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Lake County, IL's largest collective impact initiative to advance health equity

Welcome to Your June 2025 Network News! In this edition:

Meet the Housing Action Team Co-Leaders
Training Opportunities
MAPP 2.0 Updates
Network Resources
Upcoming Meetings

The Live Well Lake County Network newsletter is a helpful resource to access the latest Network information, CHIP planning updates and more. As we continue to build out our Network communication, we would love your input on what information, stories or tools would be most helpful!

Please email Angela Baran at angela.baran@hfnlc.org with any content suggestions.

Meet the Housing Action Team Co-Leaders

We are excited to introduce you to the dedicated co-leaders of the Live Well Lake County Housing Action Team. Each brings a unique passion, experience, and a little bit of fun to their leadership. Get to know them a little better below!

Joel Williams

CEO of Lake-McHenry Habitat for Humanity

If you had a superpower, what would it be?

Flight – I have no more patience for traffic or stoplights!

What is your go-to karaoke song (even it it is just in the shower)?

Papercut by Linkin Park

What’s the most unusual food you’ve ever tried?

A kangaroo burger – it was pretty dry, but not bad all in all

Liz Nelson

Associate Director of Advocacy – Lake County for Connections For The Homeless

If you had a superpower, what would it be?

Teleportation – I could see so much more of this beautiful world and spend less time in traffic/construction!

What is your go-to karaoke song (even it it is just in the shower)?

Party in the U.S.A. by Miley Cyrus

What’s the most unusual food you’ve ever tried?

Mutton (AKA Stewed Sheep)

Training Opportunities

From Burnout to Wellness:

Preventing and Overcoming Workplace Burnout

Burnout is physical, mental and emotional exhaustion resulting from chronic, unmanaged workplace stress. The negative consequences include energy depletion, feeling mentally distanced from one’s job and feeling less able to meet work demands.

During this workshop, we will learn about:

Structural inequities that lead to burnout
Determine how burnout affects the social and health outcomes of clients, students, patients, staff and organizations
Employ trauma-informed burnout prevention and intervention methods on an organizational and individual level to build healthier staff and communities

Date: June 26, 2025

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Hosted via Zoom: Email angela.baran@hfnlc.org to register and receive the Zoom link.

Looking to enhance your skills and promote inclusivity in the workplace? Check out the FREE online trainings offered by the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR)!

Why Attend? 🤔

Expand Your Toolbox: Develop soft skills, manage conflict and increase effective communication.

Enhance Skills: Gain essential professional skills.

Support Development: Foster a positive workplace culture.

Upcoming Training Schedule 📅

Diverse Topics: From diversity and inclusion to conflict resolution.

Flexible Online Options: Participate from anywhere!

How to Get Started! 🚀

Visit https://dhr.illinois.gov/training.html

Review the 3-month schedule.

Join Us in Making a Difference! 🤝

Invest in your growth and contribute to a more inclusive community. Secure your spot today!

MAPP 2.0 Update: A Call for Nonprofits to Complete the Community Partner Assessment

Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) is a community-driven strategic planning process to achieve health equity. MAPP provides a structure for communities to assess their most pressing population health issues and align resources across sectors for strategic action. It emphasizes the vital role of broad stakeholders and community engagement, the need for policy, systems and environmental change and alignment of community resources toward shared goals. This process results in the creation of a Community Health Assessment (CHA) and a Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) for Lake County. Click HERE to learn more about the MAPP process.

Thank you to all of the organizations who have completed the Community Partner Assessment! We have had a great response!

We wanted to put out one final reminder – for any of our Live Well Lake County organizations who have not yet been able to complete the Community Partner Assessment. If your organization has already completed it, you may disregard this final reminder.

For everyone else, as a reminder, we would like your organization to participate in our Community Partner Assessment. This survey will help develop a collective assessment of organizations that are working to improve health and well-being in Lake County.

The Link to the Community Partner Assessment is here:

Community Partner Assessment

Here are some quick notes regarding the Community Partner Assessment:

Please have only 1 person per organization complete the survey.
NOTE #1 about organizations: If you and your organization are sharing responsibilities for completing the assessment, some partners have found that having the list of questions in the entire survey, to share with teammates, is helpful. Please find attached in the May 28 reminder the list of questions from the Community Partner Assessment.
NOTE #2 about individual partners within the LWLC Network: If you are a member of the LWLC Network, but you aren’t from an organization, please don’t worry about this assessment. There will be other assessments in the coming months where your voice and perspective will be heard and included.
The survey takes approximately 30-45 minutes to complete. Thank you in advance for your time with this.
With this extension of the assessment, please make sure your organization’s assessment is completed and submitted by this Friday, June 6th.
For more information or for assistance in completing the survey, please feel free to contact Christina Hayes at CHayes2@lakecountyil.gov.

Network Resources

TIERRA Mental Health Intervention Program

Tips to Help You Select Quality Fruits and Vegetables

Summer's almost here and that means more farmers markets! Did you know seasonal fruits and vegetables are tastier and more affordable? Make the most of your market visits by referring to this handy guide.

Special thanks to Makiya Turman, owner of IADMT and a PLE Working Group member, for creating this helpful resource!

Upcoming Meetings

Storytelling Work Group

The Storytelling Work Group meets monthly. The next meeting is scheduled for June 27.

Please contact Idriss Joseph at ministeroffintech@gmail.com for details.

Peers with Lived Expertise (PLE)

Peers with Lived Expertise (PLE) weekly meeting is held every Thursday from 6:00 pm -7:00 PM. These meetings are held via Google Meets.

Please contact Billy Coleman at northchicagothinktank@gmail.com for any questions and a link to join the meeting.

Affordable Housing Workshop

Affordable housing related workshop sponsored by the Affordable Housing Action Team:

Housing Solutions – Wednesday, June 18 from 6:00 -7:00 PM at Antioch Public Library, 757 N. Main Street, Antioch
Registration Link: Click Here