, as well as services for
employers. Additional services provided through Welfare to
Work programs (WTW). WIA and WTW services provided through
Illinois Employment and Training Centers (IETC) in
Belleville (277.5678) and East St. Louis (271.7750) and
through satellite centers in Carlyle (594.4520), Chester
(826.4709), Nashville (327.4191), and Waterloo (939.3332).
Community Services Block Grant and Community Action Agency
programs include residential energy assistance, emergency
medical and food assistance, homeless services and
referrals. Community development provides a rental rehab
loan program and weatherization of residential property plus
other community and economic development programs.

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.

Southwestern Illinois Area Agency on Aging
2365 Country Road
Belleville, IL 62221
618.222.2561 or
1.800.326.3221
Services offered:
Provides state and federal funds to
profit and non-profit organizations for direct services;
coordinates existing resources for residents of Bond,
Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair and Washington
counties for persons who are 60 years of age and older.
Senior employment program for persons who are 55 years of
age and who meet income guidelines.