Individual & Family Assistance
Community Resource Guide for Will County, Illinois
This guide is compiled and distributed by the Will County Center for Community Concerns, the Community Action Agency serving Will County.
Seeking Resource Assistance
If you wish to seek assistance from any sources listed in this guide, we suggest you call first to make sure the resource can help you. Services listed are subject to change without notice.
Child Care Resources
Child Care Resource and Referral
801 North Larkin Avenue, Suite 202
Joliet IL 60435
Joliet: 815-741-4622 8am – 4:30pm M-F
Outside Joliet: 800-641-4622
Head Start Catholic Charities
203 North Ottawa Street
Joliet IL 60432
815-723-3053
Drug/Alcohol Rehab Resources
Illinois Addiction Treatment Resource
1-800-926-9037
MorningStar Mission
350 E Washington Street
Joliet IL 60433
815-722-5780
Presence/St. Joseph Medical Center
815-741-7545
Silver Cross Hospital
815-300-1100
Stepping Stones
1621 Theodore Street
Joliet IL 60435
815-744-4555
Educational Resources
Aunt Martha’s Youth Services
409 West Jefferson Street
Joliet IL 60435
877-692-8686
Joliet Job Corps
1101 Mills Road
Joliet IL 60433
815-727-7677
Joliet Junior College
1215 Houbolt Rd
Joliet, IL 60431
815-280-1526
Joliet Junior College
Early School Leaver’s Program
815-280-1460
For GED(ages 16-21)
Small Business
Development Center
815-280-1400
Start your own business
Learning and Skills Center
1256 West Jefferson Street #101
Joliet IL 60435
815-744-8670
Peter Claver Center
172 South Chicago Street
Joliet IL 60436
815-722-6361
Workforce Services
2400 Glenwood Avenue
Joliet IL 60435
815-727-4444
Job training
Case management
Employment Resources
Dislocated Workers
Workforce Services
2400 Glenwood Avenue
Joliet IL 60435
815-727-4444
Division of Adult and Family Services
Joliet Junior College
City Center Campus
235 N Chicago Street
Joliet IL 60432
815-280-1333
Divorced, widowed, separated, and/or single parent females only.
Experience Works
Toll-Free: 800-397-9757
P.O. Box 456
Marseilles IL 61341
IL Dept. of Employment Security
250 North Chicago Street
Joliet IL 60432
815-740-5100
Prisoner Release Ministry
1321 W Jefferson St
Joliet, IL 60435
815-730-8541
Food/Meals Resources
Daybreak Shelter Catholic Charities
611 Cass Street
Joliet IL 60432
815-774-4663
East Side Café (Meal)
MorningStar Mission
350 East Washington Street
Joliet IL 60433
815-722-5780
Mid-day meal
Illinois Dept of Human Services (DHS)
(Food Stamps – LINK)
45 East Webster
Joliet IL 60432
815-740-5350
MorningStar Mission
350 E Washington St
Joliet IL 60433
815-722-5780
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Second Baptist Church (Meal)
158 S Joliet St
Joliet IL 60436
815-726-3731
Lunch on Thursday, 1-2 pm
Shepherd’s Table (Meal)
Catholic Charities Daybreak Center
611 E Cass St
Joliet IL 60432
815-774-4663
Breakfast and Lunch
(Mon, Tue, Wed, & Fri)
Health Care Resources
WIC Clinic
1-800-WIC-FOOD
501 Ella Ave
Joliet, IL 60433
815-727-8524
Bolingbrook:
815-679-7010
Eastern Will County:
5601 W Monee-Manhattan Rd
Monee, IL 60449
708-534-5777
Senior Services Center of Will County
251 North Center Street
Joliet IL 60435
815-723-9713
Prescriptions
University of Saint Francis Health and Wellness Center
311 North Ottawa
Joliet IL 60432
815-740-3598
Healthcare, Counseling
Will County
Community Health Center
1106 Neil Avenue
Joliet IL 60433
815-727-8670
Clinic
Will-Grundy Medical Clinic
213 East Cass Street
Joliet IL 60432
815-726-3377
For those with no insurance or medical card
Housing/Shelter Resources
Catholic Charities Daybreak Center
611 East Cass Street
Joliet IL 60432
815-774-4663
Limited rent/mortgage payment, shelter for homeless
City of Joliet – Neighborhood Services
150 West Jefferson Street
Joliet IL 60432
815-724-4090
Home repair loans – JOLIET residents only
Community Service Council of Northern Will County
440 Quadrangle Dr, Unit C
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
(815)886-5000
Housing Counseling
Will / DuPage County residents
Guardian Angel Community Services
168 North Ottawa Street
Joliet IL 60435
815-729-0930
Domestic violence shelter, counseling
Housing Authority of Joliet
6 South Broadway
Joliet IL 60436
815-727-0611
Section 8, public housing
MorningStar Mission
350 East Washington Street
Joliet IL 60433
815-722-5780
Male only emergency shelter.
Women & children/family program.
Riverwalk Apartments
350 North Broadway
Joliet IL 60435
833-748-7955
Subsidized apartments
Will County Center for Community Concerns
2455 Glenwood Avenue
Joliet IL 60435
815-722-0722
Housing Counseling, Case Management, home weatherization, limited home repairs
Veterans Assistance Commission of Will County
2400 Glenwood Ave
Joliet IL 60435
815-740-8389
Limited financial assistance for VETERANS only.
Utility Resources
Salvation Army
300 Third Avenue
Joliet IL 60433
815-726-4834
NICOR sharing
Will County Center for Community Concerns
2455 Glenwood Avenue
Joliet IL 60435
815-722-0722
LIHEAP payment assistance – lights, gas
Other Resources
American Red Cross
1293 Windham Parkway
Romeoville, IL 60446
630-378-0344
Victims of fire or natural disaster only.
Must call within 24 hours of disaster.
Cornerstone Services
800 Black Road
Joliet IL 60432
815-727-6666
DHS Office of Rehabilitation Services
1617 West Jefferson Street
Joliet IL 60435
815-730-4200
Disability Resource Center
77 North 129th Infantry Drive
Joliet, IL 60435
815-729-0162
TTY: 815-729-2085
VRS: 815-768-2582
IL Bureau of Child Support Enforcement
16 West Cass Street, 4th Floor
Joliet IL 60432
815-740-3061
IL Dept. of Human Services
45 East Webster
Joliet IL 60432
815-740-5350
Prairie State Legal Services
18 W. Cass St., 5th Floor
Joliet, IL 60432
815-727-5123
Social Security Administration
552 Houbolt Rd
Joliet IL 60431
866-783-7302
Spanish Community Center
309 North Eastern Avenue
Joliet IL 60432
815-727-3683
Will County Legal Assistance Program
5 West Jefferson
Joliet IL 60432
815-727-5123