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

• CDPH Program Summaries
• Healthy Chicago 2025 Strategic Plan
• Long COVID in Chicago: Data from the 2023 Healthy Chicago Survey
• Data Brief on the Neighborhood Conditions of Adults with Disabilities in Chicago
• Closing Chicago's Life Expectancy Gap: Preventing Overdose Deaths
• Public Health Vending Machine Pilot Program Brief
• Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention & Data Report
• 2022 HIV + Syphilis Data Brief

Click here for more CDPH Fact Sheets, Reports, and Studies