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Saying Goodbye to Sheila

Organization Update

It is with mixed emotion that EverThrive Illinois announces the departure of Sheila Sanders, Director of Community Engagement, as she and her family relocate to the East Coast. Sheila has been a fixture of EverThrive IL for more than 16 years, bringing expertise, personality, and passion to progressive community outreach and engagement roles. We are incredibly grateful to Sheila […]

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How EverThrive IL is Addressing the Maternal Mortality Crisis

Maternal and Infant Mortality

EverThrive Illinois co-leads the Chicago Collaborative for Maternal Health (CCMH) with its partner AllianceChicago. Our shared goal is to combat the maternal mortality and morbidity crisis happening in Chicago with an emphasis on the south and west side neighborhoods experiencing the greatest disparities. Through CCMH, we seek to build awareness in these communities and in […]

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Compassion for COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy:
How to Help Health Care Providers Guide Parents to Get Youth Vaccinated

Covid-19

As missed vaccinations in youth have risen in recent years, EverThrive Illinois (ETI) wants to make sure all young people are protected against preventable diseases. COVID-19 is no exception. We’ve been leading the charge to educate health care providers on vaccine hesitancy, while also generating broader awareness of vaccine availability in local communities. We give […]

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Legislation News: The Latest on Illinois Policies Affecting Public Health June 2021

Policy

The state of Illinois’ most recent legislative session concluded with several policy changes to the health care landscape that will positively impact families. Most notably, EverThrive Illinois and our partners at Start Early, Nurse Family Partnership, and the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, successfully drafted and passed bill language to allow people with Medicaid to receive perinatal support from a […]

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Supreme Court Upholds the ACA…Again!

ACA

EverThrive Illinois applauds the 7-2 decision of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in California v. Texas. By throwing out the Trump-backed challenge to the ACA, the SCOTUS ruled that the states challenging the law failed to prove that they were harmed by the ACA’s individual mandate. The ACA is still the law of the land. The decision […]

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Governor Pritzker Signs Law to Address Racism in Medicaid

Maternal and Infant Mortality, Policy

This week, Governor JB Pritzker signed the fourth and final pillar of the 2021 Illinois Legislative Black Caucus agenda. This pillar, bill number HB 158, addresses systemic racism in the Medicaid health care system by requiring implicit bias training for providers, expands access to high-quality, evidence-based doula and home visiting services for people with Medicaid, and […]

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