Maternal and child health services

The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded the Department of Public Health Illinois $64.16 million on October 1, 2025, under the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.994) to improve the health and well-being of the nation's mothers, children, and families by supporting and promoting the development and coordination of systems of care for the maternal and child health population, particularly vulnerable populations without adequate access to health care.

Performance runs through September 30, 2027, at locations throughout Illinois. The state agency operates 7 regional offices and 3 laboratories across Illinois's 102 counties in partnership with 97 certified local health departments, serving mothers, infants, children (including children with special health care needs), and their families, particularly those of low income.

The Department of Public Health Illinois is a state government entity that competes full-and-open across all federal grant programs and holds no set-aside designations. The department's federal portfolio centers on vital statistics data collection and management, disease prevention and control, maternal and child health services, environmental health protection, and occupational safety and health statistics.

A sub-recipient, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, received a sub-award on June 15, 2026, to advance the Resilience Supportive Schools Illinois (RSSI) Expansion project, a whole-school, whole-child capacity-building approach. The RSSI-E project provides schools with free tools, resources, and support to evaluate their policies, procedures, and practices and implement improvements in trauma-responsiveness and healing-centeredness, mental health, social and emotional learning, and cultural awareness, responsiveness, and equity through a structured five-step Learning Journey culminating in action planning.