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  • Medicaid Provider Alert: Provider revalidation has begun and those not completing the process risk disenrollment.  Check your account now to learn when your revalidation is due. More information here.
  • The Cook Central Office, 36 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, will close 02/03/2025.  The new Cook Central Office will open at 115 South LaSalle, Chicago, for in-person service on 02/10/2025.  
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Elizabeth M. Whitehorn, Director

Application

Apply Online

  1. Abe.illinois.gov or

Application Download

  1. English HBWD Application (pdf)

  2. Solicitud de HBWD en español (pdf)

For more information or to request an application to be mailed, please call our hotline Toll-Free at:

1-800-226-0768

TTY: 1-866-675-8440

The HBWD Application is available for download in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader® to view or print these files.

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