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Enrollment in the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults (HBIA) program will be temporarily paused effective July 1, 2023.

Enrollment in the Health Benefits for Immigrant Seniors (HBIS) program will be temporarily paused effective Nov. 6, 2023.

Due to repairs causing planned power outages in the area, the Joliet Regional Office located in the Bays Professional Center Building, will be closed to the public on Monday, May 6th.  The building is expected to reopen on Tuesday, May 7th.

Elizabeth M. Whitehorn, Director

HBWD Radio Ad 3

One point four million people in Illinois who really want to work, can't.

Financially, it doesn't make since for them.

You see if they were employed, they would lose Medicaid health coverage, and private insurance is almost impossible to get.

This is the reality for people with disabilities.

Vince worked part-time as a law clerk, but he couldn't afford medication to control his mental illness.

And he often missed work, when he was hospitalized.

Thank goodness, he found a state program called Health Benefits for Workers with Disabilities.

With HBWD, Vince's medications were covered.

He took them regularly, and after a year of perfect attendance, Vince was hired full-time.

If this sounds like someone you know, call eight-hundred, two-two-six, zero-seven-sixty-eight, or visit https://hfs.illinois.gov/medicalprograms/hbwd/ to learn more about health insurance for working individuals with disabilities.

Move beyond your disability and take control.

Call eight-hundred, two-two-six, zero-seven-sixty-eight, or visit https://hfs.illinois.gov/medicalprograms/hbwd/ today.