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Please join us in thanking individuals who are retiring or taking a break for their dedicated leadership, and in welcoming those stepping into new roles. We wish them great success as they continue to advance the important work of supporting our communities. ComWell...

Earlier this month, our Executive Director, Lauren Wright, joined partners at Lutheran Social Services of Illinois for the Lutherans Unite event. The gathering lifted up courageous leadership in public service and the importance of community solidarity in difficult...

Are you a worker at a community-based human service organization in Illinois? Do you want to see wages for human service sector workers increase ... so that care providers can move beyond surviving and actually thrive? Have you been looking for an opportunity to learn...

The Illinois Department on Aging, in partnership with the Health & Medicine Policy Research Group and members of Illinois Aging Together, wants to hear from older adults, caregivers, people with disabilities, organizations, and community groups working to address...

Congratulations to our coalition partners, AgeOptions, the Illinois Family Caregiver Coalition, and AgeGuide Northeastern for receiving the USAging 2025 Aging Innovations Award, one of the highest honors presented by USAging to its members. View the 2025 AIA Awards...

This free training provides a trauma-informed framework to front line workers to help deepen their understanding of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking, and explore their intersections. This 2-hour training, available virtually or in...

Please join us in thanking individuals who are retiring or taking a break for their dedicated leadership, and in welcoming those stepping into new roles. We wish them great success as they continue to advance the important work of supporting our communities. The YMCA...

With the passage of HR 1 earlier this month, Illinois Partners is mobilizing alongside our coalition of advocates and human service providers to ensure that the voices of impacted communities are heard. We are working to disseminate timely information, amplify...

Thank you to our partners at the Alliance for Human Services of Lake County for hosting their recent Legislative Forum, facilitated by our Executive Director Lauren Wright. In attendance were more than 60 human service providers as well as Senator Adriane Johnson,...

Last month, Strategy Committee Member Anne VanderWeele (New Moms) and Alyssa Mendez (Metropolitan Family Services) convened members of the Chicago Alliance for Collaborative Effort (CACE). Participant including Lawrence Hall, Catholic Charities, Thresholds, Casa...