360 Youth Services and NAMI DuPage are part of the 43 local organizations and partnerships awarded over $10 million in new awards from the Community Investment Fund (CIF) of Endeavor Health, according to a recent press release.
Community Investment Fund of Endeavor Health
The goal of CIF, Endeavor Health, is to foster health, well-being, and economic security in the communities it serves. This year’s focus is on behavioral health, violence prevention, housing and food insecurity, access to care, and workforce development.
“Our Community Investment Fund has made a remarkable impact since its launch in 2022, touching over 211,000 lives and supporting a significant expansion of behavioral health counseling, bilingual health education, and mobile medical services in our communities,” said Kristen Murtos, Chief Innovation & Transformation Officer at Endeavor Health.
Endeavor Health’s 2024 partnerships include:
- 360 Youth Services (Naperville): Providing youth experiencing homelessness with
emergency housing, case management and trauma-informed services at a new resource
center.
- NAMI DuPage County (DuPage County): Supporting training and development of peer
mental health specialists to increase access to mental health services.
- Connections for the Homeless (Evanston): Providing those experiencing
homelessness wraparound care to heal and recover through a Medical Respite program.
- Greater Family Health (Franklin Park): Expanding healthcare access for the
underserved, including a new pediatric practice at Greater Family Health’s Franklin Park
location.
- Midwest Refuah Health Center (Chicago, Skokie, Evanston): Providing accessible,
affordable, culturally sensitive primary, preventive and specialty medical, dental and
behavioral healthcare to under-resourced, un/underinsured community members.
- Equal Hope (Lake County): Expanding outreach, education and support to facilitate
access to primary care and timely preventive cancer screening.
- Shelter, Inc. (Palatine): Removing critical transportation barriers to community-based
services for children and families at risk and in need, including healthcare, counseling,
job training and support groups.
- People’s Resource Center (Wheaton): Creating a comprehensive PRC Wheaton
Campus featuring an expanded food pantry and increased education and empowerment
program space to better serve our neighbors and meet growing community needs.
- ONE Northside (Chicago): Supporting gun violence prevention and response
programming, including outreach, mentoring, mediation, advocacy and financial literacy.
A complete list of the 2024 CIF partners: endeavorhealth.org/cif
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