Our Mission

The mission of the Southland Human Services Leadership Council is to create and sustain health and human services excellence and enhance the nature and flow of resources to people in the Southland community.

2,500,000

residents

62

communities

71

members

Council Members


  • Access to Care
  • American Association of Single Parents Inc.
  • Anew
  • Arab American Family Services
  • Aspirations of Life
  • Aunt Martha’s Youth Service Center
  • Blue Cap
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
  • Catholic Charities
  • CEDA
  • Center for Economic Progress
  • C.H.A.R.T.E.R.S.
  • Chicago Jobs Council
  • ChildServ
  • Community Service Partners
  • Community Support Services
  • Cook County DPH
  • Cornerstone Community Development Corporation
  • Crisis Center for South Suburbia
  • CTF Illinois
  • Divine Intervention Healthcare Inc.
  • Easter Seals
  • Gifts from Liam
  • Good Shepherd Center
  • Governors State University
  • Grand Prairie Services
  • Harold Colbert Jones Community Center
  • Homewood Science Center
  • IFF
  • Illinois Action for Children
  • Illinois Department of Employment Security
  • In His Hands Resource Center
  • Ingalls Hospital
  • Jewish United Fund
  • Kirby Rehab
  • Leadership Development Institute
  • Legal Aid Chicago
  • Legal Assistance Foundation  of Metropolitan Chicago
  • Living Water Kingdom Ministries
  • Metropolitan Family Services
  • Moraine Vallely College
  • NAMI South Suburbs
  • National ABLE Network
  • National Housing Services
  • Neighborscapes
  • OAI Inc.
  • Park Lawn
  • Pathlights
  • Paul Zaremba Consulting Inc.
  • Prairie State College
  • Proactive Community Services
  • Providence Solutions
  • Reawakening
  • Respond Now
  • Restorations Ministries
  • Robbins Park District
  • Safer Foundation
  • Salvation Army
  • Sertoma Star
  • Social Security Administration
  • South Suburban College
  • South Suburban Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
  • South Suburban HIV/AIDS Regional Clinics
  • South Suburban P.A.D.S.
  • The Link & Option Center
  • The Greater Chicago Food Depository
  • Together We Cope
  • Tyler’s House of Purpose
  • United Way of Metro Chicago South-Southwest Suburban Region
  • Victory Christian International
  • White Crane Wellness Center
  • YEDA
  • You Matter   2

Council members are encouraged to join & actively participate on an Advisory Council

  • Behavioral Health, Health, D.D. Brendan McCormick, Eula Burge & Bridgett Carter, Co-Chairs
  • Crisis Support/Housing - Bryan Dunlap & Carl Wolf, Co-Chairs
  • Education & Youth - Jay Readey & Greg Ellison, Co-Chairs
  • HUB - Angelia Smith, Chair
  • Neighborhood Network - Ken Benson, Chair
  • Senior Services - Elizabeth Cagan & Amy Bloomberg, Co-Chairs
  • Workforce Development - Sandra Dafiaghor, Chair
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

SHSLC Co-Chair
Bryan Dunlap

CEO, Community Service Partners
9500 Bormet Drive, Suite 102, Mokena, IL 60448
708.995.5786, ext. 301
bdunlap@communityservicepartners.org

SHSLC CO-CHAIR
JAY READEY

President, NeighborScapes
3011 West 183rd Street, #257, Homewood, IL 60430
312.404.2585
jreadey@neighborscapes.com

Secretary/Liaison
MAYA HARDY

Regional Director of Development, United Way of Metro Chicago
South-Southwest Suburban Region

222 Merchandise Mart, Suite 633

Chicago, IL 60654
708.441.0178
maya.hardy@liveunitedchicago.org

SHSLC Treasurer
ANGELIA SMITH

Executive Director
Cornerstone Community Development Corporation

943 East Lincoln Highway

Ford Heights, IL 60411
708.758.2565
afsmith@cornerstone-cdc.org

Management Consulting Practice Leader
ROB WILLIAMS

B2B Strategic Solutions Inc.
630.234.0302
rwilliams@b2bssi.com

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ken Benson

BIRNN Program Coordinator
Metro Family Services

eula burge

Executive Director
Proactive Community Services

Elizabeth Cagan

Executive Director
White Crane Wellness

Bridgett Carter

Coordinator
Proactive Community Services

Sandra Dafiaghor, PhD

Coordinator
OAI Chicago Southland

greg ellison

Executive Director

YEDA

Brendan McCormick

Executive Director
Good Shepherd Center .

Carl Wolf

Executive Director
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