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CHCC Adds Full-Time RN Care Coordinator
The Community Health Care Clinic has added a full-time RN Care Coordinator to the care team, thanks to an expansion of the CAUSE program at Illinois State University’s Mennonite College of Nursing. Change Agents for the Underserved: Service Education (CAUSE) aims to provide innovative, community-based nursing education as the field shifts increasingly toward preventative care.…
Read MoreCHCC Helping Expand Access To Care For LGBTQ+ Residents
We’re proud to announce a new partnership to expand access to healthcare for LGBTQ+ patients — just in time for Pride month! Central Illinois Friends is a Peoria-based nonprofit dedicated to helping and advocating for individuals living with HIV. And this Friday, CI Friends is opening its second location right here at the Community Health…
Read MoreCHCC Receives COVID-19 Relief Funding from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois
The Community Health Care Clinic is among 175 nonprofit organizations receiving a $20,000 grant from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois COVID-19 Community Collaboration Fund. The grant program is aimed at supporting community-based organizations doing work in five focus areas – access to care, hunger, shelter and behavioral health care, and COVID-19 health education…
Read MoreIllinois Central College Adds CHCC As Dental Hygiene Program Clinical Site
The Community Health Care Clinic is now a clinical site for the Dental Hygiene Program at Illinois Central College. This semester 18 dental hygiene students will complete their clinicals inside the CHCC dental clinic. We welcomed our first students to the clinic Thursday February 18, and they got right to work cleaning patients’ teeth. When…
Read MoreCHCC Issues Statement Confirming and Committing to Address Health Disparities Among People of Color
The Community Health Care Clinic has received a $30,000 grant from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) to participate in its Pursuing Equity Initiative. The 18-month program will help us examine our current practices and develop policies and procedures in line with the IHI’s Pursuing Equity five-component framework: Make health equity a strategic priority Build…
Read MoreCHCC Receives Gold Rating For Quality Care
CHCC has received a Gold Rating from the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics Quality Standards Program. The mission of the NAFC is to ensure the medically underserved have access to affordable health care. To quantify and qualify the care provided at the Free and Charitable Clinic network, the NAFC formalized a set of…
Read MoreCHCC Earns Patient-Centered Medical Home Certification
In May 2020 the Community Health Care Clinic officially completed its years-long journey toward certification by the National Committee for Quality Assurance as a Patient-Centered Medical Home. Along with CommunityHealth in Chicago, CHCC participated in the Americares/BD Advancing Community Health Program, a two-year initiative that helps clinics achieve recognition as patient-centered medical homes. Each clinic received a $100,000…
Read MoreCHCC Among Finalists For Chamber 2019 Nonprofit Excellence Award
The Community Health Care Clinic is among the finalists for the 2019 McLean County Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit Excellence Award. The Chamber’s Business Excellence Awards honor member businesses, agencies, and individuals that have shown outstanding performance, quality customer service and business distinctiveness in six categories: New and Emerging Business Excellence, Micro Business Excellence, Small Business…
Read More2019 IAFCC Innovation Award Recognizes CHCC Referral Program
The Illinois Association of Free & Charitable Clinics awarded its 2019 Innovation Award to the Community Health Care Clinic at its annual conference December 9 in Chicago. The award is given each year to an IAFCC member clinic that has implemented an innovative approach to patient care. This year’s award recognizes CHCC’s hospital referral program…
Read MoreTalk With a Doc: Registered Dietitian Dr. Jennifer Barnes
Dr. Jennifer Barnes was visiting the Clinic with Leadership McLean County in 2017 when she learned the Clinic didn’t have a registered dietitian. She says she’d been on the lookout for a volunteer opportunity she could get excited about. Now she comes to the Clinic weekly to provide one-on-one consultations with patients. Dr. Barnes meets…
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