Welcome to the Official Website of the
Postpartum Depression Alliance of Illinois

Welcome to the official website of the Postpartum Depression Illinois Alliance. Here you can learn more about PPD, find help for PPD in the form of a support group, hospital or therapist. You can also get involved in advocating for awareness of PPD and donating money to the PPDIL.

Our Mission

The Postpartum Depression Illinois Alliance’s (PPD IL) mission is to promote awareness, prevention and treatment of maternal mental health issues throughout the state of Illinois.

The PPD IL is a subsidiary of Postpartum Support International - (Click here to visit PSI)

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PPD IL HELPLINE
847-205-4455

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
What can YOU do to ensure that H.R. 20 (the Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act) is scheduled for hearing,

Click here to DOWNLOAD SAMPLE LETTERS which you can print out and personalize to send to your local Congressmen in support of The Melanie Blocker Stoke Act. There is a hearing scheduled for May 1st.  Please help us encourage its consideration and passage by participating in this important advocacy.

Two letters are attached: one is appropriate for groups/organizations to send; the second for individiual constituents.

Click here to read the Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act (H.R. 20)..

Follow this link to sign a clemency petition postcard for Debra Gindorf: www.ilmaternal.org/clemencypetition.htm

Or visit the website of the Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition: www.ilmaternal.org