Pillars Community Health

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

HEALTH CENTER CLUSTER

PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH CCBHC-PDI - FOR OVER 100 YEARS, PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH (PCH) HAS PROVIDED INNOVATIVE HEALTH, AND SOCIAL SERVICES IN WESTERN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PCH WILL UTILIZE THE CCBHC GRANT FUNDING TO ESTABLISH A CCBHC SITE AT OUR “FILLMORE CENTER” IN BERWYN ILLINOIS. OUR CCHBC WILL SERVE THE SEVEN MUNICIPALITIES OF BEDFORD PARK, BERWYN, BRIDGEVIEW, CICERO, JUSTICE STICKNEY AND SUMMIT. OUR POPULATION OF FOCUS IS LATINE ADOLESCENTS, AGES 13-18 WHO RESIDE IN THIS AREA. PCH WILL ALSO SERVE INDIVIDUALS WITH A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (BH) DIAGNOSIS, WITH EMPHASIS ON THOSE WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED), SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI), SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD), OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD), AND CO-OCCURRING MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE DISORDERS (COD). WE ESTIMATE SERVING 700 NEW CLIENTS OVER THE FOUR-YEAR GRANT PERIOD. UNMET NEEDS AND BH DISPARITIES REMAIN A CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY FOR LATINE ADOLESCENTS IN OUR CATCHMENT AREA. OUR POPULATION OF FOCUS PRIMARILY ATTEND TWO HIGH SCHOOLS (MORTON HS DISTRICT 201 AND ARGO-SUMMIT DISTRICT 217). 82% OF THESE STUDENTS IDENTIFY AS LATINE, 25% ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, AND 74% ARE FROM LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. IN RECENT YEARS, RATES OF SADNESS AND SUICIDALITY HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FOR OUR POPULATION OF FOCUS. IN 2019, 42% OF ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS REPORTED “FEELING SO SAD OR HOPELESS ALMOST EVERY DAY FOR TWO WEEKS OR MORE IN A ROW”, COMPARED TO 28% IN 2007. 12% OF LATINE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SELF-REPORTED ATTEMPTING SUICIDE, AMONG THE HIGHEST RATES IN IL. OUR PROJECT GOALS ARE DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH THE NEED IN OUR CATCHMENT AREA. GOAL 1: ENHANCE DATA COLLECTION & ANALYSIS TO IMPROVE POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND MEET CCBHC CRITERIA. OBJECTIVES: COMPLETE ASSESSMENT OF HIT; ESTABLISH AND LAUNCH CENTRALIZED DATA COLLECTION PROCESSES. GOAL 2: INCREASE AND DIVERSIFY BH ACCESS POINTS AND WORKFORCE FOR LATINE ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. OBJECTIVES: IMPLEMENT “PARENT CAFE” AT HIGH SCHOOLS; INCREASE SELF-IDENTIFIED LATINE STAFF BY 20%; IMPLEMENT TEEN ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE TO CLIENT ADVISORY COUNCIL. GOAL 3: IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR LATINE ADOLESCENTS BY ENHANCING ACCESS TO CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE TREATMENT AND REDUCING OVERALL SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED. OBJECTIVES: IMPLEMENT CULTURALLY MODIFIED TRAUMA INFORMED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY AND INTERPERSONAL THERAPY – ADOLESCENTS TREATMENT TEAMS; DEMONSTRATE 20% REDUCTION OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY SYMPTOMS; IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM. GOAL 4: EXPAND COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS TO ENHANCE DELIVERY OF SERVICES AND REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES. OBJECTIVES: ESTABLISH MOUS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS; EXECUTE MOU WITH HINES VA, IMPLEMENT TEEN MENTAL WELLNESS PROGRAMMING. PCH ALREADY PROVIDES ALL CCBHC REQUIRED CLINICAL SERVICES. COMBINED WITH OUR FQHC MEDICAL, DENTAL, PSYCHIATRY, AND INTEGRATED BH SERVICES, WE OFFER INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES A CONTINUUM OF CARE TO SUPPORT BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, ENABLING THEM TO ACCESS CARE AND PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY LIFE. WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON A “NO WRONG DOOR” APPROACH TO CONNECTING RESIDENTS WITH THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF CARE AND METHOD OF SERVICE PROVISION TO BEST ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS.

PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE CAPACITY - PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES CAPACITY PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH (PCH) HAS PROVIDED LOCAL PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES FOR 100 YEARS, SERVING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES RESIDING PRIMARILY IN WESTERN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. SAMHSA FUNDING WILL SUPPORT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICAL SERVICES, WITH EMPHASIS ON ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (SED), SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (SMI) AND CO-OCCURING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (COD). IN ADDITION, THIS PROJECT WILL EXPAND CAPACITY FOR SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES AND PREVENTION FOR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILY MEMBERS. OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREA INCLUDES 28 MUNICIPALITIES WHICH FALL IN WHOLE, OR IN PART IN THE TOWNSHIPS OF BERWYN, CICERO, LYONS, PROVISO, RIVER FOREST RIVERSIDE, OAK PARK, AND STICKNEY, ILLINOIS. OUR TARGET POPULATION INCLUDES AREA RESIDENTS WITH LOW-INCOME, THE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED, MEMBERS OF RACIAL OR ETHNIC MINORITIES AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THESE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES MAY EXPERIENCE FINANCIAL, LINGUISTIC, OR CULTURAL BARRIERS TO ACCESSING CARE AND HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND ECONOMIC TOLL OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. PCH’S TARGET SERVICE AREA OF WESTERN COOK COUNTY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE 5 AREAS IN ILLINOIS WITH THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY FOR HEALTH INEQUITIES AND POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES (ILLINOIS DEPT. OF HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES (HFS) TRANSFORMATION DATA & COMMUNITY NEEDS REPORT, JANUARY 2021). UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO (UIC) RESEARCH GATHERED FOR HFS FOCUSED ON IDENTIFICATION OF COMMUNITIES WITH HIGH RATES OF VULNERABILITY AND USE OF THAT DATA AND COMMUNITY INPUT TO INFORM THEIR HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION EFFORTS. THIS RESEARCH IDENTIFIED THE PREVALENCE OF RESOURCE-INTENSIVE AND OUTPATIENT TREATED DISEASE GROUPS WHICH BECAME THE FOCUS OF THEIR ANALYSIS FOR WESTERN COOK COUNTY: MOOD AFFECTIVE DISORDER (BIPOLAR AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS), MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS DUE TO SUBSTANCE USE (PARTICULARLY ALCOHOL AND OPIOID USE), AND AMBULATORY CARE SENSITIVE CONDITIONS (HYPERTENSION, ASTHMA/COPD, DIABETES, HEART DISEASE). ACTIVITIES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO SERVICES INCLUDE TELEHEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT, PROVISION OF OUTPATIENT SERVICES TO CLIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH, OR AT RISK FOR, SMI, SED, OR COD, UTILIZING A TRAUMA INFORMED CARE APPROACH, PROVIDING CLINICAL AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES, AS WELL AS PROVIDING STAFF SUPPORT TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC AND PROMOTE SELF-CARE. THROUGH THIS PROJECT, WE EXPECT TO PROVIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO OVER 400 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS IN EACH GRANT YEAR WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH SMI, SED, OR COD. IN ADDITION, WE WILL EXPAND SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS AND ESTABLISH A TEEN CENTER PROGRAM MODEL.

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTERS

COALITION FOR A DRUG FREE LYONS TOWNSHIP (CDFLT)

HEALTH CENTER CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (CARES) ACT FUNDING

HEALTH CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT

FISCAL YEAR 2025 EXPANDED HOURS. - PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH (PCH) WAS FORMED IN 2018 THROUGH THE MERGER OF COMMUNITY NURSE HEALTH ASSOCIATION AND PILLARS. PCH IS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (FQHC), CARF ACCREDITED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDER, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SUPR PROVIDER, AND IN PROCESS OF DESIGNATION AS A CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER (CCBHC). PCH TRACES ITS HISTORY SERVING RESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF CHICAGO BACK TO 1921. THE TARGET SERVICE AREA FOR PCH HEALTH CENTER OPERATIONS INCLUDES 21 COMMUNITIES (19 ZIP CODES) IN WESTERN COOK AND EASTERN DUPAGE COUNTIES INCLUDING BERWYN, BRIDGEVIEW, BROADVIEW, BROOKFIELD, BURBANK, CHICAGO (BEDFORD PARK), CICERO, COUNTRYSIDE, HICKORY HILLS. HODGKINS, JUSTICE, LA GRANGE, LAGRANGE PARK, LYONS, OAK LAWN, RIVERSIDE, SUMMIT, AND WESTCHESTER IN WESTERN COOK COUNTY AND WILLOWBROOK IN EASTERN DUPAGE COUNTY. PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH (THEN COMMUNITY NURSE HEALTH ASSOCIATION.) WAS AWARDED STATUS AS AN FQHC IN 2012, PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ADDRESS THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF THE UNDERSERVED, INCLUDING LOCAL FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OR EXPERIENCING OTHER FORMS OF HOMELESSNESS. SINCE THAT TIME, HEALTH CENTER CAPACITY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO SERVE NEW POPULATIONS, INCREASE AVAILABLE CLINIC HOURS AND LOCATIONS, AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO A LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN. WE ARE EMBEDDED IN OUR COMMUNITIES WITH HEALTH CENTER SERVICES PROVIDED IN LA GRANGE AND RIVERSIDE, AT THE BEDS PLUS FACILITY (SUMMIT), THE LOCAL PROVIDER OF HOMELESS SERVICES, AND AT ANNE M. JEANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (WILLOWBROOK) AS PART OF THE ON-SITE COMMUNITY SERVICES TARGETING LOW-INCOME CHILDREN AND FAMILIES RESIDING IN NEARBY SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. IN JUNE 2024, WE WILL OPEN PCH LA GRANGE PARK TO FURTHER INCREASE CAPACITY AND PROVIDE INTEGRATED MEDICAL, DENTAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES IN A SINGLE LOCATION. PCH’S TARGET POPULATION OF LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACES A NUMBER OF HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES, INCLUDING INADEQUATE PREVENTIVE CARE, CHRONIC ILLNESS, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES. IN ADDITION, THE LOCAL POPULATION OF THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FACE HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES INCLUDE ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, LACK OF INCOME WHICH PRECLUDES ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES. HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES ARE PREVALENT AMONG OUR TARGET POPULATION DUE TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURES WHICH SERVE AS BARRIERS TO PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE AND ENGAGEMENT IN SELF-CARE. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LATINO, CONSTITUTING 42% OF THE AREA POPULATION AND 60% OF OUR HEALTH CENTER PATIENTS, EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDING LACK OF AWARENESS, FINANCIAL AND LANGUAGE BARRIERS, AND STIGMAS ATTACHED TO MENTAL HEALTH. THE HRSA EXPANDED HOURS GRANT WILL ENABLE PCH TO BUILD ON OUR STRONG FOUNDATION OF MEETING THE CHANGING HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF LOCAL INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. FUNDING WILL BE UTILIZED TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL HEALTH CENTER OPERATING HOURS SUCH AS EARLY WEEKDAY MORNINGS, EVENINGS, AND/OR ADDITIONAL WEEKEND HOURS. INCREASE IN OPERATING HOURS WILL SUPPORT THE ABILITY OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING. INCREASED ACCESS TO PRIMARY MEDICAL, DENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO A REDUCTION IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS AND PRESERVATION OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CAPACITY FOR AREA RESIDENTS WITH ACUTE NEEDS. FUNDING FOR PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH EXPANDED HOURS WILL ENHANCE THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN WESTERN COOK AND EASTERN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM SERVICE EXPANSION - SCHOOL BASED SERVICE SITES (SBSS)

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - NON-CONSTRUCTION - OR OVER 100 YEARS, PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH (PCH) HAS PROVIDED INNOVATIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATIONAL, AND SOCIAL SERVICES IN WESTERN COOK COUNTY, IL. PCH IS A HRSA FUNDED FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER (COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER AND HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS) AND AN ILLINOIS LICENSED AND CARF ACCREDITED COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SUPR PROVIDER. AS WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE NEEDS FOR PHYSICAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND SOCIAL SERVICES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC WE QUICKLY PIVOTED TO PROVIDE IN-PERSON CARE, TELEHEALTH AND OTHER VIRTUAL SERVICES. THE POSITIVE RECEPTION TO THESE SERVICES DEMONSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTIPLE SERVICE DELIVERY METHODS TO HELP INCREASE ACCESS TO SERVICES AND ENGAGEMENT ACROSS ALL OF OUR SERVICE LINES, INCLUDING MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, PSYCHIATRY, DENTAL AND DOMESTIC & SEXUAL VIOLENCE SERVICES. HOWEVER, OUR TARGET POPULATION WHICH INCLUDES LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, AS WELL AS THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, OFTEN FROM RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS EXPERIENCING BARRIERS TO CARE, ARE IN DANGER OF BEING LEFT OUT OF THESE VIRTUAL CONNECTIONS. THE COST OF TECHNOLOGY AND REGULAR CONNECTIVITY CAN BE A BARRIER TO CARE, AS WELL AS LACK OF SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL LIVING SPACE TO ENGAGE WITH A PROVIDER. TO ADDRESS THIS NEED, PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH IS CONSTRUCTING TELEHEALTH SUITES AT CURRENT AND NEW PCH LOCATIONS. EACH SITE WILL ACCOMMODATE 1-3 SUITES, CONFIGURED AS PRIVATE SPACE FOR PATIENTS TO ACCESS TELEHEALTH VISITS WITH OUR MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, AND PROVIDE ACCESS FOR VIRTUAL SPECIALTY CARE CONSULT AT THE LOCATION THAT IS MOST CONVENIENT FOR THEM. CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING FUNDS OF $345,000 WILL BE UTILIZED FOR SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO SUPPORT INCREASED BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION IN PROVISION OF TELEHEALTH SERVICES ACROSS ALL PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE LINES AND LOCATION. FEDE RAL FUNDING WILL ENABLE PILLARS COMMUNITY HEALTH TO PROVIDE MORE ROBUST TELEHEALTH SERVICES, PROMOTE PHYSICAL DISTANCING WHEN NECESSARY FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PATIENTS AND STAFF, REDUCE BARRIERS TO CARE AND OFFER CONSISTENT METHODS TO CONNECT TO SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO PREFER AND HAVE BENEFITTED FROM VIRTUAL CARE.

FY 2020 EXPANDING CAPACITY FOR CORONAVIRUS TESTING (ECT)

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS GRANT PROGRAM

FY 2020 CORONAVIRUS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTERS

FY 2023 EXPANDING COVID-19 VACCINATION

FY 2023 BRIDGE ACCESS PROGRAM