Resources: Organizations

The following organizations are working to improve the health of Illinois citizens and Illinois communities. Please note these links are provided for informational purposes only and are not to endorse a specific organization or resource.

Government Agencies and Commissions

• Illinois Department of Public Health
• Find a link to your local public health department. (Note that Illinois local health departments operate at the county level, with the exceptions of Chicago, Champaign-Urbana, Evanston, Oak Park, Skokie, and Stickney.)
• Illinois State Board of Health
• Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
• Illinois Department of Human Services
• Illinois Latino Family Commission
• Illinois African American Family Commission

Issue Advocacy Organizations

• Active Transportation Alliance
• Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago's Children
• Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
• HealthConnect One
• Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity
• llinois Children's Healthcare Foundation
• Maternal and Child Health Coalition
• Mental Health America of Illinois
• Project Patient Care
• Respiratory Health Association

Professional Advocacy, Service, and Other Organizations

• Asian Health Coalition
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Community Health Initiatives
• Child Health Data Lab (Lurie Children's Memorial Hospital)
• Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
• Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
• Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
• Illinois Foundation for Quality Health Care
• Illinois Hospital Association
• Illinois Public Health Association
• Illinois Public Health Institute
• Illinois Rural Health Association
• Latino Health
• Midwest Asian Health Coalition
• Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago