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NORMAN SERVICES | DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS)

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

What's Here

Guardianship Assistance

SAFETY - OLDER ADULTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

What's Here

Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services

OFFICE OF STATE GUARDIAN | ILLINOIS GUARDIANSHIP AND ADVOCACY COMMISSION

Handles the personal, financial, and legal affairs of developmentally disabled, mentally ill, and elderly persons with disabilities. Serves as "guardian of last resort" for individuals with disabilities when no other person is available to serve. Most of its wards are indigent or have limited assets.

What's Here

Conservatorship Assistance
Guardianship Assistance

SAFETY - OLDER ADULTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

What's Here

Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services

SAFETY - OLDER ADULTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

What's Here

Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services

GUARDIANSHIP AND COURT ADVOCACY | PARENT PLACE, THE

A court advocate is available to assist any relative caregivers in obtaining legal guardianship of minor children in Sangamon County. This service also includes information and referrals for other caregiver resources.

What's Here

Guardianship Assistance

CONSERVATORSHIP ASSISTANCE | FINANCIAL COUNSELING CENTER

Provides a neutral professional to act as guardian or/and conservator as determined by the court.

What's Here

Guardianship Assistance
Conservatorship Assistance

SAFETY - OLDER ADULTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

What's Here

Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services

SAFETY - OLDER ADULTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

What's Here

Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services

SAFETY - OLDER ADULTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

What's Here

Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services

OFFICE OF STATE GUARDIAN | ILLINOIS GUARDIANSHIP AND ADVOCACY COMMISSION

Handles the personal, financial, and legal affairs of developmentally disabled, mentally ill, and elderly persons with disabilities. Serves as "guardian of last resort" for individuals with disabilities when no other person is available to serve. Most of its wards are indigent or have limited assets.

What's Here

Conservatorship Assistance
Guardianship Assistance

GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE | THE ARC OF WINNEBAGO, BOONE, AND OGLE COUNTIES

Provides low-cost guardianship assistance to families or others seeking uncontested legal guardianship of adults (18 years or older) with intellectual/developmental disabilities.

What's Here

Guardianship Assistance

SAFETY - OLDER ADULTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

What's Here

Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services

OFFICE OF STATE GUARDIAN | ILLINOIS GUARDIANSHIP AND ADVOCACY COMMISSION

Handles the personal, financial, and legal affairs of developmentally disabled, mentally ill, and elderly persons with disabilities. Serves as "guardian of last resort" for individuals with disabilities when no other person is available to serve. Most of its wards are indigent or have limited assets.

What's Here

Conservatorship Assistance
Guardianship Assistance

NORMAN SERVICES | DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS)

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

What's Here

Guardianship Assistance

OFFICE OF STATE GUARDIAN | ILLINOIS GUARDIANSHIP AND ADVOCACY COMMISSION

Handles the personal, financial, and legal affairs of developmentally disabled, mentally ill, and elderly persons with disabilities. Serves as "guardian of last resort" for individuals with disabilities when no other person is available to serve. Most of its wards are indigent or have limited assets.

What's Here

Conservatorship Assistance
Guardianship Assistance

ADOPTION AND POST ADOPTION / GUARDIANSHIP / LEGAL CUSTODY SERVICES | GREENLIGHT FAMILY SERVICES

- Adoption: Offers relative and non-relative, second parent, stepparent, adult, and DCFS foster parent adoption services.

- Post Adoption: Families are connected with resources meant to aid in adoption preservation.

- Legal Custody: Helps to provide legal custody to caregivers, whether for a child or disabled adult.

- Guardianship: Helps to provide legal guardianship, which allows the caregiver to make decisions for the child in their care.

What's Here

Adoption Legal Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Guardianship Assistance
Adoption Services

SAFETY - OLDER ADULTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

What's Here

Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services

NORMAN SERVICES | DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS)

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

What's Here

Guardianship Assistance

OFFICE OF STATE GUARDIAN | ILLINOIS GUARDIANSHIP AND ADVOCACY COMMISSION

Handles the personal, financial, and legal affairs of developmentally disabled, mentally ill, and elderly persons with disabilities. Serves as "guardian of last resort" for individuals with disabilities when no other person is available to serve. Most of its wards are indigent or have limited assets.

What's Here

Conservatorship Assistance
Guardianship Assistance

NORMAN SERVICES | DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS)

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

What's Here

Guardianship Assistance

NORMAN SERVICES | DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS)

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

What's Here

Guardianship Assistance

PUBLIC GUARDIAN/CONSERVATOR PROGRAM | SCOTT COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES

Offers the services of a public guardian/conservator for persons in need of a surrogate decision maker. A person may be eligible for this program if the initial investigation by the Department of Human Services (DHS) finds exploitation and/or self-neglect/abuse.

What's Here

Conservatorship Assistance
Guardianship Assistance

SAFETY - OLDER ADULTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE | PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

Provides legal services in order to help with the following:

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Guardianship of adults to ensure health care.

- Nursing home and home care issues.

- Powers of attorney and other advance directives.

- SSI and social security denials, cessations, terminations, overpayments, and garnishments.

What's Here

Advance Medical Directives
Guardianship Assistance
Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services

NORMAN SERVICES | DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS)

DCFS has developed services, referred to as "Norman Services," for families who have one or more children who are at risk of being placed in DCFS care or who have children who cannot be returned home and one of the reasons for this risk is:

- lack of food.
- lack of shelter.
- lack of clothing.
- or lack of other item(s) that, if providing this service will keep the child in the family's care or, if the child is already in DCFS custody, will help the child return home.

If eligible, families may receive the following services:

- Public Aid/TANF and other cash grants.
- Housing Advocacy Program (HAP) - helping families obtain permanent housing.
- Emergency Cash Assistance Program for basic needs. Not intended as ongoing subsidy, but only provided when it would prevent the removal of children by DCFS or allow the children to be returned home from DCFS placement.

What's Here

Guardianship Assistance