What contributes to the actual cost of delivering community-based human services in Illinois? What factors most influence these costs? Do reimbursement rates and state grants address these costs? Illinois Partners for Human Service is conducting statewide research to...
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Recap of Long Covid Summit, Video Now Available
Recently, our coalition Partners ASI and Illinois Unidos hosted a Long COVID Summit in partnership with Bright Star Community Outreach and the UIC Office of Population Health Sciences. The goals of the summit included 1) Improving awareness by collecting, analyzing,...
New Partners and Expanded Services for Older Adults
Our coalition partner Age Guide Northeastern Illinois recently announced AgeGuide the addition of new partner agencies and expanded partnerships for a variety of Older Americans Act services for older adults across the region. These partnerships aim to improve access...
Survey: Emergency Room Experiences of Individuals with Disabilities
The Task Force on Attendant Services is Access Living’s grassroots community organizing group focused on healthcare and home and community-based services. Members of the task force are advocating for improved accessibility and disability competency at Chicago-area...
Illinois Partners Joins RRF Systems Change Through Collaborative Efforts Panel
Last month RRF Foundation for Aging hosted a panel discussion on Systems Change Through Collaborative Efforts with a particular focus on aging. Panelists shared their insights on collaborative systems change initiatives: multi-sector plans on aging and reframing...
Illinois Multi-Sector Plan for Aging
Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order to begin a cross-sector planning process to outline a clear framework for addressing the needs of older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers. Illinois will join several other states that have developed or are...
Reframing Aging Training at ECIAAA
Thanks to the East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging (ECIAAA) for inviting us to provide a custom Reframing Aging training for staff. Our training manager, Katherine, enjoyed meeting staff in-person to discuss strategies for communicating effectively about how we...
Maternal Health in Chicago – A New Study
This new study from the American Medical Association and Sinai Urban Health Institute examines the variations in access to maternal health care and maternal and infant health outcomes across specific neighborhoods in the city of Chicago. More than two million...
Community Health Worker Training on Older Adults: A Qualitative Needs Assessment
This article, published in July of this year in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society, explores CHW education and identifies areas where additional training may be necessary. The article notes that “no research exists on training that CHWs receive on...
Call for Abstracts – Reclaiming Our Love: Social, Justice and Domestic Violence Conference
The Network: Advocating Against Domestic Violence is accepting abstracts for their annual conference. Conference tracks include: Practicing accountability Caring for frontline advocates Access and accessibility Refining practice of healing frameworks Trailblazers in...