Elderwerks Senior Resource Directory 2025/2026

VETERANS RESOURCES

Illinois Armed Forces Legal Aid Network (IL-FLAN) 855-452-3526 www.ilaflan.org Offers free legal services regarding housing, family, consumer problems, VA discharge upgrades and benefit appeals for low/moderate income military personnel, veterans and their families. They cannot give advice via email or if you already have a lawyer. Call for eligibility. Illinois Dept. of Veterans Affairs 800-437-9824 (Illinois) 800-437-9824 (Toll Free) 217-524-4645 (TDD) www2.illinois.gov/veterans Provides assistance and information about federal, state and local benefit programs, military records, employment, education and training, health care, permits, and more. Office hours and days available differ with each office. Call or go online to find the Service Office nearest you.

Lake County Responds for Veterans PO Box 8 Highland Park, IL 60035

Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans Freedom Commissary

VETERANS SERVICES

433 S. Carlton Ave. Wheaton, IL 60187 630-871-8387 www.helpaveteran.org Assists with transitional housing, affordable housing and support services.

847-220-7636 info@lcrfv.org lcresponds.org

Assists Veterans and their families in need, especially those with low and moderate income, by raising donations of money, building materials, and professional labor, and coordinating the process of repairing, building, and donating homes. Make the Connection 800-273-8255 or 988 Veterans Crisis Line www.maketheconnection.net VA online resource that connects Veterans, their family members and friends, and others with information, resources and solutions to drug and alcohol problems, anger issues, PTSD, death, chronic pain, suicide and many other behavioral, mental and physical issues. McHenry VAC Caregiver Relief Veterans Assistance (CRVA) 815-334-4229 www.mchenrycountyil.gov/departments/ veterans-assistance-commission This programs assists those caring for a Veteran and/or the spouse of a Veteran. The goal is to provide the caregiver a break so they can go their own appointments, get help with cleaning, etc.

Midwest Veterans Closet 847-354-2108 2323 Green Bay Rd North Chicago, IL 60064 www.midwestveteranscloset.org

mary.carmody@midwestveteranscloset.org Offers free clothing, household items, small kitchen appliances, furniture, employment assistance, housing leads, and food at the drop-in center in North Chicago to active-duty service members, veterans, and their families. They rely on donations to keep serving active-duty service members and veterans. Donation Drop Off Times: Mondays, Wednesday, Fridays 9:00am-2:00pm. Shopping Hours for active-duty service members & Veterans: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 11:00am-3:00pm. Military & Veterans Rights Bureau Office of the Attorney General 201 West Pointe Dr., Suite 7 Belleville, IL 62226 800-382-3000 | 800-964-3013 (TTY) illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/rights-of-the people/military-and-veterans-rights Dedicated to ensuring that Veterans receive the benefits they have earned. The Military Order of the Purple Heart 888-688-1656 www.purpleheart.org Supports Veterans and fundraising for the Purple Heart Foundation which funds Veteran programs and services across the country. National Service Officers assist all Veterans, regardless of membership, free of charge in filing a claim with the Veterans’ Administration.

Immediate Post-Deployment Assistance www.oefoif.va.gov

Lists the benefits the VA offers to post 9/11 Veterans through the Transition and Care Management (formerly OEF/OIF/ OND) Program.

Inner Voice 567 W. Lake St., Suite 1150 Chicago, IL 60661 312-994-5830 www.ivchi.org/veterans Assists Veterans with housing, counseling, employment, and supportive services.

Medical Foster Home 708-202-8387 | 217-554-3000 www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/pages/ Medical_Foster_Homes.asp Medical Foster Homes are private

Lake County Veterans & Family Services Foundation

residences where the caregiver and relief caregivers provide care and supervision 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The caregiver of the home will provide a suitable home environment which includes the caregiver’s family, providing room, board and personal care. This is for a Veteran that has no family to be able to care for them. The MFH is matched with the Veteran’s physical, social, and emotional needs, including provision a safe and secure home.

DryHootch Drop-in Center 100 S. Atkinson Suite 110 Grayslake, IL 60030 847-986-4622 www.lakevetsfound.org

A program offering free mental health and support services to Veterans, active duty military personnel and their families.

Veterans Resources continued

181

(855) 462 0100

Elderwerks.org