Community Collaborators

Bridge Communities is proud to partner with dozens of for-profit businesses and non-profit organizations to create a system that encourages self-sufficiency, long-term change, and compassionate care.

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Thank you to our Community Collaborators:

Access DuPage (opens in a new window) provides access to primary healthcare to clients that lack health insurance.

Agor Behavioral Health Services, Inc. (opens in a new window) provides counseling, psychological testing, psychiatry, and medication monitoring for our families.

Assistance League Chicagoland West (opens in a new window) provides essential kitchen equipment through Operation New Start.

BR Ryall YMCA (opens in a new window), Elmhurst YMCA (opens in a new window), Fry Family YMCA (opens in a new window) and Indian Boundary YMCA (opens in a new window) provide summer day camp scholarships and enrichment activities for Bridge families.

Career Vision (opens in a new window) provides skill aptitude assessments and testing to help clients understand their needs and abilities.

College of DuPage (opens in a new window) offers resources, education, and scholarships to Bridge families.

Community Housing Advocacy and Development (CHAD) (opens in a new window) provides long-term, affordable housing for some clients when they leave the Bridge Program.

Covenant Harbor Camp (opens in a new window) in Lake Geneva, WI provides scholarships so Bridge kids can have meaningful, enriching summer experiences.

Day One PACT (Child and Family Connections) (opens in a new window) provides early intervention services to families with children birth to 3.

Delta Dental of Illinois (opens in a new window), Northwestern Medicine (opens in a new window) and Edward-Elmhurst Health (opens in a new window) provide a wide range of volunteer assistance for Bridge's job seekers: employment workshop facilitators, job referrals, mock interviewers and more.

Dental Care of Glen Ellyn (opens in a new window) provides a discount for dental services.

Downers Grove Junior Woman’s Club (opens in a new window) supports Bridge through volunteerism and philanthropy.

Duly Health & Care (opens in a new window) provides a range of support, including job referrals, mock interviews, assisting with employment workshops, volunteerism, and philanthropy.

DuPage Children’s Museum (opens in a new window) provides tools and training to help us facilitate hands-on STEAM learning experiences for our school-aged children with easy-to-implement lessons and reduced rate membership for our families.

DuPage Community Clinic (opens in a new window) fulfills pre-entry drug screens for Bridge applicants.

DuPage County Continuum of Care (opens in a new window) consists of 50+ member organizations working together to create visionary solutions to promote self-sufficiency, maintain a seamless network of community resources and build capacity through the responsible allocation of funds with the overall goal to end homelessness in DuPage County.

Early Connections at Naperville District 203 (opens in a new window) provides home visits to eligible pregnant or parenting families with infants and toddlers.

First Eagle Bank (opens in a new window) helps Bridge clients repair their credit with credit builder loans and other banking services.

Gerald Subaru (opens in a new window) fixes Naperville clients’ cars at a discount.

Glen Ellyn Bible Church Care Center (opens in a new window) provides meals, food, and diapers for people in the surrounding area.

Glen Ellyn Food Pantry (opens in a new window) provides food to some of our families.

Glen Ellyn Infant Welfare Society (opens in a new window) supports Bridge through volunteerism and philanthropy.

Glen Ellyn Youth & Family Services (opens in a new window) provides counseling services to our families.

Good Therapy (opens in a new window) provides counseling for Bridge families.

Habitat for Humanity (opens in a new window) provides affordable housing solutions for Bridge graduates transitioning out of our program.

Hamdard Center (opens in a new window), ICNA (opens in a new window) and WINGS (opens in a new window) provide referrals.

Hinsdale Junior Woman's Club (opens in a new window) supports Bridge through volunteerism and philanthropy.

Hire Solution Staffing Agency (opens in a new window), Anthology Senior Living (opens in a new window) and JC Licht (opens in a new window) provide job leads for Bridge clientele.

HOME DuPage (opens in a new window) provides credit counseling and homeownership preparation. Some clients have purchased homes through its discounted loan program.

Humanitarian Service Project (opens in a new window)provides birthday boxes for our clients’ children. They also provide food and fresh produce for large families during the summer because they are not receiving free lunch programs.

J&C Auto (opens in a new window) in Downers Grove assists Bridge clients with car repairs.

LensCrafters (opens in a new window) provides free check-ups and glasses.

Literacy DuPage (opens in a new window) provides customized English tutoring and evaluation.

Loaves and Fishes (opens in a new window) food pantry serves many of our Naperville families.

Meier Clinics (opens in a new window) partners with Bridge to present Healthy Relationships classes.

Midwestern University (opens in a new window) provides free dental (opens in a new window) and vision (opens in a new window) care to our client families.

Mortgages4aCause powered by Tracy Leddy (opens in a new window) donates proceeds from purchase/refinance mortgages to Bridge Communities.

Naper Grove Vision Care (opens in a new window) provides free eye exams and glasses to all clients referred by case managers.

Naperville Junior Woman's Club (opens in a new window) supports Bridge through volunteerism and fundraising.

Naperville Newcomers and Neighbors Club (opens in a new window) bolsters Bridge Communities through volunteering with families and at events and raises funds to support our programs.

Northwestern Medicine (opens in a new window) offers free car seat safety check events and classes.

Parents As Teachers (opens in a new window) provides home-based parenting programs available through Addison and Naperville school districts.

Pauly D Foundation (opens in a new window) advocates for water safety and drowning prevention by providing funding for swim lessons for our families.

PEO (opens in a new window) (Hinsdale and Naperville chapters) have awarded scholarships to some Bridge moms who have gone back to school.

People's Resource Center (opens in a new window) provides a food pantry, computer training and other resources.

Perma-Seal (opens in a new window) provides job referrals, in-kind donations, volunteerism, and philanthropy.

Prairie State Legal Services (opens in a new window) offers free legal services to client families who have serious civil legal problems.

Repeat Boutique (opens in a new window) lets our moms shop for free three times a year for clothes and household goods.

Samaracare (opens in a new window) offers Spirit led, compassionate care through counseling, education, and consulting.

Sharing Connections (opens in a new window) provides furniture and household items.

St. Matthew Church (opens in a new window) in Glendale Heights hosts space and provides childcare during Bridge's employment workshops.

Strong Families at YWCA (opens in a new window) provides home visiting services (Parents as Teachers) and parenting classes using the Active Parenting Curriculum.

Sweet Charity Resale Shop (opens in a new window) provides vouchers for clients to receive free clothes.

Ulta Beauty (opens in a new window) provides tutoring, job referrals, mock interviews, career exploration support, in-kind donations, and volunteerism.

Village Garage and Tire (opens in a new window) accepts, inspects, repairs, and stores donated automobiles for the Bridge Communities’ Auto Donation Program.

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