This page contains links to immediate resources. For more go to fppl.org/communityresources or ask for help at the Library’s Info Desk.
Food Assistance
Comfort Cabinet (located at the Forest Park Public Library)
Community Fridge (located at Howard Mohr Community Center)
Shelter/Housing
Warming Shelters (2024/2025)
St. Catherine of Siena – St. Lucy
38 North Austin Blvd. in Oak Park
7 pm to 6:30 am, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Emergency Warming Shelters will operate when temperatures drop below 20 degrees.
Coat Drives
Casa Hernandez Community Space– FREE STORE
3519 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Open: Monday 5-7, Wednesday 5-7, Saturday 11-2
Social Threads
10 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Mobile Outreach Trucks
ShowerUp (Thursdays from 5-8 at the Forest Park Blue Line Station)
The Night Ministry (Thursday nights at the Forest Park Blue Line Station)
Live4Lali (Wednesdays from 12-3 pm at Oak Park Green Line Stop & Fridays from 1-3 at 17th Ave and Madison St in Maywood, IL)
Loyola Street Medicine (Thursdays from 8 pm-12 am at the Forest Park Blue Line Station)
Mental Health
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