On the morning of Tuesday, November 21st, EverThrive Illinois sponsored a roundtable at the Matteson Community Center focusing on “The Intersection of Obesity and Women’s Health in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District”. The framing for this conversation is based upon the fact that women, particularly in communities of color, are experiencing higher rates of obesity and […]
Continue ReadingEverThrive Illinois Participates in the Children’s Health Caucus Panel
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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 ReadingEverThrive Illinois Works With ILPQC in Birth Equity Webinar
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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
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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
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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 ReadingImproving the Health and Wellbeing of Illinois Families
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Last month, the Illinois General Assembly ended the 2023 legislative session. For 25 years, EverThrive IL has advocated for state policies and funding to advance our shared priorities of eliminating racial and gender disparities in care, promoting bodily autonomy, and creating a health care system that is deserving of trust from those most affected by […]
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