EverThrive IL is excited to share our newly released 2025 Annual Report: Community As Resistance. This year’s report highlights the powerful ways our community has come together to protect, uplift, and advocate for equitable health care across Illinois. Over the past year, EverThrive IL has mobilized individuals across the state to demand a system that centers dignity, access, and justice for […]
Continue ReadingBuilding Systems of Care With Family Connects Alignment Boards
Reproductive Justice
Recently, our Birth Equity team hosted our Family Connects Community Alignment Boards (CABs): Region C (far South side), Region D (South side), and Region E (North side). These meetings serve as a space to provide updates about the program, receive updates from the CAB, and facilitate discussions around broader system improvements for Chicago families. At […]
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Reproductive Justice
Our Birth Equity team manages and convenes 3 Community Alignment Boards (CABs) for Family Connects Chicago (FCC), a universal postpartum nurse home visiting program. With these Community Alignment Boards, we aim to align resources for families enrolled in the program, improve our current maternal, infant, and child health systems in Chicago, strengthen collaboration amongst social service and medical […]
Continue ReadingEverThrive IL Applauds Governor JB Pritzker for Signing the Birth Equity Act
Reproductive Justice
EverThrive Illinois applauds the leadership of Governor JB Pritzker, Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, House Majority Leader Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston), and State Senator Lakesia Collins (D-Chicago) in passing HB 5142, the birth equity initiative for pregnancy and postpartum care. This law will address Illinois’s maternal health disparities by providing additional insurance coverage for birth workers like […]
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