Support Groups
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Support group meets at St Elizabeth’s Hospital – Room 722
Tuesdays at 7 pm and Saturdays at noon
Website – http://dbsalliance.org
GROW
A self-help program for mental and emotional well-being
Meetings at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital – Room 729
Meetings toll free hotline to check times and places -- 888-741-GROW
Thursdays at 7 pm
Website -- http://www.growinamerica.org/
Parents, Family, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Meetings at St Paul United Church of Christ
115 West B Street, Belleville, IL 62220
1st Thursday of every month at 6:30 pm.Website -- http://bellevilleilpflag.com/
Karla Smith Foundation
Family and Friends
Support for family and friends of a loved one with mental illness.
Peace Chapel 10101 West Main Street, Belleville, IL 62223
1st and 3rd Thursday of each month
Website – http://karlasmithfoundation.org
Phone – 618-624-5771
Karla Smith Foundation
Suicide Survivor Support Group
Peace Chapel
10101 West Main Street,
Belleville, IL 62223
2nd and 4th Thursday of each month
Website – http://karlasmithfoundation.org
Phone – 618-624-5771
Karla Smith Foundation
Speaker Series and Dinner – Dinner and childcare provided
Hope Church
200 Dapron Ave,
Belleville, IL 62226
1st Tuesday of the month
Website – http://karlasmithfoundation.org
Phone – 618-624-5771
Family Hospice
Support Groups for Grief, detailed below
5100 West Main Street, Belleville, IL 62226Website – http://familyhospice.org
Phone – 618-257-0806
All groups meet the 1st Monday of every month at 6:30 pm.
Heartlinks – Support groups for children who have lost a loved one. Groups for
children ages preschool through teens.
Caregiver Group – Support group for caregivers of children who have lost a loved
one.
Parenting Alone – Support group for widowed parents now raising children alone.
Aching Arms – Support group for a parent who has lost a child.
NAMI – National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Offers support for family and friends of loved ones with mental illness, as well as
some support for those who have it.
Website – http://namiswi.org
Belleville Group
Hope Church 200 Dapron Ave, Belleville, IL 62226
3rd Tuesday of each month
Contact Pat Rudloff at 656-6781
Granite City Group
Gateway Regional Medical Center, Paschal Hall Meeting Room – 2100 Madison
Avenue, Granite City, IL 62020
1st Tuesday at 7 pm
Contact Pat Rudloff at 618-656-6781