The Illinois Region of the American Red Cross serves 12.2 million people in 88 counties in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri through a network of 5 chapters:  Central Illinois, Greater Chicago, Illinois River Valley, Quad Cities & Northwest Illinois and South & West Central Illinois.

Illinois Counties: Adams, Bond, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Cook, Crawford, Cumberland, DeKalb, DeWitt, Douglas, DuPage, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jasper, Jefferson, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Marion, Marshall, Mason, McDonough, McHenry, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Putnam, Richland, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Scott, Shelby, Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, Washington, Whiteside, Will, Williamson, Winnebago, and Woodford. Iowa Counties: Lee, Muscatine, Scott, and Van Buren. Missouri Counties: Clark, Lewis, Marion, and Ralls.

The Illinois Region seeks to help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to natural and human-caused disasters through the immediate mobilization of people and resources and the provision of community, workplace, and school-based training.

Beyond disaster relief, the Region delivers Community Disaster Education, First Aid/CPR, HIV/AIDS prevention, and other types of life-saving health and safety training to thousands of people across our region to help people prevent, prepare, and respond to emergencies.