Community Partners

PEER Services is funded by the generous support of individual donors, corporations, government entities and foundations. We are grateful to all of our funders for their support! They make our mission possible.

Our funders include but are not limited to:

• Evanston Community Foundation
• Evanston Mental Health Board

• Illinois Department of Human Services
• Maine Township
• Michael T. O’Donnell Foundation
• New Trier Township
• United Way of Metro Chicago
• Northfield Township
• Village of Skokie
• Niles Township

PEER Services values the community partners with whom we collaborate. These partners help to ensure that we deliver exceptional services to our clients.

PEER Services maintains linkage agreements with various partners in Chicago as well as partners in the northern and northwest suburbs. Our partners include schools, other social service agencies (mental health, housing, youth-serving, etc.), and medical and psychiatric healthcare professionals.

In addition to community partners we collaborate with to deliver direct services, PEER Services’ staff also contribute to many networks and committees working to improve health, local conditions, collaboration, and communication in the communities we serve.  PEER Services participates in a broad range of community, statewide, and national groups including:

• American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD)
• Evanston LAN 40 (Local Area Network)
• Evanston Mentors
• Evanston Substance Use Prevention Coalition
• Glenview Northbrook Coalition on Youth
• Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association (IADDA)
• Illinois Association for Medication-Assisted Addiction Treatment  (IAMAAT)
• Inter-Agency Network
• Maine Community Youth Assistance Foundation
• North Shore Coalition for Drug-Free Communities
• Niles Township LAN 41
• Evanston Cradle to Career