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Heads up! New Illinois Medicaid Prescription Drug Policy Coming Jan. 1, 2020

Are you on Medicaid? Do you have patients, friends or clients who are on Medicaid? If the answer is “yes,” keep reading the important information below!

On Jan. 1, 2020, prescription drug coverage is changing for Illinois Medicaid. Previously, Medicaid …

December 20, 2019 |

Illinois HIV Care Connect Introduces HIV and Youth Web Content; Encourages All Young People to Take the Y.O.U.T.H. Quiz and Earn A Chance to Win a $25 VISA Gift Card

Springfield, Ill. – Nov. 26, 2019 – As part of a continuing effort to educate young people about HIV prevention and treatment, Illinois HIV Care Connect today introduced HIV and Youth web content to support the Y.O.U.T.H. Quiz in advance …

November 25, 2019 |

Illinois HIV Care Connect Encourages All Young People to Take the Y.O.U.T.H. Quiz

Springfield, Ill. – Sept. 17, 2019 – In an effort to encourage HIV testing and treatment among Illinois youth, Illinois HIV Care Connect today introduced the confidential Y.O.U.T.H. Quiz, with a version for young people living with HIV and a …

September 20, 2019 |

Improving Health Literacy Training Slides

These health literacy training slides to allow any organization, regardless of where it is located, to host its own health literacy training. Health professionals can download and deliver the training to their organization at any time.

The 60-minute community training …

September 4, 2019 |

Summer 2019 Issue of the IHIPC Quarterly Newsletter

The summer 2019 issue of the Illinois HIV Integrated Planning Council’s (IHIPC) Quarterly Newsletter can be disseminated to colleagues and community members. The newsletter’s editors express a big thank you to all article authors/ contributors featured in the issue. The …

September 4, 2019 |

Illinois HIV Action Alliance Seeks Responses to Survey

The Illinois HIV Action Alliance (IHAA) is fielding an anonymous survey to understand what people know about Illinois laws regarding HIV and how that affects them. IHAA will use this information to inform advocacy efforts, including building educational materials and …

July 27, 2019 |

Illinois HIV Integrated Planning Council Seeks New Members: Sept. 15 Application Deadline

The Illinois HIV Integrated Planning Council (IHIPC) has opened up its recruitment cycle for 2020 membership. IHIPC is seeking to fill at least four at-large, non-voting member positions on the group. At-large members go through the same application and selection …

July 17, 2019 |

Medical Monitoring Project to Interview Selected Individuals Living with HIV in Illinois

Consenting participants interviewed confidentially about their medical care experiences and needs

May 23, 2019 — The Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) is an HIV surveillance system designed to learn more about the experiences and needs of people who are living with …

May 23, 2019 |

Illinois Releases Final Getting to Zero Plan

The State of Illinois, City of Chicago, and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago Announce the Getting to Zero Illinois HIV Plan

New comprehensive plan seeks to end HIV epidemic in Illinois by 2030

SPRINGFIELD – May 14, 2019 – Governor …

May 17, 2019 |