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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.

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
• 30 individuals supported with housing 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

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.