Grantees In Action

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, a time to raise awareness about the significant health and social impacts of domestic violence on individuals, families, and communities. Violence prevention programs—especially those focused on domestic violence—have always been an important part of […]

Executive Director Shawn Marconi, MBA, poses outside Will-Grundy Medical Clinic during a MAVEN Project site visit. In addition to its traditional grantmaking, VNA Foundation (VNA) awards Special Initiative funding, which represents the foundation’s highest level of philosophical and financial commitment. […]

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 […]