Meet Your Future Workforce Six Years Early
Illinois HOSA reaches over 2,000 students across 76 chapters at the moment they decide whether health care is their future. Partners get in front of that decision before anyone else does.
Why it matters
By the Time They're Hireable, Everyone Wants Them
Illinois faces growing demand for skilled health care professionals across every discipline. The competition for licensed clinicians is fierce. The competition for fifteen-year-olds deciding what to become is not.
Every health care employer in Illinois recruits from the same shrinking pool of credentialed candidates, at the same moment, against the same competitors.
Illinois HOSA reaches students six to ten years before that — in the health science classroom, at the competition table, at the point where a career decision is still being made rather than defended.
2,000+
Illinois student members
76
Active chapters
36
New chapters this year
8
Regions statewide
Membership figures reflect the current program year. Chapter counts are confirmed each year by the state office.
Our partners
What a Partnership Looks Like
One current partner, described properly, because a relationship explained is worth more than a wall of logos.
U.S. Army ROTC
2026 Conference Sponsor
Illinois HOSA partners with the U.S. Army ROTC, a supporter of leadership development and career exploration in health care and STEM. Through Army ROTC, students build leadership skills while pursuing their college education, and ROTC scholarships help cover the cost of college.
Conference presence
Named sponsorship of the State Leadership Conference.
A student benefit
Scholarship pathways students can actually use.
Mission alignment
Leadership development, which is what HOSA already does.
Every partnership is built the same way: one conversation about what you need, and one honest answer about whether Illinois HOSA can deliver it.
Ways to partner
Six Ways to Show Up
Partnerships are built from these. Most combine two or three.
State Leadership Conference
The largest Illinois HOSA event of the program year. Named sponsorship, exhibit presence, and direct contact with students, advisors, and schools.
Fall Leadership Conference
The October kickoff for chapter officers and their advisors. Smaller room, earlier in the year, more attention per conversation.
Educational symposiums
Host a session on the work your organization actually does, on your specialty, in your own words.
Competitive event judging
Put your professionals in front of students demonstrating clinical, leadership, and teamwork skills.
Named scholarships
Fund an award at the state or section level. Illinois HOSA administers the selection and the announcement.
Career pathway partnership
Job shadowing, site visits, mentorship, and volunteer hours built around what your workforce needs next.
Not sure which fits? Tell us the problem and we’ll say so.
Partnership levels
Partnership Levels
Three levels, built from the components above. Every partnership is confirmed in a short conversation first.
Supporting Partner
TBD
- Recognition at one conference
- Logo on the Partners page
- Named in the conference program
Conference Sponsor
TBD
- Everything in Supporting Partner
- Exhibit or table presence at the State Leadership Conference
- An educational symposium slot
- Judging invitation
Pipeline Partner
TBD
- Everything in Conference Sponsor
- A named scholarship
- Recognition across both Fall and State conferences
- Career pathway program development
Levels are structural. Pricing is confirmed by the state office and available on request.
Who you're reaching
These Aren't Casual Joiners
Illinois HOSA members compete in more than 60 nationally standardised events across health science, health professional, and emergency preparedness.
- Nursing
- Medicine
- Emergency medical services
- Dental sciences
- Pharmacology
- Veterinary science
- Biomedical laboratory science
- Behavioural health
- Sports medicine
- Health informatics
- Public health
- Physical therapy
- Medical assisting
- Health care administration
- Radiologic technology
- Respiratory therapy
Dues and deadlines
Membership is nationally regulated, with a November 1 affiliation deadline.
Service commitment
Chapters run community service projects and local health awareness campaigns.
Three competition tiers
Preliminary rounds, the Illinois State Leadership Conference, then the International Leadership Conference.
National standards
Competitive events are aligned to national health science curriculum and industry standards.
Every member has already chosen health care as a direction. You’re not introducing the field — you’re introducing yourself.
Get started
Tell Us What You’re Trying to Solve
Recruitment, community presence, workforce development, or something we haven’t thought of. Tell us the problem and we’ll say honestly whether we can help.
Inquiries go directly to the Illinois HOSA state office.