A Safe Place

• Lake County, Illinois
• https://asafeplaceforhelp.org/ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • 24 Hour Toll Free Help Line for domestic abuse/human trafficking: + 1 (800) 600-7233
  • Main Office: (847) 249-6557
• A Safe Place offers a 24 hour help line, housing, counseling, and court advocates to support victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. The nonprofit also does community outreach to prevent domestic violence from occurring.

Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH)

• Located at 800 S. Milwaukee Ave., Suite 201, Libertyville and serves the Northern Chicago suburbs.
• http://www.cpahousing.org/rental-housing/rental-programs/ (847) 796-8060 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Community Partners for Affordable Housing has multiple resources for renting and maintaining a place to live. The group provides many affordable housing rental programs for low income families and individuals based on income eligibility. CPAH also has support for home buying such as counseling, education, and down payment assistance. For maintaining a home, CPAH has resources and counseling on foreclosure and eviction prevention and small grants for home repair costs. The grants are based on income eligibility.

Lake County Housing Authority

• Located at 33928 N. Route 45 Grayslake and serves Lake County.
• https://www.lakecountyha.org/ (847) 223-1170
• Location Supervisor/ CEO/ General Manager 
• Lake County Housing Authority has public housing for people 55+ who also have a disability and runs the Lake County Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. The Section 8 Housing Programs allows eligible people to use 30% of their income on paying for rent with the rest covered by the program for a property of their choice with fair market rent. People who have a housing choice voucher or live in public housing are eligible for voluntary programs individualized to develop self-sufficiency from services. Lake County Housing Authority also has HUD Certified Housing Counseling on a variety of topics available to all Lake County residents for free.

PADS Lake County:

• Location: 1800 Grand Ave, Waukegan IL, 60085
• Intake Help Contact: 847-689-4357, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• General Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Community-based organization that provides trauma-informed support, resources, and shelter to individuals and families experiencing a housing crisis.

Midwest Shelter For Homeless Veterans

• 433 S. Carlton Ave. Wheaton, IL 60187
• (630) 871-8387
• Affordable Housing: stable income guidelines and sober lifestyle
• Freedom Commissary, collection for various household items
• Permanent Supportive Housing Program: veterans who have experienced four or more episodes of homelessness in the last three years or have been continuously homeless for a year or longer. Must also demonstrate a disabling condition.
•  Supportive Services for Veteran Families
•  Transitional Housing
• Veteran Employment Program

Assertive Community Treatment

• Intense service to help those with high risk of frequent hospitalizations, jail or homelessness. Designed as a short time assistance 
• 3010 Grand Avenue, Waukegan IL 60085
• 8am-4pm
• 847-377-4650

Center for Independent Living

• Not-for-profit disability rights organization existing to ensure all people with disabilities have the tools they need to live independently.
• 847-949-4440

Thresholds in Gurnee

• Provides healthcare, housing, and hope for persons with serious mental illnesses and substance use disorder in Chicago, adjacent suburbs, and four surrounding counties. Services include assertive outreach, case management, housing, employment, education, psychiatry, primary care, substance use treatment, and research.
• 4101 N. Ravenswood Ave. Chicago, IL 60613
• 773-572-5400 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

New Life Recovery Center 

• 3002 Grand Avenue Waukegan, IL 60085
• 847-377-8250
• M, W, F 8AM-4PM
• T, TH 8AM-7PM
• Saturday 8AM-2PM
• Sunday 8AM-12PM

New Hope Recovery Center

• 1022 27th Street Zion, IL 60099
• 847-377-8994
• M, W, F 8:30AM-5PM
• T, TH 8:30AM-7PM
• Saturday 8AM-4PM
• Sunday 8AM-12PM

Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Facilities

Habitat for Humanity Lake County

• 315 Martin Luther King jr Ave, Waukegan IL, 60085 
• Email:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Phone:  (847) 623-1020
• Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states and in more than 70 countries around the world. Habitat’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat works toward this vision by building and improving homes in partnership with individuals and families in need of a decent and affordable place to live.