Community Resources

Individuals who have been diagnosed and are living with bipolar disease and their adult family members are welcome. Please call to register. Meets at Silver Cross Hospital.

Pregnancy testing, confidential help, adoption information. Helpline (Toll Free): 800-550-4900.

The BSA provides a program for young people that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of citizenship, and develops personal fitness. Rainbow Council serves scouts in Will, Grundy and Kankakee counties.

Braceville School District #75 Homepage.

Braidwood Baseball Softball Association. Email: bbsa2014@yahoo.com.

Working with our neighbors to ensure a promising tomorrow by preventing youth substance use and providing opportunities that promote healthy life choices today.

Braidwood local newspaper.

Official Braidwood, IL homepage.

Use to find information on local park district.

Prevention, intervention, and educational services that foster non-violence in the lives of children and adults.

Cancer support for those experiencing the changes caused by cancer meets on the 3rd Monday of each month from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Morris Business and Technology Center.

Job listings from thousands of sites.

For jobseekers and businesses.

Provides outpatient counseling to the communities of DuPage, Will, Grundy, Kendall, Kankakee, Ford, and Iroquois counties. Offices are located in Lombard, Joliet, Morris, and Bourbonnais. Individual, group, family, and couples therapy are provided, in addition to specialized services such as anger management groups and preventative education programs.

This course is an 8-session program of personal change intended for individuals whose lives are habituated and sustained in some form of poverty. Out of Poverty affirms that change is possible. Following a step-by-step process within a group context, this program creates and fosters an environment in which change can and does occur. The program also includes an employment component.

Parenting classes are provided to increase knowledge of development and increase skills to discipline, communicate, reduce stress, improve self-care and more. Fee: $30 per session (6 sessions for a total of $180).

CGTI is an award-winning program that offers opportunities for teens around the state, empowering them with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to lead an alcohol, tobacco, and other drug-free life and helping teens develop and strengthen leaderships skills, educate them to lead peers to reduce the frequency of substance use and other addictive behaviors, teach to advocate for positive change within their schools, communities, and local government, and encourage healthy decision making skills.

Chestnut offers a full range of addiction treatment services for adolescents and adults at several Illinois facilities.