Update of 4/21/2025:The Next Generation Wellness Network team is back in action through June 2025! We look forward to connecting with you. We want to be a resource and support to you in reducing substance use among young people in
2025 Youth Health Conference: Call for Workshop Proposals
Update of 5/1/2025:Our Youth Health Conference will now happen on May 31! This comes after a planning pause due to disruptions in federal funding in late March. We are thrilled to now be resuming this work. We are also heartbroken
Press Release: 2025 Illinois Reentry Conference Recap
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, March 20, 2025MEDIA CONTACT: RoiAnn Phillips, Communications Director roiann.phillips@phimc.org / tel. 708.466.26502025 Illinois Reentry ConferenceCHICAGO – On March 13, 2025, Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago hosted the Illinois Reentry Conference in Chicago’s Medical District at UIC
HIV Prevention Needs You.
The CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention is under attack. $31 million is at stake in Illinois, serving thousands of people.Please take action. Phone calls are needed immediately!AIDS United issued this Action Alert with a phone script.Please call your Senators and
Transgender Wellness and Equity Program: New Awardees Announced
The Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) Wellness and Equity Program, a partnership between Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and PHIMC, provides comprehensive, lifesaving, and medically necessary gender-affirming care to transgender, gender diverse, and LGBTQ+ people throughout the state of
Press Release: 2025 Illinois Reentry Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, March 11, 2025MEDIA CONTACT: RoiAnn Phillips, Communications Director roiann.phillips@phimc.org / tel. 708.466.26502025 Illinois Reentry Conference for Health and HealingNavigating Reentry with Dignity, Support, and a Commitment to Health JusticeCHICAGO – On March 13, 2025 at 10 a.m.
Windy City Times: LGBTQ+ advocates, lawmakers vow to protect Illinois schools from Trump’s impact
Julio Flores, Program Director for the Alliance, spoke recently with Alec Karam at the Windy City Times. Flores expressed his thoughts and suggestions for what we can do to support the young people in our schools in light of new
PHIMC Appeals Process for Funding Opportunities: Transgender and Gender Diverse Wellness and Equity Program 2024/2025
PHIMC’s grant making appeals process is designed to promote accountability and preserve and underscore an equitable and fair review process. The appeals process provides a system for feedback regarding alleged procedural flaws. The appeals process is not a means by
2025 Community Reentry Champion Award: Nominate a Change Leader
Nominate a Change Leader for PHIMC’s2025 Community Reentry Champion AwardThe Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago (PHIMC) is proud to recognize and celebrate exemplary organizations or individuals with lived experience in Illinois who have made significant contributions to the reentry
Lawsuit Against Executive Order 14187
On January 28, 2025, Executive Order 14187 was signed, threatening to withdraw federal funding from healthcare institutions providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth and young adults. As a response to stop such harmful practices, PFLAG National, along with families of transgender youth,
