Transitions of Western Illinois

Behavioral health services are provided to individuals with a variety of needs ranging from individuals with mild impairments in need of outpatient office based services to people in need of 24 hour supervised residential supports. Services include mobile crisis response, psychotherapy, community support, employment, 24 hour supervised residential, and substance abuse treatment. Specialized services exist for youth involved with the justice system, children in foster care at risk of placement disruption, mental health court participants, people experiencing their first episode of psychotic illness, and homeless young adults. In fy23, 1,950 individuals were served through this program.

Dd day and production services support individuals with disabilities by providing developmental training and employment services. The new horizons program provides life skills training for individuals who may need continuous care to those whose disabilities are in the mild to moderate range. The program teaches trainees skills that can help them be as independent and self sufficient as possible and includes opportunities for inclusion in community activities. Trainees also have the option to do work for area businesses and by doing this real work earn a paycheck and learn skills that may lead to community employment.

Residential services for adults with intellectual disablilites provide the needed support so individuals can live safely and affordably in the community. Residential services may be intermittent or 24 hour in nature depending on the individual's need. They improve the quality of life for those served by enabling them to live in a home-life setting rather than in an institution. Transitions operates 5 group homes that provide 24 hour care, two apartment complexes, and also in-home services to individuals residing on their own. In fy23, Transitions served 127 people through 24 hour and intermittent residential care supports.

Early childhood and educational programs include Transitions parents as teachers program and Transitions school. The parents as teachers program provides home visiting services for parents of children prenatally through age three. The aim of the program is to help assure children are on track developmentally and are prepared for success once they start school. The program served 86 children in fy23. Transitions school provides special education services to youth who have a severe to profound intellectual/developmental disability and who are between the ages of three and 21 years. Many of our students also have physical disabilities and/or complex medical problems. The school provides an educational curriculum that is interactive, engaging, and helps students reach their educational and developmental potential. Transitions school served 17 children in fy23.