The following grants were reported in 2007:
$65,000 to Teen Living Programs, Chicago, IL. For continued support of Well Now! health program for homeless youth, payable over 1 year.
$60,000 to PCC Community Wellness Center, Oak Park, IL. For improving health outcomes of pregnant women, new mothers and their children though prenatal classes, home visits, and hospital outreach, payable over 1 year.
$60,000 to Westside Health Authority, Chicago, IL. For Managing the Metabolic Syndrome, to screen residents of Austin community for metabolic syndrome and refer them to intervention and primary care services, payable over 1 year.
$51,528 to Community Nurse Health Association, La Grange, IL. For salary support for part-time nurse practitioners who staff pediatric and adult clinics at agency serving low-income families in western suburbs, payable over 1 year.
$50,000 to Erie Family Health Center, Chicago, IL. For expansion of Maternal Care program, payable over 1 year.
$50,000 to Interfaith House, Chicago, IL. For Recuperative Care Center, care for homeless people after they have been released from hospital or ER, payable over 1 year.
$45,000 to Chinese American Service League, Chicago, IL. Towards salary of nurse for program that provides homemaking and preventative health services for homebound senior citizens, payable over 1 year.
$25,000 to South Side Help Center, Chicago, IL. For hiring health educator for Youth Self Enhancement program, to provide school-based and after-school programs that focus on developing life skills and preventing violence, payable over 1 year.
$15,000 to Casa Central, Chicago, IL. Toward nursing support to monitor the health of low-income program participants of Adult Day Care program, payable over 1 year.
$5,000 to Fox Valley Hospice, Geneva, IL. For assisting with recruitment and training of Spanish-speaking hospice volunteers, payable over 1 year.