QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER

Meet our Journal: Health Advocacy Now Has a Home

Dr. Karen Sheehan, Medical Director of the Magoon Institute, writes about how the Journal of Health Advocacy will publish articles that describe “system changing action” efforts to improve the health of youth.

Read Dr. Sheehan's Blog Post

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West Side United and Lurie Children's Launch West Side Healthy Parents & Babies Program to Address Maternal-Child Health Disparities with Support from Vice President Kamala Harris

The program will address critical maternal and infant health disparities on Chicago's West Side.

Partnering to Save Lives: Lowering Black Maternal and Infant Death in Chicago

Dr. Shawn Smith, who has over two decades of experience working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Lurie Children’s and the Labor and Delivery unit at Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women’s Hospital, writes about the health inequities Black women and babies experiences and can be done to overcome them.

Read Dr. Smith's blog post

Engaging the Austin Community

As we prepare to break ground to build our new community health hub in Austin in partnership with the Stone Community Development Corporation, we are excited to continue gathering community input for our design and planning process. We are committed to working with Austin youth and community residents every step along the way to ensure the new facility reflects them and their desires for the future.

Learn more about our Austin plans

Your anonymous input in our brief survey is crucial for improving health equity in Chicago and Suburban Cook County. Please complete this survey and share it with your community and networks! La encuesta está disponible en español aquí .

For more information, visit www.allhealthequity.org

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The latest resources and publications focused on community health

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Summer Grocery Benefits Available for Eligible Families with School-Aged Children!

Summer EBT is a monthly grocery benefit for families to feed their children in June, July and August (when children are not receiving free or reduced-price meals at school). Benefits are distributed on an electronic benefit transfer card and can be used at any grocery store that accepts LINK cards. Children must be eligible for free or reduced-price school meals to qualify. There is no citizenship requirement for this benefit.

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Survey Finds Most Illinois Parents and Caregivers Do Not Ask About Firearms in the Home

Tragically, many firearm accidents involving children occur when they are playing at a friend’s home and find improperly stored guns.