Health

The Health Program seeks to improve access to quality care for Chicago's low-income residents. We support programs that target Chicago's underserved neighborhoods and communities with needed primary care (including medical, vision, dental, and mental health care), community outreach and disease prevention programs, and policy advocacy efforts.

We give priority to research-based initiatives that:

• Incorporate health education, early disease detection, and treatment interventions for chronic diseases (such as asthma, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and hypertension);
• Enroll families into government-subsidized health insurance programs (such as All Kids, FamilyCare, Medicaid, and Medicare);
• Include strategic partnerships between a health system and community-based organizations;
• Focus on linguistically and culturally competent programs for limited-English speaking immigrants;
• and improve knowledge and practice in the health field.

We will consider programs operated by nonprofit community service organizations, community health centers, hospitals, and policy advocacy organizations. Programs must demonstrate the ability to measure improvements in access to care and health status within an accessible, culturally and linguistically competent environment.