When someone you love in Aurora will not accept help, a professionally led intervention gives your family a calm, prepared way to ask.
A drug and alcohol interventionist prepares the family, arranges treatment in advance and leads the conversation that asks a loved one to accept help. We do this for families in Aurora, from Naperville to Yorkville, traveling in through Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at Aurora University, Waubonsee Community College or North Central College, we can time the plan around the academic calendar.
Flying in. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD).
Local crisis and access line. Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances (24/7): 833-234-6343.
Public behavioral health. Kane County Health Department, Opioid Awareness and Substance Use.
Treatment court. Kane County Drug Rehabilitation Court.
Family support. NAMI Kane-South, DeKalb and Kendall Counties and Northern Illinois Al-Anon Family Groups.
Emergency. Call 911 if a loved one is in immediate danger. Call or text 988 for an emotional crisis.
Who is in the room, what each person says, which program holds a bed. See the full steps.
Your interventionist flies into Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) and meets the family before the intervention.
Sober transport to a program near Aurora or out of state.
In Kane County (also DuPage, Will and Kendall counties), public behavioral health services run through Kane County Health Department, Opioid Awareness and Substance Use.
The Kane County Health Department and partners installed public naloxone dispensing boxes at libraries, hospitals, treatment centers and transit hubs, with Aurora hosting the most locations in the county (source).
Aurora is home to addiction treatment providers including Gateway Foundation at 400 Mercy Lane and Mutual Ground Substance Use Services at 120 Gale St., both listed as county naloxone box sites in 2026 (source).
Kane County's free naloxone dispensing boxes include 14 Aurora sites, such as Aurora Public Library (101 S. River St.), the Aurora Transportation Center and Rush Copley Medical Center (source).
Kane County Drug Rehabilitation Court can connect treatment with a legal case.
NAMI Kane-South, DeKalb and Kendall Counties and Northern Illinois Al-Anon Family Groups offer meetings and education for relatives.
Not directly. Illinois has no addiction-specific court process a family can start. More detail: how we handle alcohol interventions across Illinois and how we plan drug interventions in Illinois.
Immediate danger: call 911. Emotional crisis: call or text 988.
For Aurora, Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances (24/7) answers at 833-234-6343, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
See every community on our Illinois interventionists page.
Yes. Our professional interventionists travel to families in Aurora, usually through Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD). Planning starts by phone or video, so your family can begin right away.
Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger. For Aurora, Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances (24/7) answers at 833-234-6343, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
Start with Kane County Health Department, Opioid Awareness and Substance Use.
Yes. Kane County Drug Rehabilitation Court connects treatment with a criminal case. An intervention can often move someone into treatment before a case starts.
NAMI Kane-South, DeKalb and Kendall Counties and Northern Illinois Al-Anon Family Groups offer meetings and education for relatives.
One confidential conversation with a professional interventionist. No pressure, no obligation. We'll help you find the right next step for your family.
