Resources for DuPage
The American Heart Association’s Support Network, in partnership with The Children’s Heart Foundation, provides a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) Support Network for parents of young children diagnosed with CHDs or adults living with a CHD.
Exceptional Children’s Charities provides resources to benefit exceptional children with special needs in Chicago’s Southland. The charity can provide financial support to supply wheelchairs, stand-up chairs, medical supplies, special learning tools and adaptive technology devices...
The Center of Concern is a non-profit social service agency providing housing solutions, support services and counselors for individuals with disabilities, older adults and others in need in Cook County, enabling them to live safely...
Northern Illinois Food Bank has launched My Pantry Express, an online source for groceries. The program allows families in need of food assistance to choose specific grocery items and pick them up at a preferred...
The Illinois Elks Children’s Care Corporation (IECCC) assists any child under the age of 21 who is a legal resident of Illinois with medical assistance, as long as it falls within the IECCC scope and...
CEDA: Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County offers a variety of services to families and individuals in need. Its programs include: Utility bill assistance with gas, electric, water and furnace repair Home weatherization...
ILHousingSearch.org is a free bilingual online resource for renters and property providers in Illinois. You can search for affordable, accessible and market-rate housing to fit your needs and budget. For additional assistance, call (877) 428-8844 ...
The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) connects people with financing programs for their homes. IHDA provides mortgage loans, grants that enable low-income homeowners to pay for repairs and improvements to their homes and free foreclosure...
The Housing Authority of Cook County is committed to providing quality housing to low and moderate-income families, the elderly and individuals with disabilities throughout suburban Cook County. Programs and resources include low-income public housing, affordable...
Conquering CHD has put together a Conquering CHD Transition Checklist to help youth with congenital heart disease manage their own care as they reach adulthood and move from their pediatric doctor to an Adult Congenital...