In Park Ridge, a variety of social service agencies, such as the Center of Concern, provide help to people who may be disabled, seriously ill, experiencing financial hardship or needing services to get back to stability.
But in Niles, Morton Grove, Maine Township, Des Plaines and elsewhere, government provides some funding for those functions, according to the Park Ridge Herald-Advocate.
In Niles, for example, Niles Family Services is a department of village government and receives funding from the village. Headed by Seth Knobel, its full- and part-time counselors offer counseling, maintain a food pantry and assist people who have emergency needs. Its services are limited to village residents.
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Niles Police Department reports often indicate that officers referred people involved in a domestic dispute or other social-related problem to Niles Family Services.
In Morton Grove, the village's Department of Family and Senior Services provides senior services, as well as working with government/community groups like the Morton Grove Commission on Aging.
Park Ridge continues to wrestle with how best to offer services, the Herald-Advocate said.
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Harry Gio
11:32 am on Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Villages should STEAL LESS and help struggling families INSTEAD OF RAISING TAXES ON HOMES THAT ARE WORTH 30% OF WHAT THEY USE TO BE... Values drop, taxes go up, jobs are scarce; SOMETHING STINKS . . . Welcome to Chicago - WHERE YOU HAVE TO PAY IN ORDER TO PAY. This is exactly what happened to Detroit (Greedy politicians that boosted taxes through the roof, and now it's nothing but a GHETTO.).
Harry Gio
11:35 am on Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The federal and state prison system is filling up... The war on drugs was NOT won by any means, banks STOPPED lending, real estate values took a dive like a LEAD balloon, and the rest is history, Baby !