Adult Services

(630) 627-1700

The goal of Adult Services is to preserve and promote the emotional well-being of DuPage County residents. A variety of programs are offered to those individuals who have experienced serious psychiatric illnesses and are attempting to live independently in the community. Clients receive an array of services that may include:

RECOVERY

• educational classes
• group, individual and family counseling
• psychiatric and psychological evaluation
• medication management
• case management which provides supportive
• services such as home visits and assistance with benefits
• care management and treatment for mentally ill/substance abusers

AFTERCARE

• Aftercare Planning
  
  acts as a liaison between the state or private hospitals and mental health services
  
  
• Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), Mobile Adult Acute Care Services (MAACS), Homeless Homeless Empowerment Liaision Program (H.E.L.P)
  
  community based intensive case management which enables clients to live as independently as possible in the community, provides alternatives to psychiatric hospitalization and reaches out to the homeless mentally ill
  
  
• Probation Case Management:
  case management for mentally ill clients who are on Probation assisting with housing, benefits and mental health services

VOCATIONAL

• preparing individuals with psychiatric illnesses for employment

PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION

• offering psychosocial rehabilitation for persons whose illnesses interfere with their daily activities

RESIDENTIAL

• providing a wide range of housing assistance, including supervised apartments and group homes