AllianceChicago

Hrsa health center controlled network (hccn) grant for the period 7/1/2021 - 6/30/2022. Three year hccn grant award for the period of august 1, 2019 through july 31, 2022 to support network of 46 health centers working together to use health information technology (hit) to improve operations and clinical practices. Hccns help health centers leverage hit to increase participation in value-based care by (i) enhancing the patient and provider experience; (ii) advancing interoperability; (iii) using data to enhance value; two year hccn grant awarded for the period of may 1, 2021 through april 30, 2023 to support participating health centers to leverage hit and data to respond to and mitigate the spread of covid-19, and enhance health care services and infrastructure; two year ahrq grant for the period of september 1, 2021 through august 31, 2023 to assess the impact of okq implementation on reproductive health metrics in the community health, primary care setting; hrsa grant for the period of september 1, 2021 through august 31, 2022 to strengthen the capacities of state and/or local-level organizations to respond to emerging public health issues affecting maternal and child health (mch) populations.

Foundation & corporate grants relate largely to Illinois contraception access now (ican!) Programs to improve the quality of and access to contraceptive care regardless of an individual's ability to pay. Ican is a state wide intiative to advance reproductive health equity and to close the contraceptive care gap.

Research/academic grant projects for the period 7/1/2021 - 6/30/2022 included state, federal and private non-profit research awards for the following projects: (i) improving the health of sexual and gender minority patients through cultural competence and skill training of chc staff; (ii) comparative effectiveness of community health workers in chicago and new york city to preven destabilization and unplanned hospitatlizations of adults with multiple chronice diseases; (iii) eugene Washington pcori engagement award for chicago coalition around pcor to expand community research; (iv) eugene Washington pcori engagement award for research engagement and partnerships in reproductive and maternal health outcomes; (v) Illinois public health institute chicago cares to reduce diabetes disparaties and promote health equity; (vi) merck for mothers chicago collaborative for maternal health to address the problem of maternal mortality through collaborations with governments, multilateral agencies, ngos, businesses, physicians and researchers; (vii) intervention to reduce early (peanut) allergy in children (ireach) (viii) ahrq "inspire" intervention in small primary care practices to implement reduction in unhealthy alcohol use; (ix) nhlbi "optimise" optimizing the implementation of a population panel management inteverention in safety-net clinics for childhood interventions; (x) community intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease in chicago; (xi) nih cardiovascular health trajectories from birth through adolescence in a diverser cohort of children; (xii) chicago center for diabetes translation research (ccdtr) to examine the impact of telehealth on diabetes care management during the covid-19 pandemic; (xii) nih "optimize" study optimizing patient navigation for perinatal care; (xiii) nih accelerating health equity and eliminating diabetes disparaties in community health centers (ahead-chc); (xiv) nih promoting preconception care and diabetes self-management among reproductive aged women with diabetes; (xv) nih health brain and child development national consortium; (xvi) lurie children's hospital of chicago subaward to as a convener of community health center leadership to develop and support project activities; (xvii) chicago department of public health adult cessation services; (xviii) nih third coast center for aids research; (xix) nih implementation and dissemination of evidence-based interventions to improve prep care continuum outcomes among women in community health clinics; and (xx) nih lincc trial: linking inter-specialty newborn and contraception care.

Professional services and contract agreements to support clinical decision support tools for diabetes care, hypertension, contraception, postpartum depression, post-mentapausal care, hiv, hepc, pediatric weight management, covid-19 and performance metrics in quality improvement efforts.