Illinois Health Grants

This funding provides local governments in Illinois with financial support to safely collect and dispose of household medical sharps, ensuring public health and safety.

This grant provides funding to local governments and nonprofit organizations to support affordable housing, homelessness prevention, and community development initiatives for low- and moderate-income residents in Waukegan and Lake County.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to local nonprofit organizations in DeKalb that serve vulnerable populations, including the homeless, individuals facing mental health challenges, victims of violence, and low-income families.

This grant provides funding to Illinois nonprofit organizations to create legal information centers and projects that help residents understand and navigate the legal system, particularly in areas like family law, housing, and immigration.

This funding opportunity provides $10,000 to individual artists in Illinois to support their professional development and enhance community engagement through their creative practices.

This grant provides financial and technical support to systemically marginalized local farmers and food businesses in Cook County, Illinois, to enhance access to healthy, sustainable food in community meal programs and institutions.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for individual artists, arts organizations, and nonprofits in Boone, DeKalb, Ogle, and Winnebago Counties, Illinois, to develop community-focused arts projects that enrich the local cultural landscape.

This program provides up to $1,000 to K-12 educators in Illinois for innovative technology projects that enhance teaching and learning outcomes.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to established non-profit organizations in Illinois that offer essential shelter and services for survivors of domestic violence, particularly in response to challenges heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations and individuals in Rockford to develop programs that address economic development, violence prevention, and community reinvestment in areas disproportionately affected by past cannabis laws.

This grant provides resources to equip and train law enforcement and fire departments in 24 high-need rural counties in Illinois to combat opioid overdoses by distributing naloxone and implementing a Leave-Behind Naloxone Distribution program.

This funding opportunity is designed to help rural law enforcement agencies create outreach programs that connect individuals who have experienced an opioid overdose with necessary recovery services.

This program provides financial support to nursing faculty at accredited Illinois institutions to help retain qualified educators in nursing programs.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to Illinois-based organizations with experience in harm reduction and opioid use disorder treatment, enabling them to expand outreach and services in communities heavily impacted by opioid overdose.

This grant provides financial support to nonprofit organizations in Henry County, Illinois, focusing on educational assistance for local students, historic preservation, religious initiatives, and nursing home care for those in need.

The FY25 Mental Health Early Action on Campus (MHEAC) grants aim to support and enhance mental health services at Illinois public universities, with a focus on underserved and underrepresented students, by funding new strategies for service expansion, awareness, and accessibility, as well as the continuation of previously approved programs.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to local governments affected by the closure or reduced operation of the Zion Nuclear Plant, aimed at fostering economic development and addressing community impacts through various initiatives.

The Illinois Department of Public Health is offering the Reproductive Health Security Grant to reproductive health care facilities in the state that are at high risk of unlawful activities, to enhance their security measures and protect against attacks due to their provision of services, including abortion.

The grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health’s Office of Women’s Health and Family Services aims to improve maternal, child, and infant health by preventing trauma, building resilience, and creating healthy environments for children, using funds to strengthen families and communities, and ensure access to youth-friendly care systems.

This funding opportunity provides support for organizations to implement and evaluate a mental health campaign aimed at reducing suicide rates among disproportionately affected populations, such as veterans, rural communities, and LGBTQ individuals.