our services
Throughout the state, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois touches the lives of tens of thousands of people each year, serving people of all
ages, races, religious and economic circumstances.
Click on any of the headings for more information on our services:
our mission:
Responding to the Gospel, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
brings healing, justice and wholeness to people and communities.
what's new
Visit Joshua Arms
on the Web!
A new website for LSSI’s Joshua Arms makes it easy for visitors to see all that the affordable senior housing development in Joliet has to offer. The site highlights Joshua Arms’ many features and amenities, including its Supportive Living units, where residents receive three meals a day, housekeeping and other daily living services.
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in the news
- 5/8/13 – Daily Herald – “Another reminder why the state budget matters”
- 4/23/13 – The Southern (Carbondale) – "Large number of local children winding up in substitute care"
- 4/5/13 – Journal Standard (Freeport, Ill.) – "Tri-County Opportunities' senior care drowns in $3M of state debt"
- 4/1/13 – Rockford Register-Star – "Our View: Same song, new verse as deadbeat tragedy grows"
- 3/26/13 – Capitol Fax – "A big thank you"
- 3/25/13 – Rockford Register-Star – "Our View: No pay, no help; pension reform is key to change"
- 3/25/13 –Capitol Fax (Springfield) – "Our Sorry State"
- 3/24/13 – Peoria Journal-Star – "Deadbeat Illinois: Lutheran Social Services struggles to continue care"
- 3/14/13 – Park Ridge Patch – "Park Ridge Nursing Homes Receive High Rating"
- 3/1/13 – Huffington Post – "Chicago Sequester Impact: 12 Ways Budget Sequestration Will Be Felt In City, Statewide In Illinois"
- 1/20/13 – Daily Herald (Chicago's northwest suburbs) – "Illinois Democrats look at loan to pay state's overdue bills"
- 1/15/13 – WPSD-TV (NBC, southern Illinois), "Old bikes bring new blessings"
- 1/14/13 – Daily Herald – "Medicaid drug limits hurt us all"









