Vision: Every child in Illinois grows up healthy.
ILCHF Hosts Children’s Mental Healthy Symposium, Dec. 6, 2018 Stakeholders from dozens of IL communities gathered to discuss lessons learned from 8-year, $12 million CMHI project. Podcast and searchable written transcripts from the symposium are available here.
Children’s Mental Health Initiative, Building Systems of Care,
Community by Community
$75 Million Awarded
Oral Health 31 million
Mental Health 32 million
Other 11 million
438 Grants Awarded
173 Oral Health Grants
153 Mental Health Grants
130 Other Grants
We work collaboratively with organizations to improve community-based systems of care that treat children holistically and focus on prevention, wellness and education. We partner with grantees to increase children’s access to mental and oral health services.
Quite simply we want to ensure that kids get the care they need, when they need it – regardless of where they live or what insurance card, if any, they carry.
— Jim Ryan, Former Illinois Attorney General
CMHI 1.0 was an eight-year, $12 million initiative that awarded grants to four communities to bring together schools, medical, and community health organization to establish a sustainable children’s mental health system of care. The report was released today at a day-long conference intended to pass along initiative successes and challenges to stakeholders from across the state, including mental health, medical and school professional.
Influencing the Dental Workforce in Illinois: A Case Study of the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation
ILCHF partnered with Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine and University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry to implement the Pipeline Project. This Study conducted by researchers at Loyola University at Chicago Center for Urban Research and Learning captures key learnings related to dental workforce development strategies. The eight-year study involved relevant constituents, i.e., students, alumni, faculty, deans, admissions committees and extramural site
October 2016
This assessment provides a foundation for understanding and strengthening the oral health infra- structure in Illinois. The assessment indicates numerous opportunities to move the system forward. (Full Report)
