Grantees In Action

August is Free and Charitable Clinics Month in Illinois, a time to raise awareness and promote the critical role that free and charitable clinics throughout the state play in health access and health equity, especially for residents who are uninsured […]

The pandemic exacerbated already-high rates of depression, anxiety, and other types of mental illness among all populations, but one group has been disproportionately impacted: teenagers. In fact, suicide is now the second leading cause of death for 10-19-year-olds, and suicide […]

In early 2020, a national public health emergency was declared due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the declaration, states received authority to implement health-related flexibilities. Illinois expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act and […]

Every year approximately 30 graduate students are chosen by Health & Medicine Policy Research Group’s Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellows Program to serve as Schweitzer Fellows. The students, all of whom are aspiring to become health and human services professionals, then […]

In 2018 VNA Foundation convened a workgroup of Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) providers to determine how healthcare for people experiencing housing insecurity is best provided and evaluated. Participants, including Beds Plus Care, Connections for the Homeless, Deborah’s Place, Facing Forward […]

Each August organizations across the country take time to recognize and promote the important impact that immunizations have on individual and community health, such as the eradication of smallpox and the prevention of contagious diseases such as Measles and Polio.

Sexual assault on college campuses is pervasive, underreported, and can be extremely detrimental to survivors’ health, well-being, and academic achievements.

Soon after COVID-19 vaccines became available, public health officials and providers expressed a need for volunteers to help administer shots, especially in communities of color that were hit the hardest by the pandemic. In response to this need, veteran Public […]

Each May for the past 70 years, mental health organizations and other entities launch a national movement to raise awareness about mental health, reduce stigma around mental illness and treatment, and encourage people who are struggling to seek support. Americans […]

The MAVEN Project was in USA Today! You can read the article here. The MAVEN (Medical Alumni Volunteer Expert Network) Project addresses the lack of access to specialty services for people who are unable to pay. With a growing network […]