All your need-to-know policy and advocacy updates for Illinois human services.
Dear Coalition Partners and Supporters, On behalf of the Board of Directors, I’m pleased to share that Illinois Partners for Human Service has launched a search for our next Executive Director. This is an exciting moment for our coalition. With approximately 850...
We continue to monitor federal policy changes and their impact on Illinois communities and human service organizations. Our final report in the Federal Policies, Community Consequences series highlights the ongoing impact of these shifts on the human services sector...
With the general election just weeks away, we are sharing a new Nonprofit Nonpartisan Voter Engagement Guide. The guide is a practical resource to help nonprofit organizations engage their communities in elections while remaining nonpartisan. The following are key...
The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau published a proposed rule that would make significant changes to how the 2030 Census counts people and collects demographic data. If implemented, the proposed changes would directly impact the people and...
New guidelines for determining public charge went into effect on September 18. While there are litigation efforts currently challenging this rule, the changes will be implemented until those cases have been resolved. Determining “public charge” occurs when a person...
As we enter the third year of our Living Wages, Thriving Communities Campaign we are inviting human service leaders, frontline workers, policy experts, and advocates to join our Strategy Committee. Help shape the campaign’s direction. The commitment is approximately...
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) will open applications for the Human Services Loan Repayment Program this fall. Award amounts and the number of awards are subject to annual appropriations by the Illinois General Assembly and Governor. Learn more...
The Community Behavioral Health Association of Illinois (CBHA) has opened applications for two competitive funding opportunities. The funding opportunities are through the Illinois Rural Health Transformation Program: Mobile Healthcare Innovation, including Mobile...
This month, five individual Medicaid enrollees filed a lawsuit challenging a federal rule that threatens Medicaid coverage for people with serious and chronic health conditions. The five are American College of Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, Society for...
Quad Cities Votes Together brings local nonprofits together to provide factual, nonpartisan civic engagement resources that organizations can easily share with the communities they serve. The campaign offers free, ready-to-use materials for newsletters, social media,...