Participating employers
Starting in 2000 with one employer-assisted housing (EAH) program at System Sensor, REACH Illinois has grown dramatically. By mid-2005, more than 40 employers had committed to participate. While most employers follow the same homeownership model of providing down payment assistance and homebuyer counseling (services provided by a nonprofit REACH partner), each program is customized to meet the needs of the employer and its workers. Following is a list of some companies offering an EAH benefit.
- Advocate Bethany Hospital, Chicago
- AIM, Inc., Addison
- Ameritech, Rock Island
- Allstate Corporation, Vernon Hills
- Bank of America, statewide
- Blessings Hospital, Quincy
- Charter One Bank, statewide
- Chase, regionwide
- Chicago Paper Tube
- Chicago Police Department
- Chicago Public Schools
- Chicago Drapery & Carpet, Inc.
- Christie Weber Landscaping
- Chroma Corporation, McHenry
- City Colleges of Chicago
- City of Evanston
- City of North Chicago
- City of Peoria
- City of Rock Island
- City of St. Charles
- De LaSalle Institute, Chicago
- Draper and Kramer, Chicago region
- East Moline Glass, Rock Island
- Environmental Specialty Services
- First Midwest Bank, statewide
- Harris Bank
- Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago
- Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
- Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago
- International Granite & Marble
- Labelmaster
- Loyola University, Chicago
- MacArthur Foundation
- MB Financial Bank
- MB Real Estate
- McGrath Motors
- Medela Corporation, McHenry
- Mellish and Murray, Chicago
- Mercy Hospital, Chicago
- Metropolitan Planning Council, Chicago
- Midway Moving, Chicago
- National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, Chicago
- Nancy's Pies, Rock Island
- Northwest Community Healthcare, Arlington Heights
- Robinson Engineering, South Holland
- Rock Island Auction Company
- Rock Island-Milan School District 41
- Rosenthal Brothers, Deerfield
- Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
- Russell Construction, Rock Island
- Sanitary Dry Cleaners, Rock Island
- Seaquist Perfect Dispensing, Cary
- Sinai Health Systems, Chicago
- St. James Hospital and Health Center, Chicago Heights & Olympia Fields
- SwedishAmerican Hospital
- Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago
- System Sensor (a subsidiary of Honeywell), St. Charles
- The John Buck Company
- The Walsh Group
- University of Chicago
- University of Chicago Hospitals
- Village of Highland Park
- Village of Mount Prospect
- Village of North Lake
- Village of Riverdale
- Village of South Holland
- Wheaton Franciscan Services
- WHBF-TV, Rock Island
- WQAD-TV, Rock Island
- Zimmerman Pontiac Cadillac Oldsmobile, Rock Island
- More than 50 additional Rock Island employers







