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Domestic Violence Work in Glendale Heights

NEDFYS provides support services to domestic violence victims in collaboration with five police departments in DuPage County, including...

Police and Social Workers Successfully Partner in DuPage

Police departments are inundated with calls for people experiencing mental health crises. Police are the first and often the only...

NEDFYS Counseling Services Go Virtual

When Illinois’ Stay-at-Home Order went into effect, I knew we needed to expand our method of delivery for social and behavioral-mental...

Blindsided by COVID-19

Running a non-profit agency is always an uphill climb. I am always thinking about how we can stretch our limited resources to do amazing...

Stand out but don't hold a red flag

With our high school junior beginning the adventure searching for just the right college, my husband and I recently attended a college...

Mental Health Awareness

According to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, it has been found that about 1 in 5 Americans have experienced or will...

Common Life

“Why do you want to be a social worker?” I asked my student intern. “Because when I was in high school my life was falling apart, and the...