If you are receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or a medical card, it is necessary that you notify your caseworker at the Department of Human Services of your address change. It is also critical that you change your address with the post office serving your ZIP code, so the post office can forward your mail to your new address. To prevent fraud and protect your identity, you must mail or fax the following information:

• A copy of your driver's license or state I.D.;
   
• Your name and Social Security number;
   
• Your old street address, post office box number or box number, city, state and ZIP code;
   
• Your new street address, building and apartment number, post office box number, city, state and ZIP code;
   
• Your daytime and home phone numbers with area codes;
   
• The "in-care-of name", if someone is accepting mail for you;
   
• Your signature and the date you began receiving mail at the new address.

If you wish to change your name, you must mail or fax a written request that includes your previous name and your new name along with legal documentation of your name change.

Fax the above information to the attention of the Information Processing Unit, at 217-524-1218 or mail the information to:

Information Processing Unit
P. O. Box 19405
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9405