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Crafting Stories about Well-Being and Aging – June 13

Join Illinois Partners for Human Service for a virtual training on creating complete stories that lead with values, utilize a systems lens, and center the human experience in narratives around aging. Human service programs use stories in numerous ways, but in...

A Busy Month in Springfield

It’s been a busy month in Springfield, where our team testified in subject matter hearings from the Human Service Equitable Pay Act and Human Service Professional Loan Repayment Program. We also supported our partners at Forefront in providing testimony on the...

Town Hall Summit for HIV Long-Term Survivors – May 17 & 18

Join The Reunion Project and the National Working Positive Coalition for a two-day town hall for long-term HIV survivors. Day One, Friday, May 17, will be an employment forum for long-term HIV survivors interested in discussions, information, services, and resources...

Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day Symposium – May 2

The National Council on Aging is hosting the 7th annual Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day Symposium, an online event. NCOA anticipates offering free continuing education credit for several professions. The daylong online event will be held Thursday, May 2, 9 am...

ACCESS Living Open House – May 2

Our coalition partner ACCESS Living is hosting an Open House. This event is a wonderful opportunity to see what an organization run by people with disabilities, for people with disabilities, looks like. After months of closure due to flooding, the Access Living...

Adela Carlin Joins Forefront Board

We are excited to share that our team member Adela Carlin, Senior Director of Training and Community Partnerships, has joined the Board of Directors for our coalition partner Forefront. Congratulations to Adela and fellow new board members LaToya Egwuekwe-Smith, Chief...

Women’s Economic Power Agenda for Illinois

Last November, Illinois Partners joined advocates and workers for the Women’s Economic Power Agenda (WEPA) Summit to shape a shared agenda and roadmap to advance women’s economic power in Illinois. Together we focused on driving collective impact around the shared...

Lauren Wright Receives Moxie Award

Our Executive Director, Lauren Wright, is a 2024 recipient of Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault’s Moxie Award, for her advocacy and leadership in the human service sector. We are so grateful to be partnered with ICASA in many areas of our work at IL Partners,...

Intersectionality and Equity in Aging Virtual Training – May 9

Join Illinois Partners for Human Service for “Intersectionality & Equity in Aging,” a conversation about the importance of considering how aging is impacted by the historical marginalization of individuals and communities. While aging is universal, the experience...

Webinar: Summer EBT Program – Apr 8

Illinois is working to implement Summer EBT, the first new federal nutrition program in 50 years. Summer EBT will provide a grocery benefit to families with school aged children in the summer months when school is out. Unfortunately, children in Chicago Public Schools...