Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago

Illinois Helpline Webinar
2022-07-28 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-06-30 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-05-26 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-04-28 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-03-31 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Zoom
Please join us to learn more about the Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances. The Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances is a centralized information and referral hub helping to connect individuals to harm reduction, recovery, and support services across the state.Do you want to learn more about supporting someone with Substance Use Disorder? Are you experiencing Substance Use Disorder, yourself? Are you a case manager or social service provider? Are you a substance use support and recovery provider? Do you work in law enforcement or probation? This webinar is for you!Register here.

SHAC Meeting
2022-07-28 10:00 - 11:30, 2022-05-26 10:00 - 11:30
Chicago’s School Health Access Collaborative (SHAC) brings together education and health stakeholders to identify ways to enhance student access to comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable healthcare, improve the health service delivery model for Chicago students, and elevate equity and wellbeing. Co-managed by Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC) and Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago (PHIMC), SHAC leverages the knowledge and expertise of its members to envision a school health system that provides all students with the health and wellness services they need.New participants are always welcome. If you or your organization is interested in participating in this meeting, please contact Meghana Menon.

Illinois Reentry Statewide Meeting
2022-07-21 10:00 - 12:00
PHIMC convenes statewide meetings designed to enhance and increase resources and services provided by community-based organizations, local health departments, and stakeholders in Illinois regarding incarceration, reentry, and public health. These meetings cover a wide range of topics with the goal of strengthening the corrections and HIV workforce and sharing best practices, new research, and emerging trends in HIV and corrections statewide.Registration: Click here to register for this statewide reentry meeting.

Chicago Reentry Taskforce
2022-07-20 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-05-18 10:00 - 12:00
Convened by PHIMC in partnership with AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC), the Chicago Reentry Taskforce focuses primarily on issues related to Chicago and Cook County for current and formerly incarcerated individuals. The taskforce prioritizes training and discussion around barriers to reentry and changes that are relevant in Chicago, Cook County, and high-prevalence areas statewide in order to provide a public health response to mass incarceration.The taskforce has the following goals: Engage Chicago and Cook County providers working at the intersection of public health and mass incarceration to identify the current landscape and propose strategies to create a public health response to incarceration and HIVIdentify and recruit key stakeholders and people with lived experience to develop the narrative around incarceration and public healthDevelop a public health response and innovative solutions to combat incarceration and syndemics that include HIV, hepatitis C, and substance use disordersIf you provide services in the Chicagoland area and would like to participate in the taskforce, please contact reentry@phimc.org.

Corrections Discharge Planning Training
2022-06-02 09:00 - 15:00
PHIMC hosts a Corrections Discharge Planning Training (CDPT) to enhance provider capacity to address the complex needs of formerly incarcerated individuals. This one-day workshop consists of four modules facilitated by key thought leaders and professionals inclusive of individuals with lived experience in both the corrections and public health fields. These modules include: Overview of the Corrections and Criminal Justice SystemBasic Needs and Barriers of a Justice-Involved IndividualTrauma-Informed Care for the Corrections PopulationHealth for Current and Formerly Incarcerated IndividualsRegistration information is sent to everyone signed up to receive Community Reentry Project updates. Click here to sign-up for future updates and click here to register.

Illinois Reentry Statewide Meeting
2022-05-19 10:00 - 12:00
PHIMC convenes statewide meetings designed to enhance and increase resources and services provided by community-based organizations, local health departments, and stakeholders in Illinois regarding incarceration, reentry, and public health. These meetings cover a wide range of topics with the goal of strengthening the corrections and HIV workforce and sharing best practices, new research, and emerging trends in HIV and corrections statewide.Registration: Click here to register for upcoming statewide reentry meetings.

Illinois Statewide Reentry Meeting
2022-03-16 10:00 - 12:00, 2021-11-17 10:00 - 12:00
PHIMC convenes statewide meetings designed to enhance and increase resources and services provided by community-based organizations, local health departments, and stakeholders in Illinois on incarceration, reentry, and public health. These meetings cover a wide range of topics with the goal of strengthening the corrections and HIV workforce, and sharing best practices, new research, and emerging trends in HIV and corrections statewide.Registration: Click here to register for upcoming statewide reentry meetings.

2022 Illinois Reentry Conference
2022-03-03
PHIMC hosts an annual Illinois Reentry Conference that brings together public health professionals, healthcare providers, social service professionals, and members of the community to build skills around health equity, social justice, and reentry services for current and formerly incarcerated individuals in Illinois. It includes dynamic, interactive presentations by top leaders in public health and corrections, virtual breakout rooms, presentation of our Community Reentry Champion Award, and more. The conference is free to attend and offers continuing educations units to attendees.
