Support Groups
Campus
Community
- Caregivers Support Group
Family Service Agency
14 Health Services Dr.
Sycamore, IL 60178
(815) 758-8636 or Senior Center (815) 758-6550
Services: Support group for care givers of terminally or chronically ill
Eligibility: Anyone
Cost: None
- Elder Abuse - Illinois Department on Aging
(800) 252-8966 or (815) 758-6550
Services: Assistance for cases of financial exploitation, physical or emotional abuse, neglect.
- Alcoholics Anonymous
(800) 452-7990
- Ben Gordon Center
(815) 756-4875
1-866-BGC-0111 (BGC Response)
- Caregivers Support Group
3131 Sycamore Rd.
(815) 758-8636
(815) 758-6550
Services: Support group for care givers of chronically or terminally ill; meets at senior Center in DeKalb
Eligibility: Open
- Compassionate Friends
DeKalb: Mary Wehmeger
(815) 756-1521 ext. 3467
Aurora: (708) 898-5836
Rochelle: (815) 562-2597
Services: A self-help support for people bereaved parents
Cost: Nominal
- DeKalb County Abuse Program - Safe Passage
P.O. Box 621
DeKalb, IL 60115
(815) 756-5228 DeKalb Hotline
(815) 786-6333 Sandwich Hotline
(815) 756-5054 Abuser's Hotline
Services: Program designed to help men end violent, abusive behavior and build better nonviolent relationships; shelter, 24hr crisis intervention
Cost: Sliding fee scale
- Alzheimer's Support Group
3131 Sycamore Rd.
DeKalb, IL 60115
(815) 758-8616 / (815) 758-6550
Support for caregivers
- DeKalb County Hospice
2727 Sycamore Rd.
DeKalb, IL 60115
(815) 756-3000
Services: Support groups for bereaved adults and children
- Parents Anonymous
Marilyn Loy
756-8632
Rockford
(815) 962-1043
(815) 636-5000
Services: Self -help support group open to parents needing support in challenges of child rearing
- Safe Passage
P.O. Box 621
DeKalb, Il 60115
(815) 756-5228 DeKalb Hotline
(815) 786-6333 Sandwich Hotline
(815) 756-5054 Abuser's Hotline
- Kishwaukee Hospital
1 Kish Hospital Dr.
DeKalb, IL 60115
(815) 756-1521
Surrounding Communities
- Grandparents and Parents Again
Penny Stevens
Chana, IL
(815) 732-3224
Jeanne Hayes
Kings, IL 62088
(815) 393-4144
Services: Support groups for grandparents who are the primary care-givers of the grandchildren; meetings held in Oregon at Yellow Bird Senior Center