Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI)

Register to join the Illinois Alliance to Promote Opportunities for Health’s (IAPOH) Communications Workgroup on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:00AM CT for a training from the American Heart Association on leveraging strategic communications to advance advocacy efforts, with examples from the Healthy School Meals for All Initiative. Register today: https://lnkd.in/gCJtjXUF The IAPOH coalition promotes opportunities for health, centering communities most in need. The Communications Workgroup helps build connections between partners and engage the public in our work, while providing communications-centered learning opportunities. If you are interested in joining our group, sign the IAPOH endorsement form today: https://lnkd.in/gWm5VzqK #PublicHealth #Communications #Illinois #Advocacy #Policy

"The San Diego community exchange is a model of what a CIE can be, and it has sparked a spread of the concept. It coordinates and provides tools and mentorship for a national network of more than 30 other places building their own exchanges. One effort it’s assisting is in Chicago, where an exchange is being built by the Illinois Public Health Institute. As in San Diego, Chicago’s exchange is initially focusing on people experiencing housing insecurity, but IPHI is building the system so it can include other populations." : : : #communityinformationexchange #publichealth #datasharing #healthequity Waldo Mikels-Carrasco Hilary Heishman RWJF Community Information Exchange (CIE San Diego)

Data can help formulate goals and strategies, and help develop sound policies. But data does not open minds or change mindsets. Narratives do. : : : #community #data #health #healthcare #wellbeing #publichealth #equity #healthequity Melissa Moorehead Kaara Kallen

In a dynamic half-day workshop, which took place in advance of National Network of Public Health Institutes’ Open Forum, the Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) team engaged nearly 30 public health professionals, equipping them with tools to make meaningful contributions to their organizations’ data modernization efforts. Read more ⬇️ : : : #datamodernization #publichealth #data #equity Waldo Mikels-Carrasco Melissa Moorehead Ellen Clewett, MPH

We are thrilled to welcome Ed Stellon to IPHI as our new Chief External Affairs Officer! With over 30 years of experience working to improve health outcomes and end homelessness in Chicago, Ed has partnered with local, state, and federal government leaders to craft policies that improve access to care for vulnerable communities. You can learn more about Ed's prior work here: https://lnkd.in/gAEsEdTF : : : #publichealth #healthequity #leadership #homelessness

🙏Thank you, Action for Healthy Kids, for hosting us at the 2024 Fall Healthy Meals Summit! We had an incredible experience learning new ways to support our network of partners, community organizations, and schools in their efforts to improve school meal programs. 🥗 It’s inspiring to see the amazing work being done by dedicated individuals across the country to help ensure that every student has access to nutritious, healthy meals. Together, we’re making a difference! Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI) Curtis Aikens Chef Ann Foundation #HMIFallSummit #HealthyMealsIncentives #SchoolNutrition #SchoolMeals

With input from public health, aging services, social services, and community development partners, we're excited to share our recommendations report for how we can better support aging and public health partners to work together to advance social connectedness in Illinois! Recommendations report: https://lnkd.in/gNWZhaUu #socialconnection #partnerships #publichealth #aging

Congratulations to Waldo Mikels-Carrasco on his Leadership Excellence Award!

Appreciation to the Illinois Association of Medicaid Health Plans (IAMHP) for hosting an incredible group of committed leaders on their lunch panel to discuss medical respite in Illinois, including Crystal Pirtle Tyler PhD, MPH representing Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI) Thank you Chief Christine Haley for your vision and leadership, and for always centering people and equity and justice in the work. Thank you Julia Dobbins, MSW for traveling in from Nashville and for sharing such pithy learnings and recommendations. You and Brandon Cook are phenomenal partners at National Health Care for the Homeless Council, National Institute for Medical Respite Care. Thank you Jill Hayden and Rachel Thomas for hosting and moderating the panel. Thank you Richard Ducatenzeiler, Kathleen Recchia (and Anais Fuentes and Sabina Wong) and The Boulevard of Chicago for being such a strong foundational leader for medical respite care in Illinois. Thank you Michael M., Kristin Hartsaw, and Gabriela Moroney for your partnership in moving toward medical respite benefits for Medicaid in Illinois. And, thanks to all the other leaders within the Illinois Medical Respite Capacity Building Initiative including all the people with lived expertise who lead and shape the design and rollout of these programs -- the panelists gave insight into the work going on across Illinois, and we are so appreciative of the work you all put in every day.

Great night celebrating Elissa Bassler’s retirement from the Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI). Congratulations on this milestone!