Frankfort resident Gail Hernandez (center left) hugs Marla Ramos (center right), outreach coordinator and special projects manager, after Hernandez spoke about her experiences with the Will County Center for Community Concerns Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at 304 N. Scott St. in Joliet. Executive director Kris White stands nearby (right). | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Frankfort resident Gail Hernandez (center left) hugs Marla Ramos (center right), outreach coordinator and special projects manager, after Hernandez spoke about her experiences with the Will County Center for Community Concerns Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at 304 N. Scott St. in Joliet. Executive director Kris White stands nearby (right). | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Joliet resident Carol Lane smiles while speaking about her experiences with the Will County Center for Community Concerns Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at 304 N. Scott St. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Executive Director Kris White (left) and Marla Ramos (right), outreach coordinator and special projects manager, talk about the Will County Center for Community Concerns Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at 304 N. Scott St. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
People wait in the lobby of the Will County Center for Community Concerns Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at 304 N. Scott St. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Joliet resident Libby Thompson listens as patrons talk about how the Will County Center for Community Concerns assisted them Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at 304 N. Scott St. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Frankfort resident Chris Hernandez (center) talks about assistance he and his wife received from the Will County Center for Community Concerns Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at 304 N. Scott St. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Frankfort resident Gail Hernandez talks about assistance she and her husband received from the Will County Center for Community Concerns Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at 304 N. Scott St. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Executive Director Kris White is seen in the Will County Center for Community Concerns Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at 304 N. Scott St. in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Carol Lane would lie in bed at night and think. She already beat cancer and survived two major surgeries in the process, but now she was on the brink of losing her home in Joliet. “You think, ‘How am I going to pay for this? …