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  • Conversation Starter Kit

    The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) provides free Conversation Guides to help you have the conversation with a family member, friend, or other loved one about your – or their – wishes regarding end-of-life care and other topics.

    IHI Conversation Guides can be downloaded for free. Other topics include:

    • Choosing a Health Care Proxy
    • Talking with my Child Living with Serious Illness
    • Geting the Most out of my Next Medical Appointment (for older adults and caregivers)

  • Coronavirus (COVID-19): Important Information about Social Security Services

    Information from the Social Security Administration

  • Coronavirus at Work: FAQs Around Disabilities

    Understood’s Workplace Initiative has collected key resources from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and others.

  • COVID Rent and Utility Assistance Programs in Lake County

    Community Partners for Affordable Housing has information on emergency rent and utility assistance programs to help Lake County, Illinois households whose incomes have decreased due to COVID-19. Their website outlines the different programs and provides eligibility guidelines.

    If you need help submitting your application, accessing computer equipment, are unsure which program may be better for you or have other questions, please contact Emergency Assistance Coordinator, Toni Martinez, at tmartinez@cpahousing.org or (847) 263-7478 ext 30.

  • COVID-19 Community Vaccination Program

    The COVID-19 Community Vaccination Program website allows residents served by Cook County Health, Cook County Government and Cook County Public Health to find COVID-19 vaccine information and schedule an appointment all in one place.

    The COVID-19 Community Vaccination Program website also provides information on:

    Vaccine facts
    In-home vaccination
    Updates on the vaccine and the community vaccination program
    The digital COVID-19 E-card

  • COVID-19 Housing Resources Information

    The Illinois Housing Development Authority continues to provide support and assistance programs for Illinois homeowners and renters. Its COVID-19 Housing Resources Information website provides the latest information.

  • COVID-19 resources for families and individuals in Illinois.

    Information from the Shriner Center on Poverty Law

  • COVID-19 Resources for People with Disabilities in Marginalized Communities

    The Chicagoland Disabled People of Color Coalition and the Illinois Self-Advocacy Alliance, Inc., developed this centralized list of resources for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in marginalized communities.

    English

    Spanish 

  • COVID-19 Resources for People with Disabilities, their Families, Service Providers and the Workforce that Supports them

    This list of resources have been compiled by the UIC Institute on Disability and Human Development.to help people with disabilities, their families, service providers and the workforce that supports them have access to the latest information about COVID-19.

  • COVID-19 Resources for the Disability Community

    Access Living has compiled a variety of resources, including disability health information, schooling activities, self-care and meal information.