When you join, you receive membership in the IRC, as well as membership in a local or special interest council.  Not sure which local or special interest council you should join?  Click on the below map to find the council closest to you.   Each of the below council pages has contact information for the local council presidents and current activities happening in your area. 

North-Northwest Region (Region 1)

Blackhawk Reading Council

(Rock Island, Mercer, Western Henry & Whiteside)

Northern Illinois Reading Council

(Boone, DeKalb, Winnebago, Eastern Lee & Ogle) 

Northwestern Illinois Reading Council

(Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Carroll)

Sauk Valley Reading Council

(Eastern Whiteside & Henry, Western Lee, Ogle, & Bureau)

North-Northwest Chicago Region (Region 2)

Fox Valley Reading Council

(Kane)

Lake Area Reading Council

(Western Lake, McHenry, Northwestern Cook)

Suburban Council of IRA (SCIRA) 

(Eastern Lake, Northern Cook)

Chicago Region (Region 3)

Chicago Area Reading Association (CARA)

(Chicago Area - Cook County within the Chicago city limits) 

Prairie Area Reading Council

(Western DuPage County)

West Suburban Reading Council

(DuPage County and those parts of Cook County west of Rt. 43 excluding all areas within the Chicago city limits)

West Central-Central Region (Region 4)

Central Illinois Reading Council

(Logan, Menard, Cass, Morgan, Sangamon, Christian, Montgomery)

Illinois Valley Reading Council

(Stark, Putnam, Marshall, Peoria, Woodford, Tazewell, Eastern Fulton, Mason)

MID-State Reading Council

(McLean, DeWitt)

       Western Illinois Reading Council

(Henderson, Warren, Knox, McDonough, Hancock, Schuyler,  Western Fulton)

North Central Region (Region 5)

South Suburban Reading Council

(Those parts of Cook Co. bounded on west by Will-Cook Rd., north by 115th St., and/or Chicago City limits)

Starved Rock Reading Council

(LaSalle, Grundy, Kendall, Livingston, Eastern Bureau)

Two Rivers Reading Council

(Kankakee, Iroquois, Northern Ford)

Will County Reading Council

(Will)

East-East Central Region (Region 6)

East Central-EIU Reading Council

(Moultrie, Shelby, Cumberland, Coles, Clark, Edgar, Douglas)   

Illini Reading Council

(Champaign, Piatt, Southern Ford)

Macon County Reading Council

(Macon)  

Vermilion Valley Reading Council

(Vermilion)    

Southwest Region (Region 7)

Lewis and Clark Reading Council

(Macoupin, Jersey, Madison, St. Clair, Monroe, Washington, Clinton)

National Road Reading Council

(Bond, Effingham, Fayette)

Mississippi Valley Reading Council

(Adams, Brown, Pike, Scott, Greene, Calhoun)    

Southern Illinois Reading Council

(Jefferson, Randolph, Perry, Franklin, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, Union, Johnson, Pope, Alexander, Hardin, Pulaski, Massac, Jackson)

South Eastern Reading Council

(Lawrence, Richland, Clay, Crawford, Jasper)

Special Interest Councils (Region 9) 

CIRP - College Instructors of Reading Professionals  

ITA - Illinois Title I Association

ICARE - Illinois Council for Affective Reading Education

ILLC - Illinois Language and Literacy Council

SRL - Secondary Reading League