Northwestern Medicine awards $16.3M to 300+ Illinois agencies

Northwestern Medicine has distributed $16.3 million in grants to more than 300 local agencies in Illinois this year to address healthcare disparities identified in community health needs assessments. 

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The grants support services such as housing, nutrition, transportation, childcare, and access to mental health and primary care.

“We sought out organizations who are truly making a difference by removing barriers to better health,” Posh Charles, senior vice president of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, said in an Aug. 1 news release.

At a July 31 event, Northwestern Medicine honored the grant recipients, including The Grace Network, which will expand its hygiene support services for students, and DuPage Pads, which launched Illinois’ first hotel-to-interim housing conversion initiative.

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