"E" - Organizations Ready
to Help:
Easter Seal Society of Southwestern
Illinois
Educational Opportunity Center
Employment Resource Program
Epilepsy Foundation of Southwestern
Illinois
Expanded Food Nutrition Education
Program
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Easter Seal Society of Southwestern Illinois
602 East 3rd Street
Alton, IL 62002
618.462.7325
FAX: 618.462.8170
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
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.
Persons served: Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin,
Madison, Monroe and St. Clair counties.
Fees: Please call.
(Information provided by St. Clair County Community
Mental Health Board, 2004)
Educational Opportunity Center
110 North High Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.235.1776
Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Thursday; 9 a.m. –
4:30 p.m., Friday
Appointment information: Call for appointment for
testing. Appointment not necessary for all other services
but preferred.
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.
Fees: None.
(Information provided by Special Services Center of
Southwestern Illinois College, June 2003)
Employment Resource Program
426 West Jefferson Street
Springfield, IL 62702
217.523.2587 or 1.800.447.4221
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday
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.
Persons served: State of Illinois
Fees: None for residents of Illinois
(Information provided by St. Clair County Community Mental
Health Board, 2004)
Epilepsy Foundation of Southwestern Illinois
140 Iowa Avenue, Suite A
Belleville, IL 62220
618.236.2181
FAX: 618.236.3654
Email:
epilepsy@peaknet.net
Website:
www.epilepsyfoundation.org/local/swillinois
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Monday – Friday
Appointment information: Call for an appointment.
Information: Serve individuals with epilepsy and
their families.
Services offered: Information and referral,
counseling, advocacy, public awareness, in-service training,
and epilepsy support group, residential services and camp
programs.
Persons served: Individuals with epilepsy and/or
other disabilities and their families in seven county areas.
Fees: None.
(Information provided by Special Services Center of
Southwestern Illinois College, June 2003)
Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
1269 North 89th Street, Suite #3
East St. Louis, IL 62203
618.397.4973
FAX: 618.397.8823
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday
Appointment information: No appointment necessary.
Services offered: The purpose of EFNEP is to help low
income families to improve their diets and manage the food
dollar. This is done by teaching groups and individuals to
eat wisely for good health, buy and store food, plan and
prepare nutritious meals, keep food sanitary and safe and to
grow and preserve foods. Will come into home at your
convenience and teach about food and nutrition and/or
develop groups for group learnings and exchanging of ideas.
Persons served: Residents of St. Clair County and
Madison County.
Fees: None.
(Information provided by
Special Services Center of Southwestern Illinois College,
June 2003)
