Michael Reese

We work for

A strong safety net

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A strong safety net

Who depends on the healthcare safety net? In Illinois, one of every seven adults aged 19 to 64, three in eight children, four in seven nursing home residents, four in nine individuals with disabilities, and one in six Medicare beneficiaries.

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Domestic violence/interpersonal violence prevention

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Domestic violence/interpersonal violence prevention

Reduce interpersonal violence, and you reduce not only injury but asthma; circulatory, cardiovascular, and joint disease; central nervous system and gastrointestinal disorders; and post-traumatic stress disorder, while significantly improving lifetime earnings.

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A skilled and inclusive healthcare workforce

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A skilled and inclusive healthcare workforce

Health care is one of our region’s most promising growth sectors. Meeting the demand for a trained workforce can also create new pathways to greater economic and social mobility.

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A healthy Jewish community

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A healthy Jewish community

We honor our founders by supporting Jewish organizations whose work addresses community needs in one of our focus areas.

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Health and housing

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Health and housing

When people who are sick have a place to live, their health improves, and spending on emergency room visits, inpatient hospitalizations, and public services is dramatically reduced.

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Oral health

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Oral health

Integrate oral and primary health care, and even chronic conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease become easier to manage.

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School-based behavioral health

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School-based behavioral health

One out of every five young people suffers from a diagnosable mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder. School-based behavioral health services increase their chances of getting the help they need.

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Community violence prevention

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Community violence prevention

Investments that prevent or reduce violence yield multigenerational returns for all of us, whether we measure those returns in population health or healthcare dollars saved.

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We work with

Partners

Organizations, agencies, foundations, corporations: We collaborate with partners in multiple sectors to extend our reach and deepen our impact.

Systems

We work with the systems that support health, from primary care to social services, education, employment, workforce development, housing, and beyond.

Ideas

We challenge ourselves to ask better questions; test assumptions; gather, analyze, and share data; explore new ideas; and take risks.

We work in

Metropolitan Chicago, the nation’s third largest metropolitan area, where we have invested more than $103 million to date.

We work toward

A society in which health is within everyone’s reach.