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Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago

Advancing health justice and strengthening public health through innovation and partnerships

The Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago (PHIMC) believes that the greatest possibilities for public health are achieved when organizations work together to bridge gaps, leverage resources, and address oppressive policies that hurt people. PHIMC envisions systems that impact how we live, work, and play as compassionate, affirming, and racially equitable, supporting health and well‐being for all people.

Public health impact

Access to healthcare and health systems performance
Community assessment research
Community-based organization partnerships
Emergency preparedness planning for bioterrorism and pandemic influenza
Health databases
HIV/AIDS prevention and services
Oral cancer prevention research
Policy development
Wellness policy development and implementation
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Community reentry project

  • AIDS Foundation of Chicago
  • Cook County Health
  • Illinois Department of Corrections
  • Illinois Department of Public Health
  • Transforming Reentry Services

Fiscal management services

  • Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus
  • Chicago Torture Justice Center
  • Creating Pathways and Access for Student Success Foundation (CPASS)
  • Pride South Side
  • Therapy Access Project

The Alliance

  • ALMA Chicago
  • Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital – The Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
  • ACLU of Illinois
  • Brave Space Alliance
  • Bolingbrook Pride
  • Broadway Youth Center
  • Center on Halsted
  • Chicago Public Schools
  • Communities in Schools of Chicago
  • Elmhurst Pride Collective
  • Equality Illinois
  • Esperanza Health Centers
  • GSA Network
  • Legacy Project
  • Northwestern University – Master of Public Health
  • Peoria Proud
  • PFLAG of Illinois and local PFLAG Chapters
  • Prairie Pride Coalition
  • Rainbow Café
  • Reimagine Justice Illinois (RJI)
  • Youth Empowerment Performance Project
  • Youth Outlook
  • Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook
  • Uniting Pride
  • West40

National Health Corps Chicago

  • Advocate Children’s Hospital
  • Advocate Trinity Hospital
  • Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital – The Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
  • Common Threads
  • Community Lead, Affirm: The Rush Center for Gender, Sexuality & Reproductive Health
  • Erie Family Health Centers
  • Girls in the Game
  • Haymarket Center
  • Health Federation of Philadelphia
  • Legal Council for Health Justice
  • Northwest Center
  • St. Bernard Hospital
  • Tapestry 360 Health

Next Generation Wellness Network

  • BUILD Chicago
  • Center on Halsted
  • Chicago Youth Foundation
  • CPASS Foundation
  • Lurie Children’s Hospital
  • Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
  • Thresholds
  • UCAN

Opioid impacted family support program

  • Gateway Foundation, Inc.
  • Malcolm X College
  • University of Illinois at Chicago – Department of Disability and Human Development

Protecting our patients: routine HIV screenings and affirming care

  • Broadway Medical Center
  • Central Illinois Friends
  • Constellation Collective
  • Champaign-Urbana Public Health District
  • DuPage County Health Department
  • East Side Health District
  • Illinois Public Health Association
  • Kankakee County Health Department
  • Lake County Health Department
  • Peoria City/County Health Department
  • Phoenix Center
  • Physicals Plus Health and Wellness
  • Satiated Artists
  • St. Clair County Health Department

Regional implementation group for HHS region 8

  • AIDS Healthcare Foundation with CALOR
  • Broadway Medical Center
  • Chicago House Social Services
  • Chicago Recovery Alliance
  • Chosen Family Network
  • Christian Community Health Center
  • City of Evanston Health & Human Services Department
  • Corazon Community Services
  • Kenneth Young Center
  • Open Door Health Center of Illinois
  • Proactive Community Services
  • Puerto Rican Cultural Center
  • TCA Health
  • Village of Oak Park Health Department

School health access collaborative

  • Advocate Children’s Hospital
  • Alliance Chicago
  • Alternatives Youth
  • Brightpoint
  • Chicago Department of Public Health
  • Chicago Public Schools
  • Communities in Schools of Chicago
  • Esperanza Health Centers
  • EverThrive Illinois
  • Gads Hill Center
  • Healthy Schools Campaign
  • Illinois Children’s Mental Health Partnership
  • Illinois Department of Public Health
  • Illinois Public Health Institute
  • JPA Chicago
  • Legal Council for Health Justice
  • Lurie Children’s Hospital – Center for Childhood Resilience
  • Lurie Children’s Hospital – CLOCC
  • Lurie Children’s Hospital – Healthy Communities
  • Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
  • NAMI Chicago
  • Rainbows for All Children
  • Respiratory Health Association
  • Rush University Medical Center
  • Shriver Center on Poverty Law
  • Sinai Under the Rainbow
  • Trellus
  • UCAN
  • University of Illinois at Chicago – UIC OCEAN
  • Youth Guidance

Transgender and gender diverse equity and wellness program

  • Brave Space Alliance
  • CALOR (dba AIDS Healthcare Foundation)
  • Casa Michoacán
  • Center on Halsted
  • Centerstone
  • Central Illinois Friends
  • Chicago House and Social Service Agency’s TransLife Care Program
  • Chicago Women’s Health Center
  • Familia First Health NFP from Champaign-Urbana Public Health District
  • Gender Equity and Transgender Clinic at SIU
  • Legal Council for Health Justice
  • The Project of the Quad Cities
  • Rainbow Café LGBTQ Center
  • School of Opulence
  • Youth Outlook

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Community reentry project

PHIMC’s Community Reentry Project (CRP) ensures people living with and at the highest risk for HIV transition smoothly from incarceration to communities. CRP facilitates a comprehensive system of HIV prevention, care, and support services throughout Illinois, and provides technical assistance and capacity-building support to agencies serving the corrections and reentry populations.

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Tags
  • Data modernization
  • Health policy
  • Health promotion
  • Infectious diseases
  • Population health
Leadership
Karen Reitan President and CEO
Contact Info
email info@phimc.org
phone (312) 629-2988
https://phimc.org
location
180 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60601
Primary Region
Illinois