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Children’s Mental Health Initiative Symposium

On September 19, 2019, ILCHF hosted a full day symposium focused on integrating mental healthcare into community based settings. PowerPoint presentations from the symposium are available here.

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Since 2004

$142 Million Awarded

  • Oral Health 48 million

  • Mental Health 75 million

  • Other 19 million

848 Grants Awarded

  • 308 Oral Health Grants

  • 318 Mental Health Grants

  • 222 Other Grants

ILCHF is the only private Illinois foundation that funds children’s healthcare statewide.

ILCHF Grants Touch All 102 Illinois Counties

We work collaboratively with organizations to improve community-based systems of care that treat children holistically and focus on prevention, wellness, and education. We partner with grantees to increase children’s access to mental and oral health services.

“Quite simply, we want to ensure that kids get the care they need, when they need it – regardless of where they live or what insurance card, if any, they carry.”
— Jim Ryan, Former Illinois Attorney General

News

photo of Bob Egan, Director of Oral Health & Other Initiatives at the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation, who passed away on Aug. 7

Honoring Bob Egan and His Legacy

Robert “Bob” Egan Director of Oral Health & Other Initiatives (December 28, 1963 – August 5, 2024) “Honoring Bob and His 20 Year Legacy” It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our cherished colleague and friend, Bob Egan, who passed away on August 5, 2024. For over 20 years, Bob led our oral health initiatives and most recently served as the Director of Oral Health & Other Initiatives at the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation, where his
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ILCHF 20th Anniversary Celebration

In December of 2022, ILCHF achieved 20 years of partnering with organizations across the state of Illinois committed to improving the health and well-being of children and families.
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Jim Ryan and Tammy Lemke

Remembering Jim Ryan: Former Illinois Attorney General and ILCHF Emeritus Board Member

Dear Friends, It is with profound gratitude and a deep sense of loss that we remember former Illinois Attorney General, Jim Ryan. Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation (ILCHF) exists because of Jim Ryan. Countless children and families have benefitted from the work of our grantee partners because of Jim Ryan. As Peter E. Doris, MD, one of three founding ILCHF Board members, former Board Chair, and Emeritus Board member said of his dear friend, “For the 40 years I had known
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Open RFPs

Grant Spotlight: ILCHF and Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation Announce New Oral Health Nitrous Oxide Sedation Initiative

(Oak Brook, IL) – February 2, 2022 – The Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation (ILCHF) and Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation announce the creation of the Oral Health Nitrous Oxide Sedation Initiative, a new oral health program aimed at improving the oral health of children in Illinois. Both foundations are contributing $500,000 each in funding for programs designed to enable safety net dental clinics to safely administer nitrous oxide to children requiring conscious sedation for oral health services.   
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Recent Publications

Healthy Minds, Healthy Children, Healthy Chicago

Spring 2020

Commitment. Community. Collaboration. Change. These four Cs were the vision for ILCHF as it pursued the goal of developing models for integrated children’s mental health in the Healthy Minds, Healthy Children, Healthy Chicago initiative. (Full Report)

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Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI 1.0)

December 2018

The Children’s Mental Health Initiative, Building Systems of Care, Community by Community (CMHI 1.0) was designed to enable four communities to find local solutions to these critical challenges. (Full Report)

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Oral Health in Illinois

October 2016

This assessment provides a foundation for understanding and strengthening the oral health infra- structure in Illinois. The assessment indicates numerous opportunities to move the system forward. (Full Report)

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“ILCHF is helping us to comprehensively evaluate the program that we have implemented to make sure that it is replicable and sustainable across many organizations.”
— Dana Kelly, Director of Development & Strategy, Erie Family Health Care

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