Mental Health Resources
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Below are some helpful resources and contact information. Having positive relationships and feeling good about oneself are very important aspects of overall well-being for both students AND parents.
Please remember that I am happy to help in anyway and am available to meet with students during the school day, as schedules allow. My discussions with both parents and students are kept strictly confidential unless otherwise discussed.
Alcohol & Drug Rehab Centers - Drug Rehab USA: a search engine that helps you filter by location, insurance, and services offered.
Suicide Hotline: 988
Call / Text / Chat
The 988 Lifeline provides 24/7 free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you and your loved ones.
Contact of Northern Illinois regular crisis line operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: 815-232-7558
Trevor Project Hotline: providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ young people ages 13-24.Call: 866-488-7386
REHABSPOT - An informational website that shares information about drugs, alcohol, addiction, and treatment.
The Recovery Village - information and treatment centers about drug and alcohol addition.
Kidshealth.org - from the health experts at Nemours. Specialized Website focusing on kids, parents, and teens. Topics include food & fitness, body, mind, drugs & alcohol, relationships, diseases & conditions, staying safe, and much more!
Sexual Abuse Response and Prevention Guide - a document provided by ISBE that contains information about preventing sexual abuse and grooming as well as providing a list of resources for victims and their families.
Helpguide.org - expert, ad free resource helping you solve health challenges. Topics include, but are not limited to, abuse, addiction, ADD, Learning Disabilities, depression, eating disorders, grief & loss, suicide prevention, and family relationships.
ItGetsBetter.org: Communicating to LGBT youth around the world that it gets better and to create and inspire the changes needed to make it better for them.
Bullying Information: Visit Website StopBullying
Helpful in defining bullying and cyberbullying, how to respond to bullying, and the roles parents can play.
Local Resources (this list is not inclusive of all agencies and is provided only as a courtesy. Users should understand that no assurances or guarantees regarding the providers on the list are being made by providing contact information):
Moeller, Myers, and Associates PC
3917 East Lincolnway, Suite C
Sterling, IL
(815) 625-8760
Seasoned group of clinical professional counselors and social workers with decades of experience in helping individuals, couples, and families successfully manage their overall well-being through life's challenges and difficult transitions.
New Horizons Counseling Center
34 Whistler Avenue, Freeport, IL 61032
Phone: 815-235-6171
Provides professional counseling services to help individuals, couples, and families improve their emotional, social, and spiritual lives. Parent education, divorce mediation, educational seminars, crisis intervention, and mental health presentations are also available.
Substance use and mental health treatment center. Phone: 866-330-8729
106 E. Market Street, Mt. Carroll, IL 61053
Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-888-707-8153 Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-815-777-3680
Riverview Center is a nonprofit agency committed to providing compassionate, client-centered care for individuals affected by sexual assault in Iowa, and for individuals affected by sexual and domestic violence in Illinois. Our free services include a 24-hour crisis hotline, legal and medical advocacy, long and short-term counseling, transition assistance for domestic violence survivors, and violence prevention education programs.
Offices located in Dixon, Sterling, Oregon, Rochelle, & Mt. Carroll
Mt Carroll Office: 1122 Healthcare Drive, Mt. Carroll, IL 61053
Phone: 815-244-1376
24-hour toll-free and crisis number: 1-800-242-7642
Sinnissippi is a behavioral healthcare agency serving residents of Carroll, Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside Counties since 1966. A full range of adult and child/adolescent behavioral/mental health services are available.
565 N. Turner, Freeport, IL 61032
Phone: 815-232-5121
Provides confidential, comprehensive alcohol and other drug treatment and counseling services to adolescents, adults and their families, empowering them to achieve productive and healthy lives.
VOICES
1401 Crestwood Drive, Freeport, IL 61032
Phone: 815-235-1641
24 hour crisis helpline for domestic violence victims (1-877-994-7233). Voices provides domestic violence counseling for adult victims, support groups, medical and court advocacy, emergency shelter, transitional housing, and Kid's Court that provides education of the court system for children that may be required to testify in court.
Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)
Hotline: 1-800-252-2873
Abuse and neglect services, legal guardianship, intact families (information and referral), homemakers, daycare (protective situations), child welfare referrals, etc.
Carroll County Health Department
Phone: 815-244-8855
Women-Infant-Children, immunizations, referrals, community health, etc.