SHAPING CHANGE
Policy and Advocacy
Illinois Public Health Institute improves health policy from the ground up by connecting data and community input with institutions and policymakers.
Our Expertise
We are a trusted voice in Illinois’s health policy conversations, from improving physical education in schools to improving access to Naloxone in communities.
We nurture multisector partnerships, facilitate complex discussions, guide decision-making, and build capacity through strategies designed to improve policy, systems, and our environment.
IPHI Health Policy Work in Practice
Illinois State Health Improvement Plan
IPHI partnered with the Illinois Department of Public Health to adjust the State Health Improvement Plan in ways that put community voices at the core of statewide health planning. This includes the passage of legislation requiring the Healthy Illinois Survey—one of the nation’s largest state-level multi-mode, address-based studies— to enhance and streamline data focused on the root causes of health inequities.
Diabetes Prevention
IPHI successfully advocated for Illinois Medicaid to cover the National Diabetes Prevention Program and Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support services—a range of solutions to help prevent diabetes among people in Chicago neighborhoods with the greatest health disparities. This was approved by the state’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2022. Learn more ADD LINK
Washington State Policy Change
In the wake of COVID-19, IPHI’s Data Sectors Across Health (DASH) partnered with Washington State’s Department of Social and Health Services in order to amplify the voices of people who have been historically marginalized and better align decision-making to reduce poverty across the state. As a result, the state passed legislation requiring stipends for low-income or underrepresented community members of state boards, commissions, councils, committees, and other similar groups.
IPHI’s Policy Agenda
IPHI’s policy platform reflects our commitment to multi-sector partnerships to promote health. ADD LINK