McHenry County PADS, a division of Pioneer Center for Human Services, is a charitable not-for-profit organization with a mission to provide emergency, transitional and preventative measures for homeless individuals and families of McHenry County. We are the largest provider of shelter and services to McHenry County's men, women and children who have become homeless.

A unique partnership exists between PADS and the communities of McHenry County. We save lives through the seven emergency church shelters and fourteen beds of year-around shelter located at the Day Services Center on Kishwaukee Valley Road. The church sites are designed to keep people from freezing during the cold winter months and are open from October 1 - April 30. We also change lives with various supportive services to help reconnect these individuals back into the community as contributing citizens. These efforts include a comprehensive Day Services Center, a Transitional Living Home and a Transportation Program. Through the day center, clients receive year-round intensive case management, mental health counseling, services from a licensed clinical psychiatrist, a variety of classes, showers, laundry facility, a fully stocked kitchen, use of phones, lockers, computers and more.

PADS programs WORK!
Last year alone PADS served 591 homeless individuals in your community--including 86 families and 120 children. In addition:

• 178 people spent 6,468 nights at the emergency church sites
• The transitional living facility had 50 resident guests
• 19,640 meals were served at the various church sites
• 13,130 trips were made by the PADS van providing assistance around the county