(CILA)
Trinity's Community Living Programs are community homes and apartments for 1 to 8 individuals who have developmental disabilities. These homes, or CILAs (Community-Integrated Living Arrangements), are located in residential neighborhoods throughout the Southwest Chicago suburbs of Homewood, Park Forest, Frankfort, Matteson, Mokena, New Lenox, Peoria, Lockport, Elwood, Naperville, Crete, Crest Hill, Wilmington, Braidwood, Manhattan, and Joliet. Additionally, Trinity has locations in Chicago and the Northwest suburb DesPlaines, IL, as well as Reno, Nevada. Community Living Programs serve more than 400 persons with disabilities.
Each home is staffed by Independent Living Counselors, who support the persons living in the home to maintain their home and participate in the life of the community. Household duties are shared (to the extent possible and appropriate) by residents. In addition to participating in an Adult Learning Program, therapy program, or working at a job, program participants enjoy regular social activities, from going to a baseball game or attending a concert to something as routine as shopping at the grocery store. Persons served in the Community Living Programs are encouraged to become as capable and independent as possible in a learningful environment.
For more information on the CILA program, download the pamphlet, Living and Working in the Community (PDF).
The following are the Community Living Networks and their Directors:
Community Living-Network 1 (Joliet, New Lenox, Mokena, Manhattan, Frankfort, Lockport):
Holly Janczak; 2081 Calistoga Drive, Suite 1N, New Lenox, Illinois 60451;
(815) 485-4781; e-mail: HJanczak@trinity-services.org.
Community Living-Network 2 (Wilmington, Braidwood):
Trudy Curtis; 1197 South Buchanan, Wilmington, Illinois 60481;
(815) 476-2015; e-mail:
TCurtis@trinity-services.org.
Community Living-Network 3 (Homewood, New Lenox, Joliet, Mokena, Park Forest, Crete):
Michelle Brubaker; 352 W. Maple Lane, New Lenox, IL 60451;
(815) 462-3643; e-mail:MBrubaker@trinity-services.org.
Community Living-Network 4 (Lockport , Joliet, Naperville, Manhattan):
Thane Dykstra; 18130 Oak Ave., Lockport, Illinois 60441;
(815) 723-4894; e-mail:
TDykstra@trinity-services.org.
Community Living-Network 5 (Joliet):
Lori Hausherr; 2081 Calistoga Drive, Suite 2S, New Lenox, IL 60451;
(815) 723-0896; e-mail:
LHausherr@trinity-services.org.
Community Living-Network 6 (Joliet, New Lenox):
Lisa Dillon; 100 North Gougar Road, Joliet, IL 60432;
(815) 485-6197;e-mail: Ldillon@trinity-services.org.
Community Living-Network 7 (Northwest IL) (DesPlaines, Chicago):
Jennifer Hodges; 2101 Oxford Court, DesPlaines, IL 60018;
(847) 299-2200; e-mail: JHodges@trinity-services.org.
Community Living-Network 8 (Southwest IL) (Mascoutah):
Mike Lowry; 606 S. Jefferson, Mascuotah, IL 62258;
(618) 566-4200; e-mail: Mlowry@trinity-services.org.
Community Living Network 9 (Nevada Operations):
Trina Sieling; 240 S. Rock Blvd, Suite 133, Reno, Nevada 89502;
(815) 485-6197; e-mail: Tsieling@trinity-services.org