Increasing access to quality affordable medical, dental, and mental healthcare
We are currently working on the following initiatives and programs.
Your gift toward Community Impact or Health Impact areas supports the following programs. If you would like to find out more about how to give to, or advocate or volunteer for any of the following programs and intiatives, please contact us. Also view our Education Impact Programs and Income Impact Programs.
Community Crisis Center
P.O. Box 1390, Elgin • (847) 697-2380• www.crisiscenter.org
Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault
The program provides immediate safety, support, and empowerment to individuals and families dealing with the trauma of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other life crises. The program offers emergency shelter for domestic violence victims and their children, a 24-hour crisis hotline (847-697-2380; TDD 847-742-4057), individual and group counseling, support groups, information and referral, and court and hospital advocacy.
Ecker Center for Mental Health
1845 Grandstand Place, Elgin • (847) 695-0484 • www.eckercenter.org
Therapy Services
The program offers an array of outpatient mental health services to adults with mental illness and their families. Services range from early intervention to recovery and include crisis, psychiatric, case management, rehabilitation, residential, and psychotherapy assistance.
Family Service Association of Greater Elgin Area
22 S. Spring Street, Elgin • (847) 695-3680 • www.fsaelgin.org
Therapy Services
The Therapy Services Program is focused on providing youth, adults, and their families with counseling and resources to address mental health needs. The program provides information, education, community resources, and affordable mental health services to help maximize an individual’s functioning. Services offer the opportunity to develop healthy coping strategies, improve interpersonal communication skills, partnering skills, and knowledge of mental health issues allowing one to lead a healthy and productive life.
Greater Elgin Family Care Center
450 Dundee Avenue, Elgin • (847) 608-1344 • www.gefcc.org
Seneca Health Center
Seneca Health Center is Elgin’s premier access point for primary care for uninsured, publicly insured and underinsured children and expectant mothers. The center offers the following services: Pediatric Care, Prenatal Care, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Sick Care, School Physicals, Sports Physicals, Immunizations, WIC, Case Management, LabCorp, All Kids Enrollment, Free Pregnancy Testing, Child Psychiatry and Behavioral Health/ADD/ADHD.
Summit Health Center
The Center provides a full array of quality primary healthcare services for all persons, including those who are publicly insured and uninsured. Referrals to specialists and hospitals for x-rays, laboratory and advanced diagnostics are available. Assistance with pharmaceuticals and prescriptions are offered; medication is supplied as available. Other services offered include work physicals and flu shots. An STD clinic is on site. The STD clinic is open Thursdays at 1:30 pm. Spanish is spoken.
Salvation Army Golden Diners
1031 E. State Street, Geneva • (630) 232-6676 • www.usc.salvationarmy.org
Senior Nutrition - Home Delivered Meals
Golden Diner Centers serve nutritious home-style meals that are served weekdays to individuals age 60 and over and their spouses, regardless of age. Dining centers give older adults an opportunity to meet new people, enjoy conversation, play games and just have fun. Everyone can be as active or reserved as they want to be. Volunteers deliver hot, nutritious meals to older adults who are homebound and unable to take part in the Center programs.
Well Child Center
620 Wing Street, Elgin • (847) 741-7370 www.wellchildcenter.org
Pediatric Dental Clinic
The Pediatric Dental Clinic provides comprehensive dental services for children from birth through age seventeen. These services include both preventive care such as, exams, cleaning, fluoride treatments, sealants, and x-rays and restorative procedures such as fillings, root canals, extractions, and crowns. Children and their parents receive education regarding dental care and the importance of oral health.
Special Health Initiatives
FamilyWize Prescription Drug Discount Card
United Way of Elgin has joined with 550 United Ways in all 50 states in lowering the cost of prescription medications for people who need help with their prescription costs. The free FamilyWize prescription drug discount card decreases the cost of medicine by an average of 25% or more per prescription. With this program, individuals without health insurance, or who have to buy medications not covered by insurance, Medicare or other programs can now afford their medicine. 95% of all pharmacies nationwide have agreed to accept the FamilyWize cards. There are no age restrictions, no income restrictions, no limit on how many times you can use the cards and you do not have to sign up to take advantage of the program. United Way of Elgin is providing these cards to our community free-of-charge to everyone who needs one.
Kane County, Making Kane ‘Fit for Kids’
United Way is a partner in a consortium of Kane County-based public and private funding agencies that have joined forces to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity in our community. By combining forces, the consortium believes it can most effectively raise and disperse funds to support the comprehensive, coordinated, community-based health promotion initiative needed to make Kane County ‘Fit for Kids’.
The ‘Fit for Kids’ strategic approach includes: Providing up-to-date information regarding healthy physical activity and eating habits; supporting a culture of wellness in workplaces, schools and other institutions; developing land use, planning and other public policies that foster and support physical activity for all in the community; and assuring fresh fruits and vegetables are affordable and accessible to all families.
