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Telecare Providers
Phone Reassurance Providers and Funding Sources
State Of Illinois
The following is a list of Illinois private organizations or state agencies that provide grants and funding for community programs. Also, we have listed automated and volunteer based programs that we found in the state of Illinois.
DSC provides a Telephone Reassurance phone system that automatically calls elderly households checking to ensure they are OK. DSC also provides individual calling services for home alone children. To obtain information about this program and age limits of children for your state, visit the Illinois latchkey kids age restrictions.
There are many communities that provide telephone reassurance programs (both volunteer based or automatic calling programs). These communities also refer to their programs as "Are You OK?"® and RUOK.*
Contact DSC to learn more about our automated phone systems. DSC welcomes the opportunity to discuss our telephone reassurance program and services. Also, if you are a Illinois based community and/or organization that provides a Telephone Reassurance program and would like to be listed here, please feel free to contact us.
Illinois Automated Phone Reassurance Providers
The following organizations provide Telecare programs for the elderly within their Illinois communities. These programs are both automated or volunteer based community services.
- DuPage County Sheriff’s Department - DuPage County, Illinois
- Hickory Hills Police Department - City of Hickory Hills, Illinois
- Highland Police Department - Highland, Illinois
- Hillside Police Department - Hillside, Illinois
- Lake County Sheriff's Office - Lake County, Illinois
- Village of Morton Grove Police - Morton Grove, Illinois
- St. Clair County Sheriff's Office - St. Clair, Illinois
- Oak Park Police Department - Oak Park, Illinois
- Rock Island County Sheriff's Office - Rock Island, Illinois
- Taylorville Police Department - Taylorville, Illinois
- Troy Police Department - Troy, Illinois
- Village of Forest Park - Village of Forest Park, Illinois
- Winnebago County Sheriff's Department - Rockford, Illinois
Illinois Volunteer Telecare Providers
- Clarendon Hills Police Department - Clarendon Hills, Illinois (630) 323-2153
- Hinsdale Police Department - Hinsdale, Illinois (630) 789-7070
- Breese Police Department - Breese, Illinois (618) 526-7226
- Elmhurst Seniors and Law EnforcementTogether - Elmhurst, Illinois (630) 530-3050
- Lombard YMCA - Lombard, Illinois (630) 629-9622
- Naperville Police Department (R911) - Naperville, Illinois (630) 420-6725
- Elmhurst Memorial Hospital - Elmhurst, Illinois (630) 941-4545
- Village of Downers Grove - Downers Grove, Illinois (630) 434-5595
- Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council - Steeleville, Illinois (618) 965-9523
- Community Companion Volunteer Program - Arlington Heights, Illinois (847) 368-7450
- Faith in Action of Kane and Kendall Counties - Batavia, Illinois (630) 482-9699 ext. 222
- Faith in Action of Bloomington/Normal - Bloomington, Illinois (309) 827-7780
- Christian Churches Caring - Chicago, Illinois (312) 744-9022
- Heart to Heart Faith in Action - Chicago, Illinois (773) 973-5464
- Collinsville Faith In Action - Collinsville, Illinois (618) 344-8080
- Faith In Action of McHenry County - Crystal Lake, Illinois (815) 455-3813
- Danville Faith in Action - Danville, Illinois (217) 431-8489
- Faith in Action of Macon County - Decatur, Illinois (217) 428-0013
- Faith in Action to Serve and Transform - East Saint Louis, Illinois (618) 271-7000
- Faith in Action Edwardsville/Glen Carbon - Edwardsville, Illinois (618) 692-0480
- Neighbor to Neighbor - Elgin, Illinois (847) 741-0404
- Faith in Action Evanston - Evanston, Illinois (847) 902-7073
- Faith in Action Voluntarios de Fox Valley Hospice - Geneva, Ill (630) 232-2233
- Tri-Cities Area Faith in Action - Granite City, Illinois (618) 877-9020
- Southeast Lake County Faith in Action Volunteers - Highland Park, Ill (847) 433-9411
- Interfaith Community Partners - LaGrange Park, Illinois (708) 482-6597
- Faith in Action of Piatt County - Monticello, Illinois (217) 762-7575
- Midwest Palliative and Hospice Care Center - Olympia Fields, Illinois (708) 283-8150
- Faith in Action of the Quad Counties - Pana, Illinois (217) 562-6236
- Faith in Action of Edgar County - Paris, Illinois (217) 466-6388
- Faith in Action Interfaith Caregivers Network - Peoria, Illinois (309) 674-2071
- OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Parish Nurse - Peoria, Illinois (309) 655-6416
- Faith in Action of Gateway Services - Princeton, Illinois (815) 875-4548
- PeopleCare, Inc. - Riverside, Illinois (708) 442-1223
- Compeer of Northern Illinois - Rockford, Illinois (815) 968-9300
- Caregiver Interfaith Volunteer Services - Springfield, Illinois (217) 757-6621
- Faith in Action of Champaign-Urbana - Urbana, Illinois (217) 337-4700
- Faith In Action South - Westville, Illinois (217) 267-2752
State Of Illinois Potential Funding Resources
The following private and public groups are potential providers of funding for phone reassurance programs in Illinois communities.
To obtain current information about specific Illinois agencies and foundations that provide funding for phone reassurance commonly referred to by many community organizations as RUOK programs or Telephone Reassurance programs, please contact the respective grant provider listed below..
Note: DSC obtained the following names of foundations from public records. There is no assurance that these foundations provide funding for your specific telephone reassurance program or community notification system.
This information is provided to help you research funding for your project using community grants.
Grace Foundation
Community Foundation of Northern Illinois
The Otho S. A. Sprague Memorial Institute
Comer Charitable Fund
J. Roderick MacArthur Foundation
Alphawood Foundation
Comer Science & Education Foundation
Davee Foundation
Caterpillar Foundation
Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Foundation
Pritzker Foundation
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Family Foundation
The Retirement Research Foundation
The Regenstein Foundation
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
Blum-Kovler Foundation
Motorola Foundation
Helen M. Galvin Charitable Trust
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Rice Foundation
Dr. Scholl Foundation
First Evergreen Foundation
Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust
Civitas Initiative
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The Coleman Foundation, Inc.
Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation
Sara Lee Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust and Affiliates
Frank E. Payne and Seba B. Payne Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
Samuel Zell Foundation
BANK ONE Foundation
Illinois Tool Works Foundation
BP Foundation, Inc.
The Offield Family Foundation
State Farm Companies Foundation
John Deere Foundation
The Spencer Foundation
The Allstate Foundation
The Clara Abbott Foundation
Prince Charitable Trusts
Abbott Laboratories Fund
Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation
Florik Charitable Trust
Aon Foundation
Polk Bros. Foundation, Inc.
Helen Brach Foundation
The Grainger Foundation Inc.
The Irving Harris Foundation
* "Are You OK?"® and RUOK® are registered names of Northland Innovation Corporation. The terms "RUOK" and "Telephone Reassurance" are commonly used on many community websites that offer both automated and volunteer based telephone reassurance programs.
For a comparison with our CARE system, please visit our RUOK vs CARE web page.
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