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I gave up on the government and Free legal services! But I take that back all people are not bad and want to help! Thank you Chad Avery for being patient and kind!
Happy Giving Tuesday! We're so privileged to work with nonprofits on a daily basis, seeing the important work they do and what a difference it makes. If you're looking to give back today, any one of these nonprofits would be more than deserving!
Thanks for your partnership Center for Independence through Conductive Education, Children of Uganda, The Center for Enriched Living, CJE SeniorLife, Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, CodeCrew, Dorothy Day House, Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, Legal Council for Health Justice, LifeLine to Success, MIFA (Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association), Northeast Iowa Community College, Page Robbins Adult Day Center, Regional One Health, Wolf River Conservancy and so many others!
At 6pm today! Public Newsroom: How COVID Delayed Plans for Students with Disabilities
Hear from our advocates at Access Living, Legal Council for Health Justice, Equip For Equality
https://www.citybureau.org/events/pn-142
, last Thursday the Immigrant Health Academy was launched!
This two-year pilot project is aimed to help immigrant leaders in the suburbs spread awareness throughout their communities about their health care options despite their immigration status.
The project is spearheaded by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Arab American Family Services (AAFS), Legal Council for Health Justice, Mano a Mano Family Resource Center, Mujeres Latinas en Accion, Shriver Center on Poverty Law and Southwest Suburban Immigrant Project - SSIP.
Read more the project. ⤵
Illinois Medicaid is the largest health insurer in the state, providing coverage to about 25 percent of the state’s residents, including people living with HIV, working families, older adults, people with disabilities, pregnant residents, and low-income kids and adults.
Since offers coverage to many of our clients, AFC joined Legal Council for Health Justice, EverThrive Illinois, and the Shriver Center on Poverty Law in speaking with community members on their experience in the program. From appointment availability and transportation needs to expand coverage that included more dental procedures and supplements required, read more about each community member’s experiences with Illinois Medicaid.
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https://www.aidschicago.org/page/news/illinois-residents-share-experiences-ideas-to-improve-the-states-medicaid-program
Week one of our Boot Camp training is in the books! In a little less than seven hours, we covered three topics: senior clinics and wills, guardianship litigation (NEW PROJECT), and orders of protection litigation.
We would like to thank everyone who participated in the week's training - including our 23 volunteer attorneys and our partner agencies: Center for Disability and Elder Law, Legal Aid Chicago, and Legal Council for Health Justice.
Boot camp online training continues through 10/8. Learn more at
www.pro-bono-network.org.
Happy to our amazing nonprofit partners! They're all doing amazing work to make the world a better place. Work that inspires our team each and every day.
Thank you for trusting us to tell your stories and thank you for all you do!
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis, Page Robbins Adult Day Center, Digs with Dignity, Working Together Chicago, CodeCrew, Regional One Health, Wolf River Conservancy, Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, Porter-Leath, Legal Council for Health Justice, Passaic County CASA, Just City, Catholic Charities of West Tennessee, GiVE 365 Memphis, Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center, Memphis Public Libraries, Dorothy Day House, Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, Volunteer Odyssey, The Center for Enriched Living, OUTMemphis, CJE SeniorLife, Memphis Zoo, and all of our other partners throughout the years!
Safer’s AVP Behavioral Health was awarded the Founder Award by our PEERR Network Partner, Legal Council for Health Justice. Congrats Sherie! And thank you Legal Council for your partnership. Join Legal Council for Health Justice for their gala on May 15 to congratulate Sherie! Register at
https://one.bidpal.net/blrs2021/
Update: This is *still* not reposted on the hearing schedule! It should be by this afternoon. And in fact, it was posted last week, and then it disappeared!
Please in the meantime, call your state senator's offices and ask them to sponsor this bill and complain that you can't put in a slip.
https://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/
We'll update here when witness slips can be submitted again...
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The Right to Play Every Day bill, SB654, will *finally* get a hearing next week in the Senate Education Committee:
Tuesday April 20th at 2pm.
Please resubmit your witness slip as a PROPONENT:
http://bit.ly/sb654apr20
And call your State Senator and ask them to sponsor this bill:
bit.ly/ilgalookup
Huge thank you to the many orgs who have endorsed this bill and are helping us advocate for its passage: Access Living, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, Chicago Teachers Union, COFI, Defending the Early Years, Illinois AEYC, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois Optometric Association, Legal Council for Health Justice, NASW-Illinois Chapter, Northern Illinois Nature Preschool Association, Northside Action For Justice, Parents 4 Teachers, POWER-PAC IL, IL Raise Your Hand, and Sierra Club Illinois.
Play is learning. Play is the right of every child. Play has the exact academic, social, physical benefits that our children need right now.
It has been removed from public schools over the last 30 years in an entirely misguided attempt to pursue the high scores on standardized tests of reading and math. It hasn't done that, and it's harmed the childhood educational experiences of many.
Let the children play!
We're shining the spotlight on our healthcare partners in honor of . Thank you to our partners for the work you to do improve health in communities across the nation.
Community of Hope DC
Erie Family Health Centers
Heartland Human Care Services
Howard Brown Health
EXCELth, Incorporated
Food & Friends
Legal Council for Health Justice
Medicare Rights Center
Project Renewal
Thresholds
From monitoring public benefits changes to ensuring clients can secure their stimulus checks, our grantee
Legal Council for Health Justice has been on the front lines working to protect Chicago's homeless residents during the pandemic.
https://legalcouncil.org
