Supports and services at Blue Cap
All programs and services at Blue Cap are designed for each individual.
Daily activities are designed to address skills and personal goals for each individual participant. Whether a person's goal is to find a job, learn a new skill, or be an integral part of the community, we help them achieve and exceed it.
Four supports, below in turn: Community Day Services, Community Integrated Living, Home-Based Services and Food Pantry.
Life Enrichment and the Blended Day
Community Day Services
Life Enrichment for adults: community life, education, job training, volunteer and employment opportunities, with a Blended Day where each person chooses what the day holds.
Everyone helps write their own Person-Centered Plan, which reflects needs, dreams and desires, and support is built from there.
To ask about Community Day Services, contact
Marge Pyzik, Director of Adult Services
(708) 389-6578, ext. 102 or MargeP@blue-cap.org
Homes in the community
Community Integrated Living
Supportive living arrangements in the community, with staff support for daily living, caring for a home and taking part in neighbourhood life.
People live in their community with staff support for all aspects of daily living. In Blue Cap's words, the service basically supports life.
To ask about Community Integrated Living, contact
Marge Pyzik, Director of Adult Services
(708) 389-6578, ext. 102 or MargeP@blue-cap.org
A Service Facilitator at home
Home-Based Services
A Service Facilitator for children and adults living at home with family: case management, Waiver and Medicaid State Plan access, and day-to-day oversight of the service plan.
Service Facilitators are responsible for the day-to-day oversight and administration of the service plan and for ensuring the health, safety and welfare of the individual.
To ask about Home-Based Services, contact
Carmanleatha Meeks, Home-Based Services Coordinator
Open to the neighborhood, Tuesdays
Food Pantry
Every Tuesday, with volunteers working 9am to 2pm, Blue Cap's pantry hands out food and household supplies to neighbours in Blue Island and nearby communities.
Call (708) 389-6578 for current distribution times. Volunteers are welcome on Tuesdays between 9am and 2pm.
To ask about Food Pantry, contact
Marge Pyzik, Director of Adult Services
(708) 389-6578, ext. 102 or MargeP@blue-cap.org
For people of all ages, starting with PUNS
Blue Cap supports people of all ages with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and their families. Before services can begin, there are a few steps outside our doors and one inside them.
Enroll in PUNS
The person must be enrolled in the Illinois PUNS database, Prioritization for Urgency of Need for Services.
Start at the point of entry
That is an Independent Service Coordination (ISC) or Preadmission Screening (PAS) agency. The DD helpline is 1-888-DD-Plans, or 1-866-376-8446 (TTY).
Tour Blue Cap
Call (708) 389-6578 to schedule an appointment and a tour. If you feel Blue Cap is the place, the team can direct you through the placement process.
The full walk-through is on how to obtain services.
Walk through 2155 Broadway with us
Every support above begins with a visit. Schedule a tour and the team will show you the rooms and talk through what each person's day could hold.
- Main office
- 2155 Broadway St, Blue Island, IL 60406
- Office hours
- Mon-Fri: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM