Food, Housing and Support Services

206 Chicago Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 773-252-3253 X221• Email: oakparkprograms@newmoms.org Website: newmoms.org New Moms supports young families in the Western Suburbs of Chicago including: Oak Park, River Forest, Cicero, Maywood, Forest Park, Berwyn, Bellwood, and Melrose Park. Their Western Suburbs office and Permanent Supportive Housing are located in Oak Park. Supports include home visiting, prenatal education, doula services, and job training for mothers 24 and younger.

Maternal Depression

Maternal depression is clinical depression that occurs during pregnancy or within a year of giving birth. It affects as many as one in eight new mothers. Maternal depression is not the same thing as the “baby blues.”

It is an illness that requires medical care and can be treated successfully. This illness impacts not only the mother, but the husband/partner, the baby, and the entire family unit.

Support Groups and Other Sources for Information

Healthcare Alternative Systems Inc. (HAS)

Website: hascares.org • 773-745-7107 (Northwest Chicago) 773-254-5141 (South Chicago) • 708-498-0200 (Broadview) Community-based treatment program for maternal depression in the Chicago metropolitan area; provides services in English and Spanish.

Postpartum Depression Alliance of Illinois

847-205-4455 • Website: ppdil.org/contact-us

Postpartum Progress

800-944-4773 • Website: postpartumprogress.com Peer-to-peer support, information, and links to resources.