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Immigrant family support organizations

If you need help getting food stamps (SNAP), housing, or medical care, the following groups can help:

Chicago-Center

Community Health Partnership of Illinois
Call for an appointment: (630) 859-0015
Locations 
Services
(Does not provide housing) / Spanish

Chicago-South

Arab American Action Network
3148 W. 63rd St., 2nd Floor 
Chicago, IL 60629
(773) 436-6060
Arabic

Casa Michoacan
1638 S. Blue Island
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 491-9317
Spanish

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
5533 S. Sawyer Ave.
Chicago, IL 60629
(773) 349-8835
Spanish

Chinese American Service League
2141 S. Tan Ct.
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 791-0418
Cantonese, Mandarin

Community Wellness Program
St. Anthony Hospital
2826 W. Cermak
Chicago, IL 60623
(773) 523-5079
Spanish

3810 W. 16th St.
Chicago, IL 60623
(773) 522-5299
Spanish

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
228 S Wabash Ave
Chicago, IL 60604
1-855-435-7693 
English, Spanish, Korean, Polish

Senior Wellness Program
(773) 484-4268
Spanish

Instituto del Progreso Latino
2520 S. Western Ave.
Chicago, IL 60608
(773) 890-0055
Spanish

Latino Organization of the Southwest
6507 S. Kedzie Ave.
Chicago, IL 60629
(773) 925-0397
Spanish

Mujeres Latinas en Accion
Main Office
2124 W. 21st Pl.
Chicago, IL 60608
(773) 890-7676
Spanish

Youth Facility
1823 W. 17th St.
Chicago, IL 60608
(312) 738-5351
Spanish

Polish American Association
6276 W. Archer Ave.
Chicago, IL 60638
(773) 767-7773
Polish, Ukranian

United African Organization
4910 S. King Drive
1st Floor
Chicago, IL. 60615
(312) 949-9980
French, Fulani

Chicago-North

Cambodian Association of Illinois
2831 W. Lawrence Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
(773) 878-7090
Cambodian

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
721 N. LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60654
(312) 655-7700
Spanish

Centro Romero
6216 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60660
(773) 508-5300
Spanish

Chinese Mutual Aid Association
1016 W. Argyle Street
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 784-2900
Cantonese, Mandarin, Bosnian,
Burmese, Vietnamese

Hamdard Center for Health and Human Services
1542 W. Devon Ave.
Chicago, IL 60660
(773) 465-4600

Hanul Family Alliance
5008 N. Kedzie Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
(773) 478-8851

Indo-American Center
6328 N. California
Chicago, IL 60659
(773) 973-4444
Hindi

Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries
4753 N. Broadway, Suite 401
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 989-5647
Ukrainian, Arabic, Assyrian

Korean American Community Services
4300 N. California
Chicago, IL 60618
(773) 583-5501
Korean

Logan Square Neighborhood Association
2840 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60618
(773) 384-4370
Spanish

Muslim Women Resource Center
6445 N. Western Ave.
Chicago, IL 60645
(773) 764-1686
Urdu, Arabic, Pashto

Polish American Association
3834 N. Cicero
Chicago, IL
(773) 282-8206
Polish, Ukranian

South-East Asia Center
5120 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 989-6927
Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin 

1124-1134 W. Ainslie St.
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 989-7433
Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin 

1112-1118 W. Foster Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640
Tel: (773) 989-7433
Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin

Suburban Cook and Collar Counties

Arab American Family Services
9044 S. Octavia
Bridgeview, IL 60455
(708) 599-2237
Arabic

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
1400 S. Austin Blvd.
Cicero, IL 60804
(708) 222-1491
Spanish


1717 Rand Rd.
Des Plaines, IL 60016
(847) 376-2100
Spanish

16100 Seton Dr.
South Holland, IL 60473
(708) 333-8379
Spanish

671 S. Lewis
Waukegan, IL 60085
(847) 782-4000

7000 W. 111th St., Suite 101
Worth, IL 60482
(708) 430-0428
Spanish

Centro de Informacion
28 N. Grove Ave., Suite 200
Elgin, IL 60120
(847) 695-9050
Spanish

Community Health Partnership of Illinois 
Aurora Medical Clinic and Dental Clinic
157 S. Lincoln Ave., Suite D (Medical) and Suite C (Dental)
Aurora, IL 60505
(630) 859-0015

Harvard Area Community Health Center
62 N. Ayer St., Suite A & B
Harvard, IL 60033
(815) 943-4339

Family Focus Aurora
550 Second Ave.
Aurora, IL 60505
(630) 844-2550
Spanish

HACES
820 W Greenwood Ave
Waukegan, IL 60087
(847) 244-0300
Spanish

Hamdard Center for Health and Human Services
228 E. Lake St.
Addison, IL 60101
(630) 835-1430

Hanul Family Alliance
2900 N. Main St, 1st FL
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
(847) 393-7488
Korean

1166 S. Elmhurst Rd.
Mt. Prospect, IL 60056
(847) 439-5195
Korean

Mano a Mano Family Resource Center
6 E. Main St.
Round Lake Park, IL 60073
English: (847) 201-1521
Spanish: (847) 201-1522

Mujeres Latinas en Accion
7222 W. Cermak Rd., Suite 509
North Riverside, IL 60546
(708) 442-1299
Spanish

Township High School- District 214
2121 S. Goebbert Rd.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
(847) 718-7600
Polish, Hindi, Spanish

Omni Youth Service
Administrative Office
1111 W. Lake Cook Rd
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
(847) 353-1500
Spanish

Wheeling Community Resource Center
210 N Wolf Road, Wheeling, IL 60090
(847) 353-1726
Spanish

Wheeling Township Office
1616 N. Arlington Hts Rd
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
(847) 259-7730
Spanish

World Relief
World Relief Aurora
73 S. LaSalle St.
Aurora, IL 60505
General: (630) 906-9546
Immigration: (630) 264-3171
Arabic, Burmese, Nepali

World Relief DuPage
191 S. Gary Ave. Suite 130
Carol Stream, IL 60188
General: (630) 462-7566
Immigration: (630) 462-7660
Arabic, Burmese, Nepali

Central Illinois and Southern Illinois

Community Health Partnership of Illinois
Kankakee Medical-Dental Clinic
202 N. Schuyler Ave., Suite 206
Kankakee, IL 60901
(815) 932-6045
Spanish

Mendota Medical-Dental Clinic
1009 Main St.
Mendota, IL 61342
(815) 539-6124
Spanish

Unity Point Clinic - Princeville
223 E. Main St.
Princeville, IL 61559
(309) 363-5089
Spanish

East Central Illinois Refugee Mutual Assistance Center
201 West Kenyon Road, Suite 4D
Champaign, IL United States 61820
(217) 344-8455
Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese,
Lao, Cambodian, French, Somali

La Voz Latina/YWCA
4990 E. State St.
Rockford, IL 61108
(815) 968-9681
Spanish

Puentes de Esperanza
8 Executive Dr., Ste. 200
Fairview Heights, IL 62208
(618) 688-4727 or (618)-398-0557
Spanish

World Relief- Moline
1852 16th St
Moline, IL 61265
(309) 764-2279
Spanish, Russian, Filani, Turkish, Uzbek, Arabic,
Caroundi, French, Swahili, Burmese, Fulani

Youth Service Bureau of Illinois Valley
424 W Madison St
Ottawa, IL 61350
(815) 433-3953
Spanish

YWCA of Sauk Valley
412 First Ave., Suite 100
Sterling, IL 61081
(815) 625-0333
Spanish

Last full review by a subject matter expert
May 22, 2020
Last revised by staff
June 14, 2022

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