The Link & Option Center, Inc., a Joint-Commission Accredited Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) and pillar in the Southland region with locations in South Holland and Hazel Crest, Illinois. The Link & Option Center, Inc. was founded in 1994 by Dr. Twin Green, a local Black leader who remains our President & CEO. The Link & Option Center’s founding is a personal experience of Dr. Twin Green, a mother facing her son’s emotional distress.

Guided by a diverse Board of Directors that also reflects the area’s local Black community, The Link & Option Center’s mission is to empower people with quality prevention and intervention services coordinated within a network of resources.

Initially, the agency focused on stimulating and supporting the education and knowledge of African American and other minority young adults between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one by strengthening their academic skills, promoting post-secondary education, and supporting career development. The nationally known Scholarship America’s ScholarShop college prep and career development transition program was the initial flagship program offered by The Link & Option Center, Inc. Today, The Link & Option Center, Inc., provides a range of services in prevention, mental health and addiction treatment, recovery support, and other public safety and human services for adults, seniors, children, and adolescents, as well as their families.

The Link & Option Center, Inc.’s Mission integrates medical, mental health, and substance abuse treatment; provides medication management; Mobile Crisis Response Services; conducts Emergency Department Triage Assessments; Comprehensive Follow-up after Hospitalization for mental health (FUH MH) Hospital Discharge Planning, Opioid Addiction Treatment, Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT), Crisis Triage Living Room Program, Integrated Care Coordination, Case Management, Domestic Violence Counseling, and Doula Services. We also provide IDOC Reentry Transitional Services, 6th District Family Court Reunification, Emergency Services for Homeless Prevention, Certified Medicaid and SSI/SSDI Benefit Application Services, Child Welfare - DCFS Continuity of Care, Cook County Court-Community Service, and Social Worker Program Workforce Development. Additionally, we offer Cook County Juvenile Probation Services, Outpatient Primary Care Screening and Monitoring, and Community-Based Mental Health for Veterans.

The Link & Option Center, Inc. Envisions an integrated system of care built on bonded collaborative relationships that promote positive decision making qualities in youth, adults and families, enhance self-worth, and foster cultural pride for economic growth opportunities needed to build healthier families and communities.

The growing demands of the community for human services have led The Link & Option Center, Inc., to widen its scope and purpose to include prevention, intervention and other public safety-type services.