ZCenter: 2021-2022

Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center (ZCenter) provides free Counseling and Advocacy services to survivors of sexual violence and their non-offending loved ones. To further their mission, they provide Prevention Education Services to classrooms throughout Lake and Northern Cook Counties at no cost. Recognizing that prevention education is a key factor for ending sexual violence, ZCenter [Read More…]

CommunityHealth: 2021-2022

CommunityHealth’s commitment to providing patient-centered care began when they first opened their doors 30 years ago. Even as the free health clinic has navigated organizational growth, the global pandemic, and myriad changes to the health care landscape over the last three decades, CommunityHealth always prioritized patient feedback.

In addition to the patient [Read More…]

Sinai Chicago: 2021-2022

Sinai Chicago is Illinois’ largest private, not-for-profit safety net healthcare system. Their service area includes 1.5 million Chicagoans living on Chicago’s west and southwest sides who are disproportionately affected by illness, poverty, community violence and related challenges. Sinai Chicago is there for these communities—primarily serving low income Black and Latino patients—where inequality and segregation [Read More…]

Near North Health: 2021-2022

Over a dozen communities in Chicago are currently experiencing a healthcare desert. One solution to this terrible inequity recently got rolling. And this year, Near North Health (NNH) expects to improve healthcare access for approximately 1,000 patients with its Mobile Health Unit.

From nine health centers and three additional WIC sites, NNH is continually [Read More…]