More than a year into the COVID-19 crisis and people continue to face challenges related to their health, economic and social wellbeing. To help address the mounting need, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is distributing an additional $3.5 million to social service organizations across the state.
This latest round of the COVID-19 Community Collaboration Fund is aimed at supporting five focus areas - access to care, hunger, shelter and behavioral health, and COVID-19 health education and vaccine access. These 175 Illinois organizations are receiving the $20,000 grants to help expand crucial assistance for those in need.
- 360 Youth Services, serving DuPage, Kane, Lake, Will, Kendall, Cook and McHenry counties, providing access to shelter
- A Just Harvest, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- A Long Walk Home, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- Acclivus, Inc., serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- Ada S McKinley Community Services Inc, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- Alternative Schools Network, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- Alternatives, Inc., serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- Antioch Area Healthcare Accessibility Alliance, serving Lake County, providing access to care
- Arab American Family Services, serving Cook and DuPage counties, providing access to care
- Arthur Lockhart Resource Institute, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- ASI Home Care, serving Cook County, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Asian Health Coalition, serving Cook, Lake, McHenry, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Grundy, Will and Kankakee counties. Providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access.
- Asian Human Services Family Health Center, serving Cook County, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Asociación Latina de Asistencia y Prevención del Cáncer de Mama, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- Benton House Over 21 Committee, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- Better Sister & Brother Growth Network, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- Beverly Area Planning Association, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- Beyond Hunger, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- BHicks Childcare and Community Outreach, serving Sangamon County, providing access to care
- Blue Island Citizens for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- Breakthrough Urban Ministries, Inc., serving Cook County, providing access to food
- Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, serving Cook County, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation, serving Christian, Clay, Effingham, Fayette, Montgomery, Moultrie, and Shelby counties, providing access to shelter
- Caritas Family Solutions, serving Cook, Will and DuPage Counties, providing access to shelter
- Casa Central Social Services Corporation, serving Cook County, providing access to shelter
- Center for Changing Lives, serving Cook County, providing access to shelter
- Center on Halsted, serving Cook, McHenry, Lake, Will, DuPage and Kane Counties, providing access to care
- Centers for New Horizons, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- Centerstone of Illinois, Inc., serving Franklin, Jackson, Madison, Union and Williamson counties, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Central Illinois Foodbank, serving Adams, Bond, Brown, Cass, Christian, Effingham, Fayette, Greene, Jefferson, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Marion, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott and Shelby counties. Providing access to food.
- Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- Chicago Commons Association, serving Cook County, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Chicago Family Health Center, Inc., serving Cook County, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Chicago Horticultural Society, serving Cook and Lake counties, providing access to food
- Chicago House, serving Cook County, providing access to shelter
- Chicago International Social Change Film Festival, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- Chicago Youth Programs, Inc., serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- Children First Fund, the Chicago Public Schools Foundation, serving Chicago, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Children’s Earth Foundation, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- Children’s Home & Aid Society of Illinois, primarily serving Cook and Winnebago counties, providing access to food
- Children’s Research Triangle, serving Cook, Adams, Boone, Champaign, Douglas, DuPage, Kane, Henry, Jo Davies, Kendall, Kankakee, Lake, Livingston, McHenry, McLean, Peoria and Rock Island counties. Providing access to behavioral health care.
- Chinese American Service League, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- Chinese Mutual Aid Association, based in Chicago and Elgin, providing access to care
- Christian Community Health Center, based in Chicago, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Claretian Associates, serving South Chicago, providing access to food
- Comer Education Campus, on Chicago’s South Side, providing access to food
- Community Health & Emergency Services, Inc., serving Alexander, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union, and White counties, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Community Health Care Clinic, Inc., based in Normal, providing access to care
- Community Health NFP, providing access to care
- Contact Ministries, based in Springfield, providing access to shelter
- Cornerstone Community Development Corporation, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- Crisis Center for South Suburbia, serving suburban Cook County, providing access to care
- CTF Illinois, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health
- Danville Family YMCA, serving Vermilion County, providing access to food
- Developmental Services Center (DSC), based in Champaign, providing access to care
- DuPage Health Coalition, serving DuPage County, providing access to care
- DuPage Senior Citizens Council, serving DuPage County, providing access to food
- Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago, Inc., serving Lake, Winnebago, Boone, Stephenson, JoDavies, McHenry, Northern Ogle, Dekalb and Cook Counties, providing access to care
- El Valor Corporation, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- ElderCARE Lake County, serving Lake County, providing access to care
- Emmanuel Christian Reformed Church, serving Cook and Will Counties, providing access to food
- Enlace Chicago, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- Facing Forward to End Homelessness, serving Cook County, providing access to shelter
- Faith Coalition for the Common Good, serving Sangamon County, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Family Christian Health Center, serving Cook, Will, DuPage and Lake Counties, providing access to behavioral health care
- Family Guidance Centers, Inc., serving Cook, Kane, Will, Sangamon, Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley and Kendall Counties, providing access to care
- Family Health Partnership Clinic, serving McHenry County, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Feeding Our Kids, serving Champaign and Douglas Counties, providing access to food
- Fox Valley Special Recreation Foundation, serving Kane, Kendall, DuPage & Will Counties, providing access to behavioral health care
- Franciscan Outreach, serving Cook County, providing access to shelter
- Friend Family Health Center, Inc., serving Cook County, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Friendship Manor, serving Rock Island, Mercer and Henry Counties, providing access to shelter
- Georgia Doty Comprehensive Health, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- Gilda’s Club Chicago, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- Good Samaritan Ministries/A Project of the Carbondale Interfaith Council, serving Jackson County and surrounding areas, providing shelter
- Hamdard Center for Health & Human Services, serving Cook and DuPage Counties, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Healthcare Alternative Systems Inc., serving Cook and DuPage Counties, providing access to behavioral health care
- Helping Our People Excel Community Development, access to food
- Heritage Behavioral Health Center, Inc., serving Macon County, providing access to behavioral health care
- Heroin Epidemic Relief Organization (HERO), serving DuPage, Kankakee and Will Counties, providing access to behavioral health care
- Herrin House of Hope, serving Williamson, Franklin and Jefferson Counties, providing access to food
- Home of the Sparrow, serving McHenry County, providing access to shelter
- Housing Forward, serving Cook County, providing access to shelter
- Housing Helpers, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- Howard Area Community Center, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- Howard Brown Health Center, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- I Grow Chicago, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- iCan Dream Center, serving Cook and Will counties, providing access to behavioral health care
- Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), serving Cook, Lake, DuPage and Will counties, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- ICNA Relief USA, serving Cook and DuPage counties, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, serving Cook, Champaign, Lake, McHenry, Kane, Will, DuPage, Kankakee, McLean, Sangamon, Kendall, Winnebago, Livingston, Peoria, Macon, and Lee counties. Providing access to care.
- Illinois Partners in Hope, serving Cook, DuPage, Kankakee, Lake and Will counties, providing access to food
- Indo American Center, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- Infant Welfare Society of Chicago, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Ingalls Hospital Development Foundation, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- La Casa Norte, serving the Chicago area, providing access to food
- Lakeview Pantry, serving the Chicago area, providing access to food
- Latinos Progresando, serving the Chicago area, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Lawndale Christian Health Center, serving the Chicago area, providing access to care
- Lawrence Hall, serving the Chicago area, providing access to behavioral health care
- Lazarus House, serving Batavia, Geneva, central and western Kane, and St. Charles counties, providing access to shelter
- Lifesavers Training Corporation, Clinton, Jefferson, Madison, Randolph, St. Clair, and Williamson counties, providing access to behavioral health care
- Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly, serving the Chicago area, providing access to care
- Little City Foundation, serving Cook, DuPage, and Lake counties, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, serving Chicago’s south side, providing access to food
- Loaves & Fishes Community Services, serving DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Will counties, providing access to food
- Lorde, Rustin & Bates, serving Cook County, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Mano a Mano Family Resource Center, serving Lake and McHenry counties, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Maple Morgan Park Community Food Pantry, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- McDermott Center/Haymarket Center, serving Cook DuPage, Lake and Will counties, providing access to behavioral health care
- Midwest Asian Health Association, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- Midwest Food Bank, serving Adams, Alexander, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clay, Coles, Cook, Crawford, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Green, Grundy, Hancock, Hamilton, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Johnson, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, LaSalle, Lawrence, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mason, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Pope, Putnam, Randolph, Richland, Rock Island, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Stark, St. Clair, Tazewell, Vermilion, Wabash, Warren, Wayne, White, Whiteside, Will, Williamson, Winnebago, and Woodford. Providing access to food.
- Midwest Youth Services, serving Morgan, Brown, Cass, Schuyler, and Scott counties, providing access to shelter
- Mission of Our Lady of Angels, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- Mission of Our Lady of Mercy, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- Mobile C.A.R.E. Foundation, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- NAMI Chicago, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- New Age Services Corporation, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- New Life Centers of Chicago, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- New Moms, Inc., serving Cook County, providing access to shelter
- Onward Neighborhood House, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- Partnership for Resilience, serving suburban Cook County, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Planned Parenthood of Illinois, serving Champaign, Cook, DuPage County, Lake, LaSalle, Macon, Peoria and Sangamon counties. Providing access to care.
- Precious Blood Ministries of Reconciliation, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- Prevention Partnership, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- Primo Center for Women and Children, serving Cook County, providing access to shelter
- Public Narrative, serving Cook County, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Remedies Renewing Lives, serving Winnebago and Boone counties, providing access to shelter
- Renaissance Social Services, serving Cook County, providing access to shelter
- Respond Now, serving Cook and Will counties, providing access to food
- Restorative Ministries, serving Cook, Will, DuPage, and Kankakee counties, providing access to behavioral health care
- Rincon Family Services, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- Rockford Park District Foundation, serving Winnebago County, providing access to behavioral health care
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, serving Lake County, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Senior Services of Central Illinois, serving Sangamon, Menard, Mason, and Logan counties, providing access to food
- Senior Services Plus, Inc., serving Madison and St. Clair counties, providing access to food
- Shelter Care Ministries, serving Winnebago and Boone counties, providing access to shelter
- Shepherd’s Hope, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- Sinai Health System, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- Sisters Working It Out, serving Cook County, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Sola Gratia Farm, serving East Central Illinois, providing access to food
- South Asian American Policy and Research Institute, serving Cook, Lake, McHenry, Kane, DuPage, and Will counties, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Southern Illinois Coalition for the Homeless, serving Jackson, Perry, Union, Williamson, Saline, Franklin, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Massac, Pulaski, Alexander, Jefferson, Hamilton, White and Gallatin counties. Providing access to food.
- Southern Illinois Community Foundation, serving Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Massac, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Union, Williamson and White counties. Providing access to food.
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, serving Randolph, Perry, Franklin, Hamilton, White, Jackson, Williamson, Saline, Union, Johnson, Pope, Gallatin, Hardin, Alexander, Massac and Pulaski counties. Providing access to behavioral health care.
- Springfield Urban League Inc., serving Morgan and Sangamon counties, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- St. Leonard’s Ministries, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- Storycatchers Theatre, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- Syrian Community Network, serving Cook, Kane and DuPage counties, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Table of Life Ministries, serving Sangamon County, providing access to food
- Taller De Jose, serving Cook County, providing access to food
- The Ark, serving Cook and Lake counties, providing access to food
- The Chicago Lighthouse, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- The Hope School, serving Sangamon, Mclean, Logan, Menard, Macon, Christian, Montgomery, Macoupin, Green, Scott, Morgan, Cass, Jersey, Madison, Clinton, St. Clair and Jackson counties. Providing access to care.
- The Inner Voice, Inc., serving Cook County, providing access to food
- The Outlet, serving Sangamon and Menard counties, providing access to food
- The Port Ministries, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- The Resurrection Project, serving Cook County, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- The Salvation Army (Ray and Joan Kroc Corps), serving Cook County, providing access to shelter
- The Salvation Army (Midway Citadel Corps), serving Cook County, providing access to shelter
- The Salvation Army (Heartland Division), serving Bureau, Carroll, Fulton, Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Grundy, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jo Davies, Kankakee, Knox, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, Logan, Macon, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Ogle, Peoria, Piatt, Putnam, Rock Island, Sangamon, Stark, Stephenson, Schuyler, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, Whiteside and Woodford counties. Providing access to behavioral health care.
- Trilogy Inc., serving Cook County, providing access to shelter
- Urban Growers Collective, serving Cook County providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- VNA Community Services, serving Knox County, providing access to food
- Warehouse Workers Justice Center, serving Cook and Will counties, providing COVID-19 health education/vaccine access
- Westside Health Authority, serving Cook County, providing access to care
- Will-Grundy Medical Clinic, serving Will, Grundy and Kendall counties, providing access to care
- Williams Aftercare Recovery Center, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- WINGS Program, Inc., serving Cook County, providing access to shelter
- Women’s Center Incorporated, serving Franklin, Gallatin, Jackson, Johnson, Perry, Saline, Union and Williamson counties. Providing access to behavioral health care.
- YogaCare, serving Cook and Winnebago counties, providing access to behavioral health care
- Young Men’s Christian Association of Springfield, serving Sangamon and Menard counties, providing access to care
- Young Men’s Educational Network, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care
- Youth Guidance, serving Cook County, providing access to behavioral health care