Coronavirus Information

Services for Essential Workers

• 4/5/20 - Child Care Assistance Application for Essential Workers: COVID-19 (pdf)

Public Service Announcements

• 4/6/20 - Access IDHS Services Remotely during the Coronavirus Emergency (Video)
• 4/6/20 - Access IDHS Services Remotely during the Coronavirus Emergency (Video-Spanish)
• 3/29/20 - IDHS encourages the public to contact our offices remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic (English)
• 3/29/20 - IDHS encourages the public to contact our offices remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic (Spanish)
• 3/29/20 - IDHS encourages the public to contact our offices remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic (ASL)

Messages to IDHS Staff

• 4/7/20 - Illinois Guidance for Virtual Home Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic (pdf)
• 4/7/20 - Frequently Asked Questions for Virtual Home Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic (pdf)
• 4/3/20 - IDHS Staff Message from Secretary Hou: Flattening the Curve
• 3/30/20 - IDHS Staff Message from Secretary Hou: FCRCs
• 3/30/20 - IDHS Staff Message from Secretary Hou
• 3/20/20 - IDHS Staff Message from Secretary Hou: Stay at Home
• 3/15/20 - IDHS Staff Message from Secretary Hou: Travel and Upcoming Remote Work Guidance
• 3/9/20 - IDHS Staff Message from Secretary Hou: COVID-19
• 3/5/20 - IDHS Staff Message from Secretary Hou: COVID-19

Messages to All IDHS Providers

• 4/3/20 - Message to Providers from Secretary Hou: Flattening the Curve
• 3/30/20 - Message to Providers from Secretary Hou: IDHS Local Offices
• 3/23/20 - Message to Providers - Budget
• 3/20/20 - Message to Providers from Secretary Hou: COVID-19
• 3/18/20 - Message on IDHS Local Offices from Secretary Hou: COVID-19
• 3/16/20 - Message to Providers from Secretary Hou: COVID-19
• 3/12/20 - Message to Providers from Secretary Hou: COVID-19
• 3/5/20 - Message to Providers from Secretary Hou: COVID-19

Press Releases

• 4/6/20 - Illinois SNAP recipients will begin receiving maximum benefit amounts this week
• 3/29/20 - IDHS expanding services by phone and online; 14 offices will remain open
• 3/19/20 - IDHS announces modifications and closures of IDHS offices to follow health and safety guidelines for COVID-19

Messages to IDHS Customers

• 4/1/20 - Policy Memo: Emergency SNAP Allotments for April and May 2020 Due to COVID-19
• 3/21/20 - Message to IDHS Customers

Illinois Waiver Requests

In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Illinois Department of Human Services has submitted a series of waivers to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in order to increase availability and flexibility within our SNAP programs.

• 3/16/20 - IDHS SNAP Waivers to Address COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services has submitted a waiver to the Center for Medicaid & CHIP Services (CMCS) in order to increase availability and flexibility within certain Medicaid regulations.

• 3/19/20 - Illinois Section 1135 Waiver Request to Address COVID-19
• 3/19/20 - Illinois Section 1135 Waiver Request Fact Sheet

Messages from IDHS Divisions to Providers

• 4/7/20 - Message for Division of Rehabilitation Services Providers - Emergency Provider Program
• 4/7/20 - Message for Division of Rehabilitation Services Providers - Summary of Actions to be Implemented to Assist Community Providers of Vocational Rehabilitation and Supported Employment Services
• 4/6/20 - Message for Division of Rehabilitation Services Providers - Homemaker & Maintenance Home Health Agencies
• 4/5/20 - Message to Early Intervention Providers - Teletherapy Update
• 4/3/20 - Message for Division of Rehabilitation Services Providers - Hotline
• 4/1/20 - Message for Division of Rehabilitation Services Providers - Grant Agreement Guidance Letter
• 3/26/20 - Message for Division of Rehabilitation Services Community Providers - Community Provider Letter
• 3/26/20 - Message for Division of Rehabilitation Services Community Providers - STEP/Pre-employment Transition Services
• 3/24/20 - Message for Communities & Providers from the Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development - Emergency Child Care Resources
• 3/23/20 - Message to Early Intervention Providers - Frequently Asked Questions
• 3/23/20 - Message to IDHS Stakeholders and Providers - COVID-19 Emergency Lodging Response for Persons Experiencing Homelessness
• 3/23/20 - Message to Illinois Continuums of Care (CoCs) - COVID-19 Emergency Lodging Response for Persons Experiencing Homelessness
• 3/23/20 - Message to Homeless Program Providers - Funding Increase Notice
• 3/23/20 - Message to Domestic Violence Providers
• 3/20/20 - Message to Division of Mental Health Providers - Residential Programs
• 3/20/20 - Message to Division of Developmental Disabilities' Providers from Director Stark
• 3/20/20 - Message for DUI Intervention Services - COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions
• 3/19/20 - Message to Employment & Training Providers
• 3/18/20 - Message for Division of Rehabilitation Services Customers - Home Services Program
• 3/18/20 - Message to Substance Use Prevention & Recovery Providers - COVID-19
• 3/18/20 - Message for IDHS Youth Providers
• 3/17/20 - Message to Division of Mental Health Residential Programs and COVID-19 Response
• 3/16/20 - Message to All Early Intervention Payees and Providers Child and Family Connections Service Coordinators and Staff
• 3/16/20 - Message to Substance Use Prevention & Recovery Providers - COVID-19 Blanket Exceptions
• 3/16/20 - Message to Substance Use Prevention & Recovery Providers - COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions
• 3/15/20 - Message to Division of Developmental Disabilities' Providers from Director Stark
• 3/14/20 - Message Regarding State Operated Psychiatric Hospitals and COVID-19 Response
• 3/13/20 - IDHS COVID-19 Webinar - Transcript
• 3/13/20 - Message to Division of Developmental Disabilities' Providers from Director Stark
• 3/13/20 - Message to Williams and Colbert Providers from Secretary Hou
• 3/13/20 - Message to MIECHV and Healthy Families Illinois Home Visiting Administrators from IDHS and Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development
• 3/11/20 - Message to Early Childhood Care and Education Program Administrators