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Improving Lives One Step at a Time. Community Mental Health Services in Residential and Outpatient The staff of Stepping Stones of Rockford, Inc.

Individuals with serious mental illnesses are a part of our community. They share the need for safe, affordable and decent housing and the right to a quality of life afforded by the least restrictive living environment. We are here because, to fulfill their daily needs and enjoy their rights as community members, many adults with serious mental illnesses require a strong network of support services; a special kind of on-going encouragement. provides the housing, psycho-social rehabilitation and support to help adults with serious mental illnesses function as productively and independently as possible. By offering a variety of housing alternatives and individualized life-skills rehabilitation programs, the staff of Stepping Stones helps residents attain their maximum potential for independent living. For some, Stepping Stones is the transition between institutionalized living and life in the mainstream. For others, Stepping Stones becomes a long-term home enabling our residents to live in the community without relinquishing the support they need. Stepping Stones provides psychiatric rehabilitation services for adults eighteen and older with severe emotional disturbances or serious and persistent mental illnesses including schizophrenia, major depression, bi-polar disorder and certain personality disorders such as borderline personality disorder. Stepping Stones strives to serve the individuals participating in our program in the least restrictive environment possible and thus offers a continuum of community based housing and mental health care. Living environments include supervised group homes, supervised apartments and a variety of agency owned and operated supported housing options. Additionally case management services are provided for those capable of living more independently on their own. The level of mental health services and housing participation is determined by each person’s assessed needs, choice and the level of supervision necessary. While the Stepping Stones model is based on participants beginning in a group home and progressing through each stage of the continuum of care, individuals may enter the program at any level and progress through the continuum in the program that provides the level of support that best meets their needs. Because serious mental illnesses are relapse prone, the continuum of care also allows individuals, when necessary, to move from a less supervised site to a more structured one for brief periods of time. Once participants become re-stabilized, they are then able to return to their previous level of care and housing. Regardless of the program they are participating in, all persons served have access to a Masters level on-call clinician on a 24 hour basis.

08/08/2025

Staff and clients have been invited to leave messages at Stony Creek before the drywall goes up next week. Great messages!!

08/06/2025

The progress continues on the house that will become a home for 10 individuals with serious mental illness. Staff will be available 24/7 to provide treatment and support. Thank you to the voters of Winnebago County for passing the 1/2 cent sales tax to support mental health and to the Winnebago County Community Mental Health Board for their financial support with this project.

06/24/2025

We have shingles and windows. It is exciting to see the progress of our new house that will become a new home for 10 adults with serious mental illness. Thank you to our partners, the Winnebago Community Mental Health Board, Schmelling Construction and the Larson and Darby Group!!

06/10/2025

Looking more like a home. In a few months this will be a new home for 10 adults with serious mental illnesses. There will be staff on site to provide services and help them learn the skills needed to live more independently. Thank you to the voters of Winnebago County for approving the 1/2 cent sales tax and to the Winnebago County Mental Health Board for providing partial funding to make this home a reality.

05/22/2025

We thoroughly enjoyed the Building Bridges to Hope event put on by NAMI Northern Illinois last night. It was an evening filled with collaboration, networking, and sharing stories of recovery.

Thank you to the Winnebago County Community Mental Health Board for funding this event and helping to expand services and increase access to mental health services across the county.

(Check out our display board of what our new 10 bed group home will look like!)

04/29/2025

An exciting day for our Stony Creek group home. The floors were poured. The walls start going up next week.

04/15/2025

For anyone who was planning to attend, please be aware this event has been canceled. Keep an eye out for details about an ACEs event this summer!

This event has been unexpectedly canceled! Sorry for any inconvenience.

04/10/2025

We broke ground this week on a new 10-bed group home that will be opening this Fall! This home will be fully accessible and will provide 24/7 residential care to clients with serious mental illnesses. We are excited to expand our services to more folks in need within our community!

04/09/2025

We are so excited to have officially broken ground on the build of our new group home yesterday! This new group home will house 10 adults with serious mental illness and will be fully accessible, allowing us to expand services to community members in need. We anticipate that construction will be complete in November and hope to have residents in the home by the end of the year.

We are incredibly grateful to our partners in this project and the voters of Winnebago county, who approved the 1/2 cent sales tax to fund mental health services through the Winnebago County Community Mental Health Board.

04/07/2025

Disc Replay of Rockford has generously agreed to donate 10% of their day’s sales on Saturday, April 26, 2025 to Stepping Stones of Rockford!

Disc Replay (815-227-0532) is located in the Forest Plaza, next to Kohl’s, at 6085 E. State Street in Rockford and will be open from 10:00am - 9:00pm on April 26.

They sell and trade used DVD and Blu-ray movies, electronics, video games, video game systems, and video game accessories and they are are independently owned & operated.

Please pass the word around on this event that will help support our organization!

P.S. shoppers don’t necessarily have to mention Stepping Stones as Disc Replay will donate 10% of all sales. 😁

04/04/2025

On April 22, UI Health Mile Square Health Center - L.P. Johnson Rockford will be hosting a community education event on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). It is open to the public and will be an opportunity to learn about ACEs, building resilience, and community resources. Stepping Stones is a community partner for this event and will have a booth set up!

Scan the QR to register for the event - we look forward to seeing you there!

04/02/2025

We are hiring! As our agency continues to grow and expand services, we need staff to meet the needs of our clients.

If you are interested in truly making a difference in the lives of those with severe mental illnesses, consider a position with Stepping Stones of Rockford! We are seeking clinical staff in the roles of Mental Health Professionals (MHPs) and Rehabilitation Service Aids (RSAs). There are a variety of shifts available.

Check out our website to see details about the specific positions we are hiring for and information on how to apply! https://steppingstonesrockford.org/careers

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706 N Main St
Rockford, IL
61103

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Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

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https://steppingstonesrockford.org/

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Serving Adults with Mental Illness

It’s a tough gig trying to navigate the community--heck, through life--with chronic mental illness.

“Individuals with serious mental illnesses are a part of our community. They share the need for safe, affordable and decent housing and the right to a quality of life afforded by the least restrictive living environment. We are here because, to fulfill their daily needs and enjoy their rights as community members, many adults with serious mental illnesses require a strong network of support services; a special kind of on-going encouragement. The staff of Stepping Stones of Rockford, Inc. provides the housing, psycho-social rehabilitation and support to help adults with serious mental illnesses function as productively and independently as possible.”

That’s fine. But what does that mean? It means we serve those with hallucinations, delusions, mood fluctuations... those who require psychotropic medications.... those who tend not to be shiny and pretty. Chronic mental illness is life-altering. It’s not shiny and pretty.

I’m supposed to say “serious mental illness,” not chronic mental illness. Semantics. Yes, it’s serious. Yes, it’s chronic. Yes, it’s life-interfering. The clients we serve have diagnoses such as schizophrenia. That’s serious and chronic and quality-of-life interfering, all in one. “By offering a variety of housing alternatives and individualized life-skills rehabilitation programs, the staff of Stepping Stones helps residents attain their maximum potential for independent living. For some, Stepping Stones is the transition between institutionalized living and life in the mainstream. For others, Stepping Stones becomes a long-term home enabling our residents to live in the community without relinquishing the support they need.”

Meaning? We are residential community mental health. We’re with our clients round-the-clock. It’s what we do. We work to meet or exceed the goals of those we serve. “Stepping Stones provides psychiatric rehabilitation services for adults eighteen and older with severe emotional disturbances or serious and persistent mental illnesses including schizophrenia, major depression, bi-polar disorder and certain personality disorders such as borderline personality disorder. Stepping Stones strives to serve the individuals participating in our program in the least restrictive environment possible and thus offers a continuum of community based housing and mental health care. Living environments include supervised group homes, supervised apartments and a variety of agency owned and operated supported housing options. Additionally case management services are provided for those capable of living more independently on their own.”

There’s over 100 of us working toward success for those in our program. We’re in this together. Rehabilitation Supervisors. Program managers. Mental health professionals. Rehabilitative Service Associates. Psychiatrist. Nurse. Business Office. Technology. Buildings and Grounds. Operations. You know that saying, “it takes a village?” Guess what? It takes a village! “The level of mental health services and housing participation is determined by each person’s assessed needs, choice and the level of supervision necessary. While the Stepping Stones model is based on participants beginning in a group home and progressing through each stage of the continuum of care, individuals may enter the program at any level and progress through the continuum in the program that provides the level of support that best meets their needs.”

Step...ping..stones. We are what are name says. Our clients take it one step at a time. It’s not linear. Sometimes, clients go “back” to a group home after living in a community apartment. That’s not failure. That’s life and that’s okay.

“Because serious mental illnesses are relapse prone, the continuum of care also allows individuals, when necessary, to move from a less supervised site to a more structured one for brief periods of time. Once participants become re-stabilized, they are then able to return to their previous level of care and housing. Regardless of the program they are participating in, all persons served have access to a Masters level on-call clinician on a 24 hour basis.”

Residential mental health services for adults with chronic, serious mental illness. Improving lives, one step at a time.

--D. Addison.