Chicago health officials are preparing for a summer surge of migrants bused here from the southern border that will eclipse the number of arrivals the previous year. Watch the Discussion As more than 38,000 aslyum seekers have been transported to Chicago since August of 2022 with an expectation of 2,000 to 5,000 more transports per week this upcoming summer, CommunityHealth focused the 10th annual All In Breakfast Summit on “Meeting the Migrant Health Need.” Moderated by Kristen Schorsch from WBEZ Chicago, the panel featured leaders in the city’s migrant crisis response in ..read more

Cheers to our volunteers! CommunityHealth celebrates our volunteers throughout the year, but Volunteer Appreciation Month gives us a chance to really focus on our most important asset. We’ve been hard at work making this month memorable for you all, and as April comes to a close, we wanted to give you an overview of what we’ve done so far and what is still to come. Around the Clinic You may have noticed that the lounge is looking pretty star-spangled lately. The Volunteer Services team put up decorations in the lounge at the beginning of April to celebrate all the superstars who come in eac ..read more

CommunityHealth shines the Volunteer Spotlight on Maja Miłkowska-Shibata during April. With little interpreting experience upon joining CommunityHealth, Maja immediately unearthed a passion, completing the 40-hour Medical Interpreting Training School (MITS) course and receiving earing her Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI). She now trains new volunteer interpreters with her advanced expertise as a skilled translator. Maja is so devoted to health care access that she evens reflects on her interpreting experiences through writing and drawing comics. Maja's Reflectio ..read more

Let’s talk about health care in Chicago. The city of Chicago continues to receive numerous buses and flights sent from border states, full of people seeking asylum in the U.S. from their home countries. This massive migration has strained resources, and many organizations and individuals have been working tirelessly over the past 18 months to ensure that our new neighbors receive all the supportive services necessary to build their new lives here. Following long and often arduous journeys, many of these new arrivals need prompt attention to their health, and CommunityHealth has been working a ..read more

Longitudinal Medical Student Collaborative Care in Primary Care Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Peer-Reviewed Reports in Medical Education Research (PRIMER) from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine journals reported on successes in the treatment and care for patients with type 2 diabetes through CommunityHealth’s student run clinics with The Education-Centered Medical Home (ECMH) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Director of Clinical Services, Emily Hendel, was featured in the study with quality metrics based on American Diabetes Association recommendations. W ..read more

Welcome to CommunityHealth We are so happy that you are interested in becoming one of our patients and we are committed to meeting you where you are at with providers you can relate to and services you can understand. CommunityHealth is one of the largest volunteer-based health clinics in the nation serving the uninsured, underserved, and undocumented for over 30 years. Low-income adults without insurance receive free primary care and access to over 20 specialties including reproductive and sexual care, medications, lab testing, mental health services, telehealth visits, referrals for reso ..read more

Health Care Council of Chicago (HC3) hosted “The Future of Health in Illinois” on January 25th, 2024, at Nixon Peabody with a panel of revolutionary leaders from Third Horizon Strategies, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Equality Illinois, CommunityHealth, and Illinois State Deputy Governor Grace Hou. Leaders discussed the impacts of collective changes in the national ecosystem on personal experiences with health care such as access to abortion, anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation, the ongoing migrant crisis, the cessation of the pandemic’s Public Health Emergency (PHE), and more.  The panel ..read more

CommunityHealth shines the Volunteer Spotlight on Camila Marquez during February. Camila has supported Health Education workshops with CommunityHealth since March of 2023 when classes first came back in person since the pandemic. Considering diabetes is one the most common conditions treated at CommunityHealth, Camila’s is critical to culturally competent care both inside and outside of clinic doors. For her compassionate service, Camila was awarded 2023 Education & Outreach Volunteer of the Year for the 2023 Volunteer of the Year Awards. Watch Camila works with the Chicago Ur ..read more

CommunityHealth shines the Volunteer Spotlight on Dr. Laurence Gott during February. With over 1,372 hours served since July of 2011, Dr. Gott has volunteered every single week at the clinic for over ten years as a specialty provider in urology. For his devoted service and critical care, Dr. Gott was awarded 2023 Volunteer Specialist of the Year for the 2023 Volunteer of the Year Awards. Watch Dr. Gott talked with CommunityHealth to share more about his career as a culturally competent care provider who more than values but embodies Quality Health Care For All… In a few sentences ..read more

CommunityHealth celebrated 30 Years of Care and another successful year of innovation, meeting our communities where they are at. Throughout 2023, we brought back some of our in-person workshops for Health Education for the first time since the pandemic, deployed mobile care units to police precincts to welcome asylum seekers with quality health care, celebrated our first year of service with our microsite at Enlace, and more. But don’t just take it from us… the numbers speak for themselves! 2,554 vaccines administered 23,777 visits completed 3,809 patients treated 1,759 new ..read more