Human Services Directory

Hotlines & Toll Free Numbers

Abused, Missing, Run-Away or Exploited Children (Click here for program information)
Alcoholism (Click here for program information)
CDC (Center for Disease Control) (Click here for program information)
Domestic Violence (Click here for program information)
Gambling Addiction (Click here for program information)
Homeless Hotlines (Click here for program information)
Informational Hotlines (Click here for program information)
Legal Aid (Click here for program information)
Rape, Sexual Abuse, Incest (Click here for program information)
Substance Abuse (Click here for program information)
Suicide Prevention and General Crisis Lines (Click here for program information)
Teen Hotlines (Click here for program information)
Women’s Emergency Services (Click here for program information)










Abused, Missing, Run-Away or Exploited Children (Click here to return to the top of this page)

• Child Help USA (victims, offenders and parents): 1.800.422.4453
• Child Find Hotline (parents reporting missing children): 1.800.426.5678
• Covenant House Hotline (for problem teens and runaways): 1.800.999.9999
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: 1.800.843.5678
• National Runaway Hotline: 1.800.621.4000
• Operation Lookout, National Center for Missing Youth: 1.800.782.7335
• National Youth Crisis Hotline (reporting child abuse and help for runaways) referrals up to 17 yrs. old: 1.800.448.4663
• DCFS Child Abuse Hotline: 1.800.252.2873

Alcoholism (Click here to return to the top of this page)

• Alcoholics Anonymous Serving Arlington Heights, Palatine & Rolling Meadows 847.359.3311
• Al-Anon Groups (families) 847.358.0338
• Al-Anon/Alateen NW Suburban Info 847.358.0338
• Alexian Bros. Med. Ctr. Addiction Treatment 1.800.432.5005
• Alexian Bros. Adolescent Chemical Abuse: 1-800.432.5005
• Human Resources Development Center: 847.776.8273

CDC (Center for Disease Control) (Click here to return to the top of this page)

• CDC: 1.800.311.3435
• AIDS Hotline: 1.800.342.2437
• AIDS Hotline (Spanish): 1.800.344.7432
• Cancer Prevention: 1.888.842.6355
• Environmental Health: 1.888.232.6789
• Immunization Hotline: 1.800.232.2522
• Immunization Hotline (Spanish): 1.800.232.0233
• Public Health Training: 1.800.418.7246
• Smoking and Tobacco Control: 1.800.232.1311
• Traveler’s Health: 1.877.394.8747
• Workplace Safety and Health: 1.800.356.4674
• Youth Violence: 1.866.723.3968

Domestic Violence (Click here to return to the top of this page)

• National Resource on Domestic Violence: 1.800.537.2238
• Illinois State Hotline: (Friends of Battered Women and their Children): 1.800.603.4357
• National Hotline: 1.800.799.7233
• Elder Abuse Hotline (8:30 am – 5 pm): 1.800.279.0400
• Evanston Shelter for Battered Women and their Children: 847.864.8780
• Chicago Abused Women Coalition: 773.278.4110

Gambling Addiction (Click here to return to the top of this page)

• Gamblers Anonymous: 1.866.442.8620
• National Council on Problem Gambling: 1.800.522.4700

Homeless Hotlines (Click here to return to the top of this page)

• Homelessness 24-hour hotline 311 hotline: 1.800.654.8595
• Housing Crisis Hotline/Illinois English & Spanish: 847.866.7027
• Hunger Hotline (9 a.m. to 1 p.m. M-F): 1.800.359.2163

Informational Hotlines (Click here to return to the top of this page)

• Planned Parenthood/Chicago: 312.592.6850
• Warm Line/Parenting Resource Network: 847.675.3555
• Senior Hotline for information and referral: 1.800.252.8966

Legal Aid (Click here to return to the top of this page)

• N.W. Suburban Bar Association Attorney Referral Service: 847.259.7908
• Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation (Low Income Families & Seniors): 847.475.3703

Rape, Sexual Abuse, Incest (Click here to return to the top of this page)

• Rape, Abuse, Incest National Hotline: 1.800.656.4673
• National Sexually Transmitted Disease Hotline: 1.800.227.8922
• AIDS/HIV/STD Hotline: 1.800.243.2437
• Rape Crisis Line: 1.888.293.2080

Substance Abuse (Click here to return to the top of this page)

• Alcohol and Drug Abuse Helpline and Treatment: 1.800.234.0420
• Narcotics Anonymous (referral and information): 1.800.974.0062
• Alcohol Treatment Referral Hotline: 1.800.252.6465
• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Referral Service: 1.800.662.4357
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence: 1.800.622.2255
• Al-Anon/Alateen Family Group Headquarters: 1.800.344.2666
• NAPARE Alcohol, Drug, and Pregnancy Hotline: 1.473.473.7373
• Children of Alcoholics Foundation (crisis and information referral services): 1.800.359.2623
• American Council on Alcoholism Helpline (treatment and referral information): 1.800.527.5344
• Drug Abuse Information and Treatment Referral Line (referral and information services): 1.800.821.4357
• Habitat: 1.800.872.2525

Suicide Prevention and General Crisis Lines (Click here to return to the top of this page)

• Poison Hotline: 1.800.942.5969
• Elgin Community Crisis Center: 847.697.2380
• Evanston Hospital Crisis Intervention: 847.570.2500 x 2340
• Connection-Crisis Info/Ref. & Suicide (24 hr) 847.377.8088

Teen Hotlines (Click here to return to the top of this page)

• National Association of Anorexia Nervousa and Associated Disorders (ANAD): 847.831.3438

Women’s Emergency Services (Click here to return to the top of this page)

• Greenhouse (Chicago Abused Women Coalition): 773.278.4566
• Aid for Women (Pregnancy only)(24 hrs): 312.621.1100 or 312.621.1101
• A Safe Place (Woman Abuse only): 847.249.4450 7