"F" - Organizations Ready
to Help:
Families Affected Come Together
Family
Hospice
Federal Information Center
Fibromyalgia Support Group
Franklin Neighborhood Community
Association
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Families Affected Come Together
(FACT) – Special Needs Children – St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
211 South 3rd Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.234.2120, ext. 2003
Hours: Please call for meeting dates and times.
Services offered: Support group for families of
children with special needs. Meetings arranged through
Occupational Therapy.
(Information provided by St. Clair County Community
Mental Health Board, 2004)
Family Hospice
5110 West Main Street
Belleville, IL 62226
618.277.1800
FAX: 618.277.1074
Email:
info@familyhospice.org
Website:
www.familyhospice.org
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday
Appointment information: Call to schedule an
appointment.
Information: Not-for-profit,
community-based/freestanding hospice; Medicare/Medicaid
certified; licensed as full hospice service by Illinois
Department of Public Health; contracts for hospital hospice
in-patient care and nursing home care.
Services offered: Interdisciplinary program of care that
offers symptom management, psycho/social and spiritual care
for terminally ill patients and their families. Care
offered in patient’s home-like setting; includes regularly
scheduled R.N. (nursing), home health aides, social worker,
and/or pastoral care. Trained volunteers available for
patient/family visits and support. Bereavement counseling
for families up to 15 months after patient’s death.
Children’s grief program (Heartlinks).
Persons served: Terminally ill patients of all ages
and their families. Heartlinks is open to community.
Fees: None. Costs covered by Medicare, Medicaid and
most insurances. Heartlinks funded by community programs
and grants.
(Information provided by Special Services
Center of Southwestern Illinois College, June 2003)
Federal Information Center
P.O. Box 450
Camby, IN 46113
1.800.FED.INFO
Website:
www.info.gov
Hours: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m., Monday – Friday; 7 a.m. – 7
p.m., Monday – Friday (summers)
Information: A troll-free telephone information and
referral service. Recorded information on frequently
requested subjects are available around the clock.
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.
Persons served: All.
Fees: None.
(Information provided by Special Services Center of
Southwestern Illinois College, June 2003)
Fibromyalgia Support Group – Memorial Hospital
4500 Memorial Drive
Belleville, IL 62226
618.257.5649
Website:
www.memhosp.com
Hours: 7 – 9 p.m., the 3rd Tuesday of
March – October
Services offered: The meetings are informal. If
there is not a guest speaker an open discussion of “Care &
Share” is held. New attendees receive a take home packet.
A meeting reminder is sent to everyone on the meeting list.
Persons served: Anyone who has fibromyalgia, families
and friends are welcome.
Fees: None.
(Information provided by St. Clair County Community
Mental Health Board, 2007)
Franklin Neighborhood Community Association
308 North 2nd Street
Belleville, IL 62220
618.233.1710
Hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Services offered: Structured after school programs,
neighborhood open gym/youth nutrition programs, Honor
Student Lunch, Halloween Safe Stop, random acts of kindness
vouchers-school store, summer day camps, summer camp library
and tutoring opportunities, camperships to various summer
camp programs, sports clinics, life skills programs, GED
classes, Neighborhood Watch programs, babysitter training,
homeprotection/fire safety programs, neighborhood
clean-up/recycling and environmental programs.
Persons served: Franklin and Jefferson
Neighborhoods(Information
provided by St. Clair County Community Mental Health Board,
2004)
