Care Van^® Program – Driving Health to Our Communities

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is happy to have served the community for over 30 years through the Care Van Program.

Each year, the BCBSIL Care Van program helps build healthy communities by providing more than 10,000 immunizations. It also provides hundreds of dental sealants and health information on chronic conditions across Illinois including Champaign-Urbana, Chicago, Edgar County, Madison County, Peoria, Springfield and East St. Louis. Our services include:

• No cost immunizations
• Dental services
• Health literacy education
• HIV testing
• COVID-19 testing

Our Care Vans visit schools, churches, public housing, and many more locations across the state.

Read more about the Care Van in our Newsroom.

Our Partners

With each of our partnerships we strive to make sure that we highlight the importance of immunizations, with a focus on yearly flu shots.

The Care Van Program has partnered with the Chicago Department of Public Health for over 30 years. The goal has been to provide childhood vaccinations to students entering Chicago Public Schools, to meet State of Illinois requirements.

Find out where the Care Van will be in March: 

• Vaccines in Chicago

We worked with the Chicago Department of Public Health to identify high need sites to provide COVID-19 immunizations and education to frontline and essential workers. Our partnership with the Lake County Public Health Department offers resources to 18 townships, vaccinating community members in 1A and 1B categories.

Colorectal Cancer Prevention

According to the American Cancer Society, Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men and women. Each year, an estimated 6,600 Illinoisans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and more than 2,400 people will die from it. Because CRC is highly treatable in its early stages, BCBSIL wants to help more community members have access to care and take prevention into their own hands by providing Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) kits at no-cost.

Contact Us

If you're interested in being a community partner and hosting a community vaccination for COVID-19, flu or other adult or pediatric preventable disease vaccination, complete this form. A member from our team will contact you.

Feel free to download this Care Van flyer to share with friends, family and community organizations who may want to partner with us. For more information on health and wellness topics, visit our Wellness Can’t Wait page for videos, flyers and articles.