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Foundation News/Updates
- 2008 RFP for Building Oral Health Capacity; Board Awards $3 Million to Two Dental Schools. ILCHF 2008 Oral Health RFP is open from May 2, 2008 until June 20, 2008. Click here for a copy of the full RFP. Illinois' two Dental Schools will each receive $1.5 million over the next several years to help increase the number of oral health professionals caring for underserved children. Click here for the press release. (May 08)
- NEW DIRECTOR NAMED TO FOUNDATION BOARD. A new Director, Christine Rosso has been named to the Foundation's Board of Directors. Click here for the press release. (May 08)
- THREE NEW DIRECTORS NAMED TO FOUNDATION BOARD. Three new Directors have been named to the Foundation's Board of Directors, effective January 1, representing Peoria, Rockford and Chicago. Click here for the press release. (February 08)
- BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARDS AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR 2008 PROGRAMS. Eleven organizations across the state have been awarded funding to establish or expand mental health services, expand child development pilots, or build access to oral health services for underserved children. Click here for the press release. (February 08)
- MORE THAN $4 MILLION IN GRANTS AWARDED. Nineteen organizations providing oral health care to underserved children across the state have been awarded funding to establish or expand services in the first round of funding from the Foundation's five-year, $20 million initiative targeting dental care. Click here for the press release. (November 07)
- FIRST MAJOR INITIATIVE ANNOUNCED. Over the next five years, ILCHF will redirect its funding to focus more on oral health improvement. At least $20 million will be spent over that time. Click here for the press release. (June 07)
News/Updates on Children's Health
- Leading the Way? Maine's Initial Experience in Expanding Coverage Through Dirigo Health Reforms. The Commonwealth Fund has released a new report from analysts at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. that examines progress at this initiative's midway point and presents lessons for other states seeking to expand coverage while controlling costs. Illinois and its efforts to expand coverage are discussed briefly in the report. Read the full report.
- Heartland Alliance releases new report - Building on our Success: Moving from Health Coverage to Improved Access and Comprehensive Well-Being for Illinois Children and Youth. Heartland Alliance has released a new report documenting the barriers faced by children in Illinois in achieving improved health. Specific areas included in the report are physical, mental and oral health, as well as nutrition issues and insurance coverage. The report was funded by Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation. Click here to review and download the report.
- Illinois Kids Count 2007 - The State of Children's Health. Voices for Illinois Children has released its annual report on the well-being of Illinois children with a focus on their health. This is the organization's 15th annual statewide and county-by-county assessment of conditions facing Illinois children. Click here to review and download the report.
- Reauthorization of State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The State Children's Health Insurance Program was created in 1997, and together with Medicaid, has helped to dramatically reduce the number of low-income uninsured children nationwide. The program must be reauthorized by Congress for funding to continue beyond fiscal year 2007. Several resources for information on SCHIP, its history and issues related to its reauthorization have recently been released.
-- The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured has a number of fact sheets , a brief on the history of the pogram and current issues, along with an interactive timeline.
- Chapin Hall Center for Children at The University of Chicago releases report. The report - titled "Caring for their Children's Children: Assessing the Mental Health Needs and Service Experiences of Grandparent Caregiver Families" - combines data from interviews with grandparents and a survey of social service providers to explore the need for and barriers to the use of mental health services among grandparent-caregiver families. The research was funded by Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation. Click here to download the Executive Summary or Full Report. Visit Chapin Hall's web site for more information.
- Illinois Rural Health Association releases new report on access to mental health. The report - Mental Health in Rural Illinois: Recovery is the Goal, an Analysis of Mental Health Care in Rural Illinois - was funded, in part, by ILCHF. It can be downloaded from the Association's web site.
- Enhancing Developmentally Oriented Primary Care moves forward. This collaboration works to develop a range of strategies that primary care settings can implement to most effectively provide comprehensive, developmentally-oriented health care to children. This three-year program, funded in part by ILCHF, conducts training for both primary care staff as well as parents about the developmental needs of children. Visit the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics web site for more information.
- Illinois Children's Mental Health Collaboration provides a plan for action. This collaboration created the state's first strategic plan for building a comprehensive children's mental health system. The plan - along with its history and an October 2006 annual report - is available on this web site.
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