The Illinois General Assembly’s Children’s Health Caucus, a bipartisan group of Illinois legislators from the Senate and House, recently hosted a panel discussion on universal newborn support systems (UNSS). These systems support all families with newborns shortly after birth by offering home visitation programs. The UNSS home visitor provides maternal and infant health screens and […]
Continue ReadingOctober Is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month
Everyone deserves to experience a healthy pregnancy and birth and ultimately have and care for a healthy baby. Unfortunately, not all birthing people have this experience. This month is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month, and we wanted to raise awareness around the infant mortality rate (IMR) in the United States. Infant mortality is the […]
Continue ReadingEverThrive Illinois Works With ILPQC in Birth Equity Webinar
The Illinois Perinatal Collaborative, or ILPQC, is a network of individuals dedicated to improving health care for birthing people and infants. The vision of this collaborative “involves all perinatal stakeholders; utilizes data-driven, evidence-based practices; improves perinatal quality resulting in improved birth outcomes, improved health for women and infants, and decreased costs and builds on Illinois’ […]
Continue Reading“The Gathering”: A Digital Resource for Black Birthing People
This month, EverThrive Illinois is relaunching our digital campaign The Gathering campaign. We believe that community-centered education can address the root causes of Chicago’s maternal mortality and morbidity crisis, including the systemic racism within the health care ecosystem that breeds mistrust. Last year, our community engagement team learned that communities impacted by health injustice are […]
Continue ReadingA Year After Roe v. Wade Was Overturned
The Supreme Court decision that came from the Roe v. Wade lawsuit recognized that birthing people in the United States had a constitutional right to abortion, which was upheld for decades. A year ago, on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned that decision. This set a very dangerous precedent in that individual states are […]
Continue ReadingHealthy IL Calls For Governor Pritzker To Reinstate Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults In Illinois
Recently, the Pritzker administration issued notice that beginning July 1st enrollment for Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults in Illinois (HBIA program ages 42-64) would be stopped and high copays would be instituted. The Healthy Illinois Campaign Coalition calls for an immediate reversal of this notice and full implementation of the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults […]
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