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Edgewater Systems for Balanced Living is now doing business as Edgewater Behavioral Health Services. Since 1974, Edgewater has been operating as a non-profit Community Mental Health Center serving the needs of Northwest Indianas most vulnerable individuals and families...

Established in 1978, the Community Youth Network is a nonprofit counseling center. It serves the mental health care needs of individuals, couples and families in Lake, Cook, Kenosha and McHenry counties in Illinois and southern Wisconsin. The center provides children, individual, couple and family therapies and trauma assessment services for physical and sexual abuse victims. It also offers Christian counseling and case and anger management services. Additionally, the Community Youth Network provides play therapy and outreach-based youth counseling services, as well as professional and community education and training programs. It employs licensed psychotherapists, social workers, volunteers and counselors. The Community Youth Network is located in Grayslake, Ill.

The Evangelical Child & Family Agency, also known as ECFA, offers a range of foster care and adoption services. It is a Christian agency that serves several children, adults and families. The agency provides various pregnancy counseling and support, as well as family preservation solutions. The Evangelical Child & Family Agency also offers counseling services on matters related to substance abuse, depression, marital problems, anxiety and family disputes. It organizes a range of community activities and programs. In addition, the agency sponsors several fundraising events. The Evangelical Child & Family Agency is licensed by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children.