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Three year hccn grant award for period of august 1, 2019 through july 31, 2022 to support network of 46 health centers and a three year hccn grant award for the period of august 1, 2022 through july 31, 2025 to support network of 38 health centers and a three year grant award for the period of august 1, 2022 through july 2025 to support 38 health centers working together to use health information technology (hit) to improve operations and clinical practices. Hccns help health centers leverage hit to increase participation in value-based care by (i) enhancing the patient and provider experience; (ii) advancing interoperability; (iii) using data to enhance value; two year hccn grant awarded for the period of may 1, 2021 through april 30, 2023 to support participating health centers to leverage hit and data to respond to and mitigate the spread of covid-19, and enhance health care services and infrastructure; (iv) two year ahrq grant for the period of september 1, 2021 through august 31, 2023, extended to august 31, 2024 to assess the impact of okq implementation on reproductive health metrics in the community health, primary care setting; (v) two year onc grant for the period of september 22, 2022 through september 21, 2024 to leverage fhir-based resources and the experience and capabilities of a strong partnership to enable service providers to break down barriers to integration and coordination of services in order to better address social determinants of health for individuals expereincing homelessness; (vi) two year fcc grant for the period of march 13, 2020 through october 31, 2022 to support health care providers to obtain up to twelve months of eligible telecommunications services and eligible connected devices needed to provide telehealth services in response to the coronavirus 2019 (covid-19) pandemic; hrsa grant for the period of september 1, 2021 through august 31, 2022 to strengthen the capacities of state and/or local-level organizations to respond to emerging public health issues affecting maternal and child health (mch) populations.

Foundation and corporate grants relate largely to Illinois contraception access now (ican!) Programs to improve the quality and access to contraceptive care regardless of an individuals ability to pay. Ican! Is a statewide initiative to advance reproductive health equity and to close the contraceptive care gap.

Research/academic grant projects for the period 7/1/2022 - 6/30/2023 included state, federal and private non-profit research awards for the following projects: (i) comparative effectiveness of community health workers in chicago and new york city to prevent destabilization and unplanned hospitatlizations of adults with multiple chronice diseases; (ii) eugene Washington pcori engagement award for research engagement and partnerships in reproductive and maternal health outcomes; (iii) interventions to de-implement unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for children with ear infections, (iv) Illinois public health institute chicago cares to reduce diabetes disparaties and promote health equity; (v) merck for mothers chicago collaborative for maternal health to address the problem of maternal mortality through collaborations with governments, multilateral agencies, ngos, businesses, physicians and researchers; (vi) factors associated with vaccination uptake in diverse and underserved populations who receive primary care at federally qualified health centers, a retrospective cohort study; (vii) intervention to reduce early (peanut) allergy in children (ireach); (viii) ahrq "inspire" intervention in small primary care practices to implement reduction in unhealthy alcohol use; (ix) nhlbi "optimize" optimizing the implementation of a population panel management inteverention in safety-net clinics for childhood interventions; (x) community intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease in chicago; (xi) nih cardiovascular health trajectories from birth through adolescence in a diverser cohort of children; (xii) supporting transitions to prmary care among under-resourced, postpartum women: the step-up; (xiii) chicago center for diabetes translation research (ccdtr) to examine the impact of telehealth on diabetes care management during the covid-19 pandemic; (xiv) nih "optimize" study optimizing patient navigation for perinatal care; (xv) nih accelerating health equity and eliminating diabetes disparaties in community health centers (ahead-chc); (xvi) nih promoting preconception care and diabetes self-management among reproductive aged women with diabetes; (xvii) nih health brain and child development national consortium; (xvii) chicago department of public health adult cessation services; (xviii) nih third coast center for aids research; (xix) nih implementation and dissemination of evidence-based interventions to improve prep care continuum outcomes among women in community health clinics; (xx) improving maternal health through an adaptation of a two-generation postpartum care model in diverse settings, (xxi) nih lincc trial: linking inter-specialty newborn and contraception care, (xxii) eugene washing pcori engagement award for research and evidence sharing to augment community health (e-reach), and (xxiii) patients and caregivers' understanding of the serious risks of opiod analgesics and how to use these products safely: a patient/caregiver survey.

Professional services and contract agreements to support clinical decision support tools for diabetes care, hypertension, contraception, postpartum depression, post-menopausal care, hiv, adult immunizations, hep-c, pediatric weight management, covid-19; advance population health management capabilities and performance metrics in quality improvement efforts.