Donna Santoro, Chief Operations
& Development Officer
Leyden Family Services
Our
Mission
We
are dedicated to excellence in providing counseling, mental health,
substance abuse, and social support services that strengthen
individuals, families, and communities. We provide these services with
integrity, a caring spirit, and with respect to individual
needs.
In
carrying out our Mission, we maintain certain values. We believe that:
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Individuals have the right to
self-determination.
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Individuals deserve respect and a right to the preservation of intrinsic self-worth and
dignity.
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Individuals have an innate capacity for
change.
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Individuals have a right to receive services in a non-judgmental
setting.
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Individuals have the right to
confidentiality.
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Individuals have the right to have equal access to the type of service that will best meet their
needs.
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Individuals have the right to consistent, high quality care at all
levels.
We are committed to developing and maintaining an environment
which inspires and promotes innovation, fosters dynamic leadership, and
rewards creativity among our staff and the people we serve. We realize that
genuine success does not come from proclaiming our values, but from
consistently putting them into daily action.
As an organization, we dedicate ourselves to the pursuit of excellence
in everything we do. As evidence of this pledge, Leyden Family Services has been accredited by the Joint Commission for Accreditation
of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) for meeting their high standards in providing quality health
care.
Leyden Family Services
believes that our
personal and professional integrity is the basis of public trust, and we take pride
in our commitment to public 
service and to the care of the people we
are privileged to serve. We will be open, ethical, responsive,
accountable, dedicated, and will foster a working relationship free of bias
and with respect for the individual.
Sources of funding
for Leyden Family Services and the SHARE Program comes from a variety of places:
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Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities
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Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Alcoholism,
and Substance Abuse, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
Fund
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Illinois Department of Children and Family
Services
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Illinois Bureau of Homeless Services and Supportive Housing
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Age Options
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CEDA
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United Way
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Leyden, Proviso, Schamburg, and Hanover Park Townships
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Client fees
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Third party payments
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Donations
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Contributions
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Fund Raising
We sincerely thank all of our supporters for providing funding for our
programs.
Non-Discrimination Policy
All Leyden Family Services programs (Leyden and SHARE) operate on a
non-discriminatory basis. This includes admission to programs and/or treatment
of our clients as well as employment in programs and activities.
A Brief
History of Leyden Family Services
Leyden Family Services was incorporated as a not-for-profit agency in June 1952. At that time the agency was known as Family Service Association of Proviso Township, and provided family
and social services to residents of the eleven Proviso Township villages in
Illinois. In 1967 an office opened in adjoining Leyden Township with the
name changing to Family Services of
Proviso-Leyden.
Eventually mental health programs were added at the Leyden location. In 1973 the Department of Mental Health
asked the agency to expand services to persons with more severe mental health problems in the Leyden Community. Thus the official aftercare program for the serious and persistent mentally ill was born. A psychiatrist was hired to diagnose, treat, and monitor clients needing psychotropic medication. Soon afterwards a Day Treatment Program was added to help long-term mentally ill clients stabilize in the community and learn skills leading to
happy, productive lives.
In 1976 Leyden Family Services
became a separate operation from Proviso Township. As community needs dictated,
additional services were gradually added through the years including outpatient
drug and alcohol treatment as well as services to parents and children.
The State of Illinois approached Leyden Family Services in 1977 to open
a Residential Treatment Program for the 
chemically dependent. This is
known as the SHARE Program and serves the entire state of
Illinois. The Leyden Family Service Senior Program began in 1978 to provide a
variety of programs for the Leyden Township senior population.
In 1985 the Norwood Park office was opened to serve clients in Norridge
and Harwood Heights. This site is known as Norwood Park Township Family Service. The current Leyden facility at 10001 W.
Grand Avenue in Franklin Park was purchased in 1988. A new building was purchased for the SHARE Program in 1997, when the program
relocated from Glendale Heights to Hoffman Estates.
In Feburary 2001, Leyden purchased the 10200 Grand Ave building in Franklin Park and relocated the Aftercare Programs from a rental space.
As time progresses, we believe that it is our responsibility to
continually identify and redefine our goals in order to improve the ways in which
we provide service.
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