Community Benefit

Promoting health, serving neighbors and building strong partnerships across the community

Fiscal 2023-2025

Community Benefit Priorities

Every three years, the University of Chicago Medical Center and UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial complete a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to better understand local health challenges—and focus our resources where they can make the greatest impact.

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Prevent and Manage Chronic Diseases

Cancer
Diabetes
Heart Disease

Build Trauma Resiliency

Violence Prevention and Recovery
Mental Health

Reduce Inequities Caused by Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

Access to Care
Food Insecurity
Workforce Development

UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial

Prevent and Manage Chronic Diseases

Cancer
Diabetes
Heart Disease

Provide Access to Care and Services

Maternal Health
Mental Health

Reduce Inequities Caused by Social Determinants of Health

Food Insecurity
Workforce Development

UChicago Medicine in the Community

Community Outreach and Engagement

In fiscal 2024, UChicago Medicine remained actively engaged in improving community health—partnering with local organizations, participating at events and offering support to residents where it was needed most.

Our teams hosted and joined events to share health education, connect people to resources and promote wellness across the South Side and south suburbs. We also provided healthcare career information and volunteered alongside local organizations improving health in their neighborhoods.

50 workshops and events
43 partners and collaborators
325 volunteers
1,529 volunteer hours
414 workshop attendees

African Festival of the Arts
Black Women's Expo
Bud Billiken Parade
Cancer Screening & Prevention Programs
Community Grand Rounds
High School Healthcare Careers Events
WVON 1690-AM Community Health Focus Hour

In June 2024, more than 124 UChicago Medicine staff and volunteers participated in hands-on projects across 14 community partner sites on the South Side, giving back and reflecting on the importance of service.

In October 2024, over 200 community members and partners joined UHI and UChicago Medicine leadership to celebrate two decades of advancing health equity on the South Side.

UChicago Medicine’s Brenda Battle, Doriane Miller, MD, and James Williams were honored by the WNBA Chicago Sky in August 2024 for their leadership in community health.

Expanding Support to Northwest Indiana

With the opening of the UChicago Medicine Crown Point multispecialty care center in 2024, our community benefit primary service areas now extend into Northwest Indiana.

To support this growing region, UChicago Medicine has committed $300,000 over three years to expand mental health and social support services for local youth.

Through a partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana, this investment is helping deliver resources to more than 5,000 young people across the region—supporting their emotional well-being and long-term health.

The Community as Classroom and Clinic

UChicago Medicine sees the community not only as a place to serve—but also as a place to learn. Through partnerships with the Urban Health Initiative and Pritzker School of Medicine, students and trainees work alongside residents to better understand and respond to community health needs and challenges.

Launched in 2021, this program engages medical residents and fellows in community service and encourages long-term practice in underserved areas.

Fiscal 2024 impact:

65 Community Champions
186 hours of service

Activities included:

In-person and virtual health workshops
High school career panels
Facebook Live Q&As
Community event support
Farmers market health outreach

Pritzker School of Medicine students and faculty provide free care at six clinic sites in neighborhoods including Bridgeport, Greater Grand Crossing, Washington Park and West Woodlawn.

Medical students and physicians deliver care directly to people experiencing homelessness—on the streets, on their terms—while helping bridge connections to the broader healthcare system.

Award-Winning Commitment

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) awarded the University of Chicago Medicine health system and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine the 2024 Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Engagement.

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