Office of State Representative Carol Ammons

What Office of State Representative Carol Ammons does

The Office of State Representative Carol Ammons is an elected government office within the Illinois General Assembly, representing the 103rd House District centered on Urbana and Champaign County. State Representative Carol Ammons has held the seat since January 2015 and currently operates with a staff of approximately 16, including a Chief of Staff, Constituent Services Director, Communications Coordinator, Legislative Aide, and interns, housed at a district office at 300 South Broadway Avenue, Urbana. The office delivers four functional streams: (1) legislative representation and bill sponsorship in Springfield, (2) direct constituent casework (notably Department of Corrections navigation and housing/rental assistance), (3) community programs including recurring expungement summits at Parkland College and Back to Business grant facilitation, and (4) community advisory panels across six issue areas (Government/Taxes, Education, Health & Human Services, Business/Trade/Labor, Criminal Justice Reform, Environment & Energy).

The office's legislative portfolio covers criminal justice reform (end of cash bail, chokehold ban, driver's license justice), reproductive rights codification, economic justice (EITC expansion), higher education funding (Adequate and Equitable Public University Funding Act / HB1581), environmental protection (Mahomet Aquifer), healthcare access, voting rights, and, as of 2026, a new Genealogical Affairs Study Commission (HB5486). Representative Ammons chairs the Higher Education Committee and serves as Joint Chairwoman of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus (since January 2023). The office is funded through Illinois state legislative budget allocations — there are no fees, no pricing model, and no commercial revenue. Distribution runs through the physical district office, a Squarespace-hosted website (staterepcarolammons.com), email newsletters, six Facebook-based advisory panels, and broad social media presence (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, Tumblr, Pinterest), supplemented by press releases and earned media.

Quantified impact includes 60+ bills signed into law as of 2026, $43.8 million in federal and state investment secured for Champaign-Urbana communities, 519 individuals helped through expungement summits since fall 2023, and 160+ constituent casework resolutions (60+ DOC and 100+ housing). The underlying operating model is constituency service: a single elected official, a small legislative staff, a network of advocacy and legal-aid partners (Pretrial Justice Institute, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Cabrini Green Legal Aid, Champaign County Circuit Clerk, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Chicago Workers' Collaborative, Warehouse Workers for Justice, Raise the Floor Alliance, Laborers' Local 703, Illinois Labor History Society, UI Discovery Partners Institute), and state appropriations.

Name

Office of State Representative Carol Ammons

Legal name

Office of State Representative Carol Ammons

Website

https://staterepcarolammons.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

State Legislative Representation

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDADAAAK

Education Ombudsman, Appeals & Complaints Offices

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Education Ministries, Departments & Regulatory Agencies

Keywords

• State legislative representation
• Constituent services
• Criminal justice reform
• Public policy advocacy
• Community outreach programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Urbana

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: State-funded office operating within the Illinois General Assembly. Office is funded through state legislative budget allocations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Office of State Representative Carol Ammons delivers legislative representation and free constituent services to residents of Illinois' 103rd House District from a district office in Urbana. Its core activity combines authoring and advancing equity-focused legislation (criminal justice reform, reproductive rights, higher education funding, EITC expansion, environmental protections) with hands-on casework that helps residents navigate state agencies such as the Illinois Department of Corrections and access housing/rental assistance, plus community programming such as expungement summits and issue-based advisory panels.

Product overview

The Office of State Representative Carol Ammons operates a constituent services website for Illinois House District 103, providing legislative information, community resources, news updates, and government services to residents. This is a government office website, not a commercial product company. The website serves as a digital portal for constituent communication, legislative tracking, event announcements, and resource dissemination.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Constituent Casework Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 60+ bills signed into law including criminal justice reform, reproductive rights protection, EITC expansion, and driver's license justice reform
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Illinois Legislative Black CaucuscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 January 2023Rep. Ammons elected as Joint Chairwoman of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus. The caucus mandates to improve lives, livelihoods, and opportunities for the African-American community and undo institutional racism.
• Pretrial Justice InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 October 2016Illinois joined the 3DaysCount national campaign led by the Pretrial Justice Institute to make pretrial justice safer, fairer, and more effective. The initiative focuses on examining pretrial justice laws and court rules to restrict pretrial detention to people who pose genuine public safety risks and provide judges with alternatives to detention.
• Champaign County Circuit Clerk Katie BlakemanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation for expungement and record sealing summits providing legal assistance to residents.
• Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance, Cabrini Green Legal AidminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLegal aid partners for expungement summits providing free legal assistance to attendees.
• Laborer's Local 703minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCosponsor of Labor History Celebration events in Champaign County.
• Illinois Labor History SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in labor history education and celebration events.
• Rainbow PUSH CoalitionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRep. Ammons participated on a panel at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition 56th Annual Convention.
• Hunt-Kean Leadership FellowsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducation leadership fellowship program providing political leaders with knowledge to cultivate effective education agendas.
• Senate Majority Leader Kimberly LightfordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Adequate and Equitable Public University Funding Act (HB1581), transforming how Illinois funds higher education with a student-centered approach.
• University of Illinois Discovery Partners Institute (DPI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTech workforce development organization leading efforts to connect underrepresented residents with education and job opportunities in IT, healthcare, transportation, and manufacturing.
• Chicago Workers' Collaborative, Warehouse Workers for Justice, Raise the Floor AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorker advocacy organizations partnering on Responsible Job Creation Act (HB690) for temp worker protections.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Office of State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth: Illinois state representative (92nd District, Peoria) with similar legislative priorities in economic justice, workforce development, and constituent services for lower-income communities. Comparable Democratic state House office operating outside the Chicago metro area.
• Office of State Representative Kam Buckner: Illinois state representative (26th District) and fellow progressive Democrat with comparable legislative focus on criminal justice reform and equity. Operates a similarly structured state House district office with constituent services.
• Office of State Representative La Shawn Ford: Illinois state representative (8th District, Chicago) with sustained record on criminal justice reform advocacy. Operates a comparable state House district office with similar progressive policy focus and constituency engagement model.
• Office of State Representative Will Guzzardi: Illinois state representative (39th District) with documented progressive criminal justice reform agenda analogous to Rep. Ammons' work. Operates a comparable state House district office serving a Democratic district with similar constituent service programs.
• Office of State Representative Ann Williams: Illinois state representative (11th District, Chicago) with comparable progressive Democratic focus including constituent services, equity-oriented legislation, and structured community engagement. Similar-sized district office operation.
• Office of State Senator Kimberly Lightford: Illinois state senator (4th District) who is a direct co-author and partner with Rep. Ammons on the Adequate and Equitable Public University Funding Act (HB1581). Operates an analogous state legislative office with similar Democratic, equity-focused agenda in Illinois.
• Office of State Representative Justin Slaughter: Illinois state representative (27th District, Chicago) with comparable progressive agenda focused on criminal justice reform and economic equity. Operates an analogous state House district office with similar constituent services model.

Broad incumbents

• Office of U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski: U.S. Representative for Illinois' 13th Congressional District covering the Champaign-Urbana region. Serves many of the same constituents as Rep. Ammons at the federal level, with overlapping policy priorities in workforce development, education funding, and federal resource allocation.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/staterepcarolammons
• Facebookfacebook.com/StateRepCarolAmmons
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/state-representative-carol-ammons

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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