Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP), is a free statewide health insurance counseling service for Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers. Bilingual SHIP counselors from CLESE member SHIP sites will help find information and resources about applying for Medicare and Medicaid and how to access public benefits. CLESE works in partnership with the Illinois Department on Aging assisting limited English speaking beneficiaries in more than twenty languages every day.

To contact SHIP program please call the CLESE Office at 312-461-0812 or email Grace Nawakowski, CLESE SHIP Coordinator at grace@clese.org

For more information please go to the Illinois Department on Aging website and search “SHIP” (Senior Health Insurance Program – SHIP)