Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center

Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center is in Waukegan, Illinois. The center offers many community welfare services, including mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. There are programs for children, adolescents, and adults. Although some programs are in separate locations, most services are within walking distance of the main building on Grand Avenue.

The health center is less than five miles from beautiful Lake Michigan and Waukegan Beach and offers inpatient and outpatient SUD treatment. They offer medication assisted treatment (MAT), an intensive outpatient program (IOP), and continuing care.

The Child and Adolescent Behavioral Services (CABS) provides outpatient substance use counseling, crisis intervention, medication management, and trauma informed therapy for children, teens, and their families.

Pathways to Success is a unique support program for children and their families that helps kids with significant behavioral health issues. The program helps improve family relationships, create family stability, improve school performance, increase the family’s participation in behavioral health services, and reduce contact with child welfare and law enforcement.

There are many other services available at this center. From addiction and mental health services to women’s health screenings, there are many services from which to choose.