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Get Covered Illinois is the state's official health insurance marketplace where you can enroll in health and dental coverage. It's the only place you can apply for tax credits to help lower the cost of your coverage.

Medicare is the federal health insurance program for: -People who are 65 or older -Certain younger people with disabilities -People with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD) The different parts of Medicare help cover specific services: -Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) Part A covers inpatient hospital stays, care in a skilled nursing facility, hospice care, and some home health care. -Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) Part B covers certain doctors' services, outpatient care, medical supplies, and preventive services. -Medicare Part D (prescription drug coverage) Helps cover the cost of prescription drugs (including many recommended shots or vaccines).

The Salvation Army Canton & Fulton County 360 Life Center offers a variety of services for Fulton County residents in need. This location partners with Loving Bottoms to offer diapers, wipes, period kits including pads and tampons, as well as adult diapers and bed pads.

The Institute for Human Resources offers divorce counseling.

Bard Optical offers a "Preferred Provider" program. This provides savings if a customer is associated with a certain company or organization (for example, State Farm or the AARP). "The Preferred Provider Discount Vision Care Plan offers you and your family immediate savings on all of your vision care needs. Simply present your ID card at any convenient Bard Optical office. There is no paperwork and no waiting." Accepts Medicaid and Medicare.

The Autism Collective is a collaboration between Easterseals Central Illinois and OSF Healthcare Children's Hospital of Illinois, providing free autism care coordination services for both youth and adults.

The South Side Mission sometimes provide burial plots, but not financial assistance for burials. Currently, the focus is to help those who have lost someone to violence.

The Arc of Illinois offers the Assistive Technology Program for persons with intellectual/ developmental disabilities who have received an evaluation/assessment from a qualified provider but the assistive technology purchase is not subsidized by Medicaid, Medicare, or private insurance. The maximum amount funded will be $500.00 per person or family. In order to help more people, the program can only fund one device or type of software.

Tazewell Woodford Head Start is a federally funded program that empowers families and promotes school readiness in preschool-age children. Tazewell Woodford Head Start serves approximately 350 families in the surrounding communities. Teachers follow a developmentally-appropriate curriculum based on the Head Start Framework and Illinois Learning Standards.

Job Ready Illinois is an online workforce development program that has been approved by the State of Illinois as a "work program" for the purposes of SNAP Work Requirements. It was created through a collaboration of the State of Illinois, workforce foundations, Forefront/Innovation Nexus and Cook County. In the future it will help with Medicaid work requirements, too. *It has unlimited capacity, so any Illinois resident that is struggling to meet work requirements and is therefore at risk of losing their SNAP Benefits can enroll online and use the program to stay SNAP eligible. *It is flexible in the number of "work requirement hours" it can provide, so if someone has hours through something else like volunteering, but will struggle to get to 80 hours in a month, Job Ready Illinois can be used to get them the hours they need.

The Fulton County Health Department offers a variety of public health services. Also, there is a Free Overdose Prevention Vending Machine located just inside the front doors, available during normal business hours (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Tazewell Woodford Head Start is a federally funded program that empowers families and promotes school readiness in preschool-age children. Tazewell Woodford Head Start serves approximately 350 families in the surrounding communities. Teachers follow a developmentally-appropriate curriculum based on the Head Start Framework and Illinois Learning Standards.

North Central Behavioral Health Systems, Inc. is a non-profit behavioral health care organization serving La Salle, Bureau, Marshall, Putnam, Fulton, McDonough, and Grundy counties.

The One Peoria Back to School & Health Fair takes place on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. at Glen Oak Park. The event offers free backpacks, school supplies, and uniforms, with priority given to the first 200 kids. School and sports physicals will also be available, along with free food, drinks, and carnival games.

The MDA Resource Center is available to provide one-on-one support via phone or email for individuals and families looking for information on muscular dystrophy and related conditions, resources, activities and more.

The HOPE Chest is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that sells and sometimes donates furniture, appliances, and other household items. The organization also offers a food and pet pantry. Please note that the pantry is at 1416 N. 8th St.

Living By Your Design Inc. assists seniors and disabled individuals, as well as their families, in finding appropriate home care, independent living, assisted living, and nursing homes; and in navigating questions regarding disability, senior, and veterans benefits. The office is able to provide expert guidance on Social Security questions. Among the case management services offered by Living by Your Design are one on one case management with a nurse, as well as bill paying assistance.

Bard Optical offers a "Preferred Provider" program. This provides savings if a customer is associated with a certain company or organization (for example, State Farm or the AARP). "The Preferred Provider Discount Vision Care Plan offers you and your family immediate savings on all of your vision care needs. Simply present your ID card at any convenient Bard Optical office. There is no paperwork and no waiting." Accepts Medicaid and Medicare.

Neighborhood House Association, established in 1896, is dedicated to providing a Safe Haven with comprehensive services that meet the social, emotional, and material needs of individuals and families from infancy to their senior years. =============== Food pantry often has some hygiene supplies.

The Illinois Department of Human Services pays for funeral and burial expenses when a person's resources and all other sources of payment are less than the DHS standard payment rates. E-mail is an encouraged way to contact the Funeral and Burial Unit: [email protected]

With food allergies on the rise, and a lack of support across the country, food allergy families Kevin/Lindsey Spangler and Chris/Megan Horan of Peoria, IL came together to start Allergy Awareness for Children Everywhere (AACE Peoria), a FARE-recognized food allergy support group. Their group's mission of providing lifesaving food allergy support, education, advocacy, and research to the community has led them to collaborate with Red Sneakers for Oakley (RSFO). RSFO's focus is saving lives through educating and advocating for individuals with food allergies. The similar missions and the desire to organize other fragmented groups across the country sparked the collaboration. The group centered in Peoria Heights, IL is the first Red Sneakers for Oakley Chapter in the country. ===================================== Current Efforts: *Food allergy awareness education and training: Food allergy training certified by FARECheck, ServSafe. CPR training certified by the American Heart Association. *Undesignated epinephrine and albuterol for schools, early learning centers, restaurants, entertainment venues first responders, and community entities. *Allergy friendly camps. *Annual food allergy community outreach and awareness events. Annual national outreach events. *Food allergy advocacy: Improving access to therapies; Food Allergy legislation; Allergy friendly menus; Allergy friendly zones at venues. *Connecting fragmented food allergy nonprofits across the country. *Support group *Allergy friendly food donations *Allergy friendly cooking utensils *Allergy friendly signs at parks and playgrounds *Allergy friendly book donations to early learning centers, schools, libraries, and healthcare facilities *Annual fundraising events.

Southside Community Center focuses on youth leadership and enrichment, parent support and education, and additional assistance ministries.

Illinois Joining Forces seeks to help veterans, service members, and their families obtain the assistance and resources they are looking for in the State of Illinois. The range of services that IJF can connect veterans, service members, and their families to includes: *Material Needs (Benefits & Emergency Assistance, Financial Literacy, and Legal Support) *Housing and Homelessness (Emergency and Long-term) *Careers (Employment and Education) *Health and Wellness (Healthcare and Behavioral Health) *Family and Survivors Support *Women Veteran Support *Veteran Programs (Sports, Recreation, and Volunteering)

Associates in Mental Health, SC offers eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.

The goal of the Dental Center at Knox Community Health Center is to provide access to preventive and restorative dental care for all area residents. This is a federal clinic, so there are no service area boundaries. Preventative Services Offered: Regular cleanings Oral exams X-rays Sealants Fluoride treatments Restorative Services Offered: Extractions Fillings