John and Kathy Schreiber Community Health Institute seeks to build stronger communities by removing barriers to better health.
A Bold Approach to Community Health
Health disparities are not just statistics — they are realities in our communities. Socioeconomic barriers, such as housing instability, food insecurity and limited access to health care, are key drivers of poor health outcomes.
Northwestern Medicine has a long history of understanding the priority health needs in our communities and offering support to help meet those needs. Northwestern Medicine John and Kathy Schreiber Community Health Institute is helping address the complex and systemic causes of health disparities. The institute serves as a unified, strategic platform that brings together clinical excellence, community engagement and data-driven solutions to create lasting change.
Access to Care
Through policy development, community collaboration, and evidence-based interventions and programming, we are driving more equitable clinical outcomes and addressing social drivers of health.
We work with clinical staff, local organizations and academic institutions to offer educational and career development programs as a path to improving economic vitality in communities.
We partner with community organizations that provide access to nutritious food, shelter and other essentials, and we support initiatives that reduce violence, address trauma and build safer communities.
Cara Collective seeks to fuel a courageous national movement to eradicate relational and financial poverty. Through their three entities – Cara, Cleanslate, and Cara Plus – they engage job seekers, employers, and other organizations across the country to break the cycle of poverty through the power and purpose of employment. Since 1991, they’ve helped place people experiencing poverty into more than 17,300 jobs and get started on their path to real and lasting success. To learn more, please visit www.caracollective.org.
DuPagePad’s mission is to end homelessness in DuPage County, Illinois. Signature year-round programs feed and shelter individuals and families who are homeless, connect them to case management and other services that can address the underlying cause of their homelessness. DuPagePads is the area’s largest provider of interim and permanent housing, coupled with support services in order to help individuals work toward becoming self-sufficient.
Founded in 1957 as a project of volunteer physicians from Northwestern Memorial, Erie Family Health Centers is a leading federally qualified health center (FQHC) system, currently serving more than 95,000 patients in more than 90 languages at 14 health center locations across Chicago, Evanston and Waukegan. Motivated by the belief that healthcare is a human right, Erie provides high quality primary medical, dental and behavioral healthcare and wrap-around services to people regardless of their insurance status, immigration status, or ability to pay for services. Through a longstanding partnership, Erie patients can access imaging, diagnostic services and other specialized care at Northwestern Medicine, and Northwestern patients can establish a primary healthcare home at Erie.
Family Health Partnership Clinic provides high- quality health care services to the uninsured adults of McHenry County delivered with compassion and respect. No patient is turned away due to inability to pay. Offering family medicine, internal medicine, women’s health, and specialties such as orthopaedics, endocrinology, physical therapy and dental care. Additionally, a unique program named, Celebremos La Vida, brings the Clinic and Northwestern Medicine together in a program targeting uninsured Latina women who would otherwise go without these critically needed cancer screening services. Once a month, the Clinic and the Women’s Health Department at Northwestern Medicine Gavers Breast Center conduct screenings and diagnostic assessments women in need.
In partnership with the Northern Illinois Food Bank, the Harvard RX mobile drive through food pantry event supplies health food to people in the northwest who do not have access to regular, nutritious foods. The risk of diabetes among those who are food insecure is about two times higher than those who are not food insecure. This “food as medicine” approach help prevent chronic health conditions.
Fostering health, wellness, and healing in the inner city by organizing for social change, operating a holistic health center, and providing transitional housing, job training, and criminal justice support.
11,000 patient visits each year
400 Green Re-Entry Program alumni; 50 graduates annually
Josselyn is a certified Community Mental Health Center which, for 75 years, has provided quality, accessible mental health services, including therapy, psychiatry, and other specialized services. Through clinics in Grayslake, Highland Park, Northbrook, Northfield, and Waukegan, Josselyn serves nearly 8,000 clients from 300 communities. Josselyn.org.
JumpHire’s is eliminating barriers to employment for young adults without college degrees by providing access to training, support, and connections necessary to find employment in careers that offer family-sustaining wages. JumpHire accomplishes this by partnering with:
Employers looking to diversify their workforce
Industry-specific training programs seeking highly motivated candidates
Grassroots organizations looking to strengthen their community through employment opportunities
Non-profit organizations interested in improving the health and wealth of Chicago’s South and West Side communities
Kelly Hall YMCA offer trusted health resources and programs that will help community members take action. These programs provide the tools and support needed to eat better, move more, and live healthier, including:
Free fitness classes
Nutrition and cooking classes
Health education events
Health screenings (including blood pressure, diabetes, and weight assessments)
An award-winning mentoring and leadership program, empowering Black girls in some of Chicago’s most underserved communities to become confident leaders through character development, career readiness, and civic engagement.
2,000 women and girls served annually
95% of girls stated that leadership skills increased
Lake County Tech Campus provides education and training in 19 different programs allowing successful transition to post-secondary education and careers in technology in collaboration with community members.
With support from Northwestern Medicine and others, the McHenry County Mental Health Board provides leadership to ensure the prevention and treatment of mental illness, developmental disabilities and substance abuse by identifying, planning, coordinating, fostering development, and contracting for quality services for all citizens of McHenry County.
Financial support from Northwestern Medicine has been used to offer a full-day instructional conference at no cost for professionals and the community to discuss concerns, successes and challenges, and share tools and best practices with all who attend.
Near North Health Service Corporation (Near North), our community health partner for more than 40 years, provides comprehensive primary care, social services and dental services to primarily low-income uninsured or underinsured residents who live in some of the city’s most medically underserved communities.
To address increasing community needs, Near North expanded to provide clinical and social services through eight health centers, making it one of the largest providers of community-based primary care in Chicago. In fiscal year 2013, Near North served 46,130 patients through more than 102,018 visits.
Pathlights is dedicated to helping adults 60 years of age and over, adults with disabilities, their caregivers, families, and friends along their best path to aging. They provide resources, advocacy, programs, and services needed to live with independence and dignity in the community. Helping more than 17,000 people each year, Pathlights is dedicated to empowering individuals navigating the aging life-cycle.
Project C.U.R.E delivers life-saving medical equipment, supplies and services to meet the needs of people experiencing poverty, disasters and violence. At least 400 million people worldwide have no basic healthcare. Project C.U.R.E. makes a difference by providing critical resources to healthcare providers who face incredible obstacles in the mission of caring for their patients. Poverty continues to plague much of the world. The lack of resources disproportionately impacts women, particularly at childbirth. Disasters, war and violence add to a tragically difficult environment. Project C.U.R.E. intervenes in these situations by donating medical aid, assistance and training.
Rooted For Good empowers people to access healthy, sustainably grown food and addresses the root causes of hunger. With programs that address immediate food needs like mobile food pantries, and programs aimed at long-term food availability and sustainability, they provide education and training that makes a difference in thousands of people’s lives in northern Illinois.
We provide financial support to nonprofit organizations, and governmental and public entities that are working to address identified community health priorities.
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