2-1-1 Metro Chicago

Need help and don’t know where to turn? @211MetroChicago is a free and confidential helpline offering 24/7 access to a trained, local specialist who will connect you to food, housing, utility assistance, access to health care, and other vital resources.

Launched by the City of Chicago, Cook County, and United Way of Metro Chicago, 2-1-1 is now available to all Cook County residents.

Find the help you need today:

• Call 2-1-1
• Text your zip code to 898211
• Visit 211MetroChicago.org

Public Health Reports

• Closing Chicago's Life Expectancy Gap: Preventing Overdose Deaths
• Public Health Vending Machine Pilot Program Brief
• CDPH Program Summaries
• 2021 State of Health for Blacks in Chicago
• Recommendations to Improve Child Health
• Building A Healthier Chicago
• 2020 HIV/STI Surveillance Report
• Healthy Chicago databook: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Health
• 2019 Healthy Chicago 2.0 Symposium Report
• 2018 Chicago Opioid Report
• Youth Tobacco Use - Data Brief 2017

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