When someone you love in Evanston 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 Evanston, from Skokie to Rogers Park, traveling in through Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at Northwestern University, Loyola University Chicago or Oakton 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. Cook County Health, Mental Health and Substance Use Services.
Treatment court. Suburban Municipal District Drug Treatment Court Program, 2nd Municipal District (Skokie).
Family support. NAMI Cook County North Suburban 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 Evanston or out of state.
In Cook County, public behavioral health services run through Cook County Health, Mental Health and Substance Use Services.
The Circuit Court of Cook County runs a Suburban Drug Treatment Court Program in its 2nd Municipal District courthouse in Skokie, the district that serves Evanston and neighboring North Shore suburbs (source).
Evanston's C.A.R.E. team (Crisis Alternative Response Evanston), funded by City Council in 2024, sends trained civilian responders instead of police to mental health calls and well-being checks; members are trained to give Narcan (source).
The City of Evanston installed free Narcan boxes at community centers and the main library, each kit holding two doses of nasal naloxone with instructions (source).
Suburban Municipal District Drug Treatment Court Program, 2nd Municipal District (Skokie) can connect treatment with a legal case.
NAMI Cook County North Suburban 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 Evanston, 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 Evanston and Cook County, 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 Evanston, Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances (24/7) answers at 833-234-6343, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
Start with Cook County Health, Mental Health and Substance Use Services.
Yes. Suburban Municipal District Drug Treatment Court Program, 2nd Municipal District (Skokie) connects treatment with a criminal case. An intervention can often move someone into treatment before a case starts.
NAMI Cook County North Suburban 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.
