Building Partnerships for Stronger Communities and a Stronger University
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Whether you are already familiar with our organization or are visiting for the first time, we encourage you to spend a few moments exploring our website to learn about the UICNI mission and how we are working to enhance both community and university leadership and organizational capacity.
UIC Great Cities Neighborhoods Initiative (UICNI) represents a diverse network of partnerships between the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), a land-grant institution, and organizations in the neighborhoods adjacent to UIC or near University-sponsored, community-based facilities. UICNI is a major vehicle through which the University fulfills the mission of the Great Cities Commitment with particular emphasis on the engagement of students, faculty and staff in long-term, meaningful relationships with communities. UICNI has a campus-wide focus that extends to all UIC colleges. To facilitate internal partnership among colleges, the UICNI supports two strategically located offices, one on each side of UIC's large urban campus.
The University of Illinois at Chicago Neighborhoods Initiative focuses on developing, facilitating and maintaining viable campus to campus and community partnerships.
Key ares of concentration:
- Education
- Research
- Service
UICNI supports unique partnerships that enliven the mission of the University of Illinois at Chicago and engage community serving organizations in cooperative efforts to improve Chicago communities.
UICNI leads the way in...
Community Health | |
 | The Center for Excellence in the Elimination of Disparities The goal of CEED@Chicago is to prevent and reduce the burden of diabetes and CVD among the Hispanic/Latino and African American populations in the Chicago metropolitan statistical area and eventually extending to the Midwest region and the United States. More |
| Community School Health Centers UICNI Division of Community Health School Health Centers provide primary healthcare, acute and chronic illness management, nutrition, weight reduction, obesity prevention, and health education services to students and families of community schools. UICNI Community School Health Centers are separately managed, federally funded satellites of UIC Mile Square Health Center. More |
| The Student Therapeutic and Resources Services Program The UICNI Community Mental Health Program is a school based intervention serving Chicago Public School students. The Student Therapeutic and Resource Services Program (STARS) provides school-based behavior and mental health services to CPS students and their families, culturally and contextually relevant services to children and families. More |
Community Nutrition | |
 | The Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion Established in 2002, the Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion (CPHP) mission is to provide high quality nutrition education, health promotion and disease prevention services though partnerships, directed at eligible families in Chicago. More |
Technical Assistance & Evaluation | |
| Greater Englewood Healthy Start Initiative UIC Neighborhoods Initiatives provides the leadership for the evaluation of The Chicago Department of Health Greater Englewood Healthy Start Initiative. In collaboration with community representatives and partners, the UIC Neighborhoods Initiative provides leadership to the evaluation committee, manage and store all data, attend and report at all consortium meetings, provide written evaluation reports, and assist in establishing mechanisms for monitoring the implementation, collection, analysis, and reporting of program data. More |
 | REACH Health Promotion Project The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) established the REACH Health Promotion Project (RHHP). The purpose of the project is to eliminate the racial and ethnic disparities that lead to a disproportionate prevalence of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in several Chicago's neighborhood. More |
Community Capacity Building | |
 | Illinois ResourceNet UICNI is working in conjunction with the University of Illinois Extension (UIE) on the statewide project Illinois ResourceNet: A Funding Access Initiative (IRN). More
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Faith and Health Initiatives | |
 | The Office of Faith Community Health Promotion The Office of Faith Community Health Promotion (OFCHP) is a project of the UIC Neighborhoods Initiative that seeks to establish mutually supportive relationships with Chicago's Faith Community- places of worship from all faith traditions. More
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