ILAACP News Dear ILAACP E-News Bulletin Subscribers,
The ILAACP and IL Public Health Institute reached significant milestones back in July of this year when we moved into a new shared office environment in Chicago’s Near West Loop community.
We hope you will join us as we celebrate the opening of our new space. Though modest, we’re proud to have an office we can call home. WHEN: Thursday, December 4th
3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: 954 W. Washington Blvd.
Suite 405
Chicago, IL
Healthy, light snacks and refreshments will be served. Pleaes RSVP your attendance to Chris Sang at 312.850.4444 ext. 221 or csang@ilaacp.org.
Also, on behalf of the ILAACP, please have a safe and heart healthy …Gobble…Gobble…Day!!!!!
Sincerely,
Malik S.
Nevels, J.D.
Executive
Director 
| Grant Opportunities
Healthy Start Initiative-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities
Under
this program, grants will be awarded to address significant disparities
in perinatal health indicators. Communities must provide a scope of
project services that will cover pregnancy and interconceptional phases
for women and infants residing in the proposed project area, and will
promote longer interconceptional periods and prevent relapses of
unhealthy risk behaviors. Up to $2.35M per grant is available. The application deadline is December 5, 2008.
Research on Emergency Medical Services for Children
This funding opportunity is designed to improve the quality and quantity of research related to emergency medical services for children (EMSC), with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality in children through improved care delivery. Some of the applicable issues areas include: prevention research to reduce the need for emergency care; clinical research to ensure that children receive high-quality and appropriate medical, nursing and mental health care in an emergency; and models to improve service and cost efficiency in pediatric emergency care. The letter of intent deadline is December 15, 2008. YouthBuild - Education & Employment Skills
YouthBuild
grants will be used to provide disadvantaged youth with: the education
and employment skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency in
occupations in high demand and post-secondary education and training
opportunities; opportunities for meaningful work and service to their
communities; and opportunities to develop employment and leadership
skills and a commitment to community development among youth in
low-income communities. 100 grants will be available at a maximum size
of $1.1M each. The application deadline is January 15, 2009. Child Mental Health Initiative
The
purpose of this program is to support the development of integrated
home and community-based services and supports for children and youth
with serious emotional disturbances and their families by encouraging
the improvement and expansion of effective and enduring systems of
care. $17M is available to fund an estimated 17 projects. The application deadline is January 15, 2009. Magic Johnson Foundation - HIV/AIDS Programs
Grants
are available for community-based HIV/AIDS programs that have a broad
impact on underserved, urban neighborhoods. Up to 25,000 is available
in funding. The application deadline is rolling. RGK Foundation
The
RGK Foundation funds innovative projects in the areas of health,
education, human services and community affairs that target young women
and girls, minorities, and other underepresented or underserved
communities. Most grants are funded up to $25,000. There is an ongoing deadline for applications.CIGNA Foundation Community Health Programs
The CIGNA Foundation makes Targeted Grants to organizations working in five core concern areas: the health of women, children and families; obesity awareness and prevention; patient/doctor communications and health literacy; elimination of gender and ethnic disparities in health care; and the connection
between a healthy mind and a healthy body. Visit the website for application details and instructions. |
News & Resources Gov. Blagojevich Announces Schedule for Illinois Poverty Summit
On
Nov. 14, 2008, Gov. Blagojevich announced the preliminary schedule for
the upcoming Illinois Poverty Summit, entitled Opportunities for
Change: Taking Action to End Extreme Poverty in Illinois, on December
9th and 10th, 2008 at Northwestern University in Evanston. The summit
will focus on four broad themes: Income Supports and Assets; Employment
and Opportunities; Healthcare Access, Food & Nutrition; and
Housing. There will be four different breakout sessions for each
theme. Each breakout session will serve as a setting where
participants will be challenged to think about barriers and also come
up with viable, tangible solutions to extreme poverty. The entire
schedule can be viewed on the website at www.illinois.gov/povertysummit.
Black Heart Patients Treated Less for Depression
Black patients with heart disease are only half as likely as white patients to receive treatment for depression, says a Duke University Medical Center study. The study of 727 white and 137 black patients with heart disease found that 35 percent of black patients and 27 percent of white patients had elevated symptoms of depression. About 21 percent of the white patients were receiving treatment for depression, compared with 11.7 percent of the black patients. Please click here for the full article. For an additional report on disparities relating to mental health care click here. Child Obesity Seen as Warning of Heart Disease
A new presented by the American Heart Association at its conference on November 11, 2008, found striking evidence that children who are obese or have high cholesterol show early warning signs of heart disease. Scientists not involved in the study said the findings supported a growing body of research suggesting that childhood obesity in the United States was likely to result in heart disease as the children age. To read the full story, please click here.
The Risks of Diabetes During Pregnancy and Beyond
A seven-year international study released last year at the American Diabetes Association’s annual meeting and published in May in The New England Journal of Medicine, showed clear links between blood sugar levels and pregnancy outcomes, even when the mother’s sugar levels are not high enough to be called diabetes. The study, which followed the pregnancies of more than 23,000 nondiabetic women, revealed that as blood sugar levels increased during pregnancy, the risk of having a baby too large to be born vaginally rose too, as did the baby’s chances of being born with low blood sugar and high levels of insulin. For the full article please click here. Gov. Blagojevich Proclaims World Diabetes Day in Illinois
Gov.
Blagojevich proclaimed Friday, November 14, World Diabetes Awareness
Day in Illinois to correspond with the national awareness campaign.
The theme of this year's World Diabetes Day campaign is Diabetes in
Children and Adolescents. According to the Illinois Department of
Public Health, more than 840,000 Illinoisans have diabetes. Diabetes,
both type 1 and type 2, accounts for nearly $7.3 billion in total
direct healthcare and indirect cost every year in Illinois. Please click here for the full press release. Urban Sustainability Authority Board of Directors
The Urban Sustainability Authority (USA) is seeking nominations for its Board of Directors for the January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011 term. The USA is seeking an experienced group of dynamic leaders. Directors are expected to wholeheartedly support the Urban Sustain mission to educate, lead, develop, and advocate; reducing economic and environmental health related disparities for the low-income communities. For more info., please click here. Applications are due by Friday, November 30, 2008.
AARC African-American Community Steering Committee Membership
The Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (AARC) is seeking applications for Steering Committee membership by community-based organizations that represent African American constituencies in Chicago. Please visit the website or contact Gina Curry at g-curry@northwestern.edu; 312.363.8050 for the application and further details. The application deadline is December 17, 2008.
| Legislative Watch HB311 & SB0005 Health Care For All
Creates
the Health Care for All Illinois Act, which provides that all Illinois
residents are covered under the Illinois Health Services Program for
health insurance, and are entitled to the specific health coverage
benefits under the Program.
HB1039 & SB1753 Support for Abused and Neglected Children
Appropriates
$5,000,000 from the General Revenue
Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for a grant to the Illinois
Association of Court Appointed Special Advocates (Illinois CASA), who
help safeguard more than 4,000 abused and/or neglected children
statewide.
HB5019 Increase Medicaid Reimbursement for Health Care Providers
Addresses
low provider reimbursement rates for Medicaid and similar programs by
requiring rates to be similar to those paid by private health insurance
programs. Mandates Medicaid to provide a cost-of-doing-business
increase for providers, and requires payment 30 days after a claim has
been submitted.
HB5038 Early Childhood Education Grant
Amends
the School Code to provide more funds for programs serving children 0-3
through the Early Childhood Education Block Grant. HB5570 & SB2235 Home-Visiting Programs
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General
Revenue Fund to DHS, for community-based home-visiting
programs for parents of young, high-risk children. HB5615 Reproductive Justice and Access Act
Creates the Reproductive Justice and Access Act to protect the productive rights of women including access to prenatal care and contraception. The act also provides that all Illinois public schools shall offer medically accurate, age appropriate, comprehensive sexual health education. HB6297 FamilyCare Eligibility
Ensures access to health care for Illinois residents living at up to 400% of the poverty level and would provide hundreds of thousands of Illinois families with access to health insurance for the first time.
SB898 Childcare Access
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code to limit the childcare co-payments of working families below the poverty line. SB1925 Medicaid Expansion
Provides for Medicaid eligibility for all persons who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under any other provision and who have income, as determined by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, that is equal to or less than 100% of the Federal Poverty Level.
SB2288 Education Funding
Creates specific programs and funds to improve school quality through funding generated by tax reform. SB2341 Chronic Kidney Disease
Appropriates
$250,000 to the Department of Public Health from the General Revenue
Fund for a Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness, Testing, Diagnosis and
Treatment Program.
SB2361 Foster Parent Cost of Care
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Events Save the Date: CADCA's 19th Annual Leadership Forum
"Charting the Course: Stronger Partnerships for Healthier Communities"
February 9 - 12, 2009
The Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
201 Waterfront St
National Harbor, MD 20745
To register or receive more details, please click here.
3rd National Leadership Summit
The 2009 National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic
Disparities in Health will bring together health professionals and
leaders from around the country to develop a national strategy towards
health equity. February 25 - 27, 2009
The Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
201 Waterfront St
National Harbor, MD 20745
For registration info., please click here. Call for Abstracts:
The Office of Minority Health (OMH), Department of Health and Human Services, issues this Call for Abstracts for oral and poster presentations as part of the Third National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. The Summit will include sessions which highlight progress, challenges, and opportunities for improving the health of minority populations since the release of the 1985 “Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health." For abstract submission guidelines and more details, please click here. The submission deadline is December 1, 2008. Upcoming Events BIG Environmental Education Networking Social
This
month's event will feature a history making group photo shoot of
Chicagoland Blacks-in-Green for the Museum of Science & Industry's
"Green Revolution" Exhibit. There will also be a meet & greet with
the senior staff of environmental organizations from around the area. Friday, November 21, 2008. 5:30
- 8:30pm. Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center, 1060 E. 47th
St.,Chicago. To RSVP and for more detials, contact Naomi Davis at
naomi@blacksingreen.org, or
call 773.678.9541.
Community Education Summit
The summit will feature workshops on curbing youth violence, community partnerships and long-term strategies to make South Shore more livable. Saturday, November 22, 2008. 8am - 3pm. South Shore High School, 7529 South Constance, Chicago, IL. For registration and information call 773-324-0494. 3rd Annual Thanksgiving Outreach Giveaway
Youth
On The Move recognizes the troubling economic times that have hit
communities and neighborhoods, so we are teaming up with a list of
elected officials and community organizations to host our 3rd Annual
Thanksgiving Outreach Giveaway. Our hope is to reach out to as many
families as we can during this holiday season. Tuesday, November 25, 2008.
7 - 9pm. Mariella's Banquets, 124 S. 5th Ave, Maywood, IL. To learn
about how you can support and participate in this event, please contact
Isiah Brandon at 708.299.9464. Voices of the Youth: A Roundtable Discussion
Englewood Safety Net Works presents Voices of the Youth, a Youth Led forum that will give young people a chance to tell their views on how they live and ways to make it better and safe for them. Join us for this awareness event around anti-violence and what can be done in our community. Tuesday, November 25th, 2008. 6 – 9pm. Kennedy King College - Great Hall, 63rd & Halsted, Chicago, IL.
Working Together Forum
JCARES
is pleased to invite you to Working Together: Building Interfaith
Advocacy Efforts to Support Healthy Homes and Communities, a full day
event to inform, inspire and support thoughtful, strategic advocacy by
a range of community leaders in order to generate the societal,
cultural and behavioral change ensuring that all homes, relationships
and families are safe, peaceful and healthy. Thursday, December 4, 2008. 9am - 3pm. Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 East Chestnut, Chicago. Registration fee is $25 per person. Please click here to register online, or call Amy Rubin at 847.568.5254 for more info.
First Annual Nutrition Knowledge Bowl
Join us and celebrity host Dr. Ian Smith from the 50 Million Pound Challenge at the First Annual Nutrition Knowledge Bowl. Student teams from 6 Chicago area High Schools are busy preparing for this event, gaining in-depth knowledge in nutrition and its role in preventing cancer. Free admission with refreshments, youth-focused vendors, hourly raffles and more! Saturday, December 13, 2008. 10am - 1pm. Dusable Museum, 740 E. 56th St., Chicago, IL. Please call Healthlink at 773.702.9200 for more information and to RSVP.
| Job Opportunities Generations of Hope Development Center - Program Development Manager
The Program Development Manager will develop and oversee specific marketing and community networking strategies necessary for the recruitment of social challenge populations, parents, & seniors; and Serve as the primary link regarding program development between each local site and remaining GHDC staff. Please click here for more details. The Chicago Community Trust - Human Resources Administrator
The Trust is in need of a Human Resources Administrator to process the Trust’s semi-monthly payroll and administer employee benefits program as well as assist with many of the functional areas of Human Resources including recruitment, orientation and performance management of Trust employees. Please click here for more info. Illinois Center for Violence Prevention - Violence Prevention Training Coordinator
The Illinois Center for Violence Prevention is seeking a Violence Prevention Training Coordinator to manage the training and capacity building services with its Best Practices Institute. This individual will assist in the process of developing this new department, providing day to day coordination of training operations, researching and facilitating the design and implementation of workshops, forging new relationships with external partners to garner support and participation in these programs. For more details about this position please click here. MECCA Services - Executive Director/CEO
The Executive Director/CEO reports to the Board of Directors and directs all clinical programming, prevention services, marketing, fund development, public relations, finance, IT, and human resources. The Executive Director/CEO is also actively involved in representing MECCA at local, state, and national work groups and organizations. For more info., please click here. LINK Unlimited - Development Associate
LINK is seeking a Development Associate to assist the Director of Development in all aspects of fundraising, including data management, grant research, grant writing, special event planning and execution, and development-related communications. For more details please click here. Affinity Community Services - Executive Director
The Director's responsibilites include assuring that the organization has a long-range strategy which achieves its mission, and toward which it makes consistent and timely progress; and providing leadership in developing program, organizational and financial plans with the Board of Directors and staff, and carry out plans and policies authorized by the board. Please click here for more info. Passages, Inc. - President
Reporting to the Board of Directors, the President is responsible for effective executive leadership of the programs and operations of Passages, Inc. The President will oversee a budget of $5 million and four direct reports. The new President will also be the Executive Director of Whitley Crossings Neighborhood Corporation, a separate corporation providing low-to-middle income housing. Please click here for more info. UCAN - Youth Leadership Specialist
The Youth Leadership Specialist develops and provides a range of services to community groups, schools, and other youth service agencies with a program emphasis on motivation, purpose, and cultural identity. Please click here for more details.
Heartland Alliance - Case Manager
The Case Manager provides advocacy, assessment, and case management services to individuals, families and groups. Conducts outreach and intake as assigned. Counsels and aids individuals and families requiring assistance, including but not limited to problems such as personal and family adjustments, finances, employment, food, clothing, housing, and physical and mental impairments to determine nature and degree of problem. Supervises program participants individually or in groups.. For more details, please click here. ABJ Community Services - Part-time Licensing Specialist
ABJ
is seeking a licensing specialist that will recruit, license and approve foster parents and homes. Please click here to view the positions requirements and responsibilities. For a list of additional job opportunities please
visit http://www.abj.org/html/career.html
Beatrice Caffrey Youth Service
BCYS is
currently accepting applications for qualified, caring individuals to
join us in providing quality services to our clients. Multiple
positions are available. For a full list of job opportunities please
visit http://www.beatricecaffrey.net/employ.html
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intervention and prevention practitioners and other stakeholders who advocate policy change, facilitate resource sharing, and offer professional development opportunities. Envision joining forces with leaders from around the state to build a new prevention and early intervention reality. Welcome to the Illinois African American Coalition for Prevention. 