Information checked October 23, 2026, against the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS). Program rules and the facility list change; confirm details with HFS and the facility. This page is general information, not legal or financial advice, and does not recommend any facility.
Supportive living is Illinois’s Medicaid-funded alternative to a nursing home. It offers assisted-living-style care in a private apartment for people with low incomes, and it is the option families most often miss, because private referral services rarely place Medicaid-funded residents.
Who it is for
HFS runs the Supportive Living Program for:
- adults aged 65 and older, and
- adults aged 22 to 64 with physical disabilities, at sites certified to serve them.
Residents who use the Medicaid rate must be enrolled in Medicaid. HFS’s resident fact sheet says their income must be at least the current Supplemental Security Income (SSI) amount, and that excess resources count toward the cost of care. Facilities may also take private-pay residents at their own rates.
HFS’s pages do not spell out the full eligibility test, including any assessment of care needs. Ask the facility and HFS what screening your parent will need before moving in.
What residents get
Each resident has a private apartment with a kitchen, a private bathroom and a door that locks. Residents choose from services that include personal care, medication oversight, intermittent nursing, meals and snacks, housekeeping, laundry, health and exercise programs, social activities and 24-hour response and security. The facility must assess each resident regularly and keep a service plan with them.
Some sites are certified as dementia care settings, which can accept residents with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia and are paid a higher rate for the extra staffing.
What residents pay
Medicaid pays for the services. The resident pays for room and board, a monthly charge tied to the SSI amount. Medicaid residents keep a personal needs allowance, which HFS’s resident fact sheet lists as $120 a month (the fact sheet is undated, so confirm the current amount with HFS or the facility), and contribute the rest of their countable income, after allowed deductions such as health insurance premiums, toward their care. HFS calls that contribution the group care credit.
Because the amounts follow SSI and Medicaid rules that change, ask the facility for a written estimate based on your parent’s actual income.
Supportive living sites in Chicago
These are the sites with a Chicago address on the HFS Cook County list as checked on October 23, 2026. Inclusion is not a recommendation. HFS marks only the sites that serve a different group; sites it leaves unmarked are shown here as 65+, the program’s default for older adults. Check each site’s details with HFS and the facility before you rely on them.
| Facility | Address | Phone | Serves (per HFS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andersonville Supportive Living | 4950 N. Ashland Ave. | (773) 989-1304 | 65+ |
| Barton Senior Residences of Chicago | 1245 S. Wood St. | (312) 421-5220 | 65+ |
| Beth-Anne Place | 1143 N. Lavergne Ave. | (773) 287-2711 | 65+ |
| Churchview Supportive Living | 2626 W. 63rd St. | (773) 471-4444 | 65+ |
| Covenant Home of Chicago | 2720 W. Foster Ave. | (773) 506-6900 | 65+ |
| Eden South Shore | 7156 S. Dorchester Ave. | (773) 466-6868 | Ages 22–64 with physical disabilities |
| Eden Supportive Living | 940 W. Gordon Terr. | (773) 472-1020 | Ages 22–64 with physical disabilities |
| Friedman Place | 5527 N. Maplewood Ave. | (773) 989-9800 | People with visual impairments |
| Grand Regency of Jackson Park | 1448 E. 75th St. | (773) 667-6500 | Ages 22–64 with physical disabilities |
| Grand Regency of South Shore | 7419 S. Exchange Ave. | (773) 721-6600 | 65+ |
| Greenview Place | 1501 W. Melrose St. | (773) 525-1501 | 65+ |
| Heritage Woods of Chicago | 2800 W. Fulton St. | (773) 722-2900 | 65+ |
| Montclare Supportive Living Community of Lawndale | 4339 W. 18th St. | (773) 277-0288 | 65+ |
| New City | 4707 S. Marshfield Ave. | (773) 363-1223 | 65+ |
| Pioneer Gardens | 3800 S. Martin Luther King Dr. | (773) 420-4100 | 65+ |
| Ravenswood Senior Living | 1922 W. Sunnyside Ave. | (773) 754-8922 | 65+ |
| Victory Centre of Galewood | 2370 N. Newcastle Ave. | (773) 385-5002 | 65+ |
| Victory Centre of Michigan Avenue | 10450 S. Michigan Ave. | (773) 468-6400 | 65+; also a dementia care setting |
| Victory Centre of South Chicago | 3251 E. 92nd St. | (773) 449-2600 | 65+ |
| Vistas of Lincoln Park | 2437 N. Southport Ave. | (773) 472-8400 | 65+ |
The full list, including suburban Cook County sites, is on the HFS Cook County supportive living page.
Questions to ask a supportive living facility
- Do you have an apartment open now, and is there a waiting list?
- What will my parent pay each month, based on their income?
- Which services are included, and which cost extra?
- What happens if my parent’s care needs increase, or if they develop dementia?
- Are you certified as a dementia care setting?
Contacts
- HFS Bureau of Long-Term Care: 217-782-0545, toll free 844-528-8444, HFS.SLF@illinois.gov.
- Supportive living complaints: HFS lists 844-528-8444.
- Chicago Senior Services: 312-744-4016, weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sources
- HFS, Supportive Living Program
- HFS, Supportive Living Program resident fact sheet
- HFS, Cook County Supportive Living Program sites
- HFS, dementia care settings announcement (December 2023)
- HFS notice describing supportive living apartments
About this guide
- This is general information, not medical, legal or financial advice. Talk to your parent’s doctor, an elder law attorney or a financial adviser about your own situation.
- ChicagoRealEstate.ai is independent. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by HFS, IDPH, CMS, the City of Chicago or any facility named here.
- Naming a facility is not a recommendation. The site does not recommend, rank or refer families to any facility or broker.
- Rules, rates and facility details change. Facts were checked on the date at the top of the page; confirm anything you rely on with the agency or the facility.
- The site is run by Joe Bjorklund, a licensed Illinois real estate broker with Baird & Warner.
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If you are worried about someone’s safety
If someone is in immediate danger, call 911. To report abuse, neglect or financial exploitation of an adult 60 or older, or of an adult 18 to 59 with a disability living in the community, call the Illinois Adult Protective Services hotline at 1-866-800-1409, 24 hours a day (Illinois Relay: 711). To complain about a nursing home or assisted living facility, call the IDPH Central Complaint Registry at 800-252-4343, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.