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Helpful information on government benefits such as unemployment resources and healthcare coverage as well as resources for businesses and families.

CaringInfo, a program of the National Alliance for Care at Home, provides free resources to educate and empower patients and caregivers to make decisions about serious illness and end-of-life care and services.

The site provides guides and resources about topics including advance directives, palliative care, caregiving and hospice care.

CaringInfo provides free advance directives and instructions for each state that you can download and save.

The Citizens Utility Board (CUB)’s Help Center provides information and helpful resources for Illinois utility customers.  with more information.

CUB provides information, including:

• Financial resources and where to find help with utility bills
• Disconnection rights
• Efficiency and safety tips
• Solar and efficiency programs

 

Verizon COVID-19 response, following the FCC agreement to waive late fees, no cutoff service, etc.

To be able to care for the people you love, you must first take care of yourself. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) provides tips, tools and resources to help caregivers take care of themselves.

The Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission maintains a directory of sign language interpreters. You can search the directory by an interpreter’s name or by region/county.

The Secretary of State’s Office offers an Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) Communication Wallet Card to help notify law enforcement that a person may have difficulty communicating. Applicant’s may request the wallet card at any Illinois Secretary of State Driver’s License Facility.

The wallet card is available to notify law enforcement in advance that a person may require alternative methods of communication in order to respond to and communicate with an officer.

The Institute for Parents of Preschool Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing is a one-week program for parents of children ages 5 and under who have a significant hearing loss. It takes place on the campus of the Illinois School for the Deaf in Jacksonville each June.

Participating parents attend daily lectures by experts in the field to learn about raising a child with hearing loss. Lecture topics include the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), advocacy, communication options, language, assistive listening devices, literacy and amplification.

UIC’s Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC), a supporter of the Institute, has made these presentations available online so they can benefit more families of children with hearing loss.