The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) is the department[1][2] of the Illinois state government responsible for providing a wide variety of safety net services to Illinois residents in poverty, who are facing other economic challenges, or who have any of a variety of disabilities.
As of 2006, it was the largest administrative agency of the state of Illinois in terms of state employee headcount, with 14,057 employees.
[3] The following subdepartments are listed alphabetically: It also includes: