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- Neighborhood network eyes ACA push 5/10/2013
- LISC Chicago’s Neighborhood Network is gearing up for a tidal wave of change around health care as implementation begins this year on the Affordable Care Act.
- Fired up, ready to go: LISC Chicago’s neighborhood network 4/8/2013
- In the complex business of urban community development, no vehicle matches the leverage and impact of every dollar invested quite like LISC Chicago.
- A safe place to play 2/19/2013
- Health and fitness are significant issues in neighborhoods throughout the city, rich and poor alike. In Pilsen, Little Village, Brighton Park, Woodlawn, Chicago Lawn and South Chicago, neighborhood organizations, with LISC Chicago and NCP, will soon embark on another season of PlayStreets, in which streets are temporarily closed to traffic to allow residents to participate in organized fitness activities.
- Planting seeds toward a 'Healthy Chicago' 1/8/2013
- From gang crime to garden compost, Chicago Health Commissioner Bechara Choucair, M.D., is all ears as he meets with a series of NCP leaders.
- LISC network delivers for Healthy Chicago 6/15/2012
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel is tapping directly into LISC’s network of neighborhood groups for ideas on how to advance his administration’s ambitious Healthy Chicago agenda.
- Health academy fast-tracks professional training 4/12/2012
- NCP partner agency Instituto del Progreso Latino in first year of running $22 million project that eventually will serve 600 students grades 9 through 12
- U. of C., South Side NCPs do Grand Rounds 10/10/2011
- Community Grand Rounds program brought a broader definition of health issues to a broad range of the community
- Project maps South Side health, vitality 10/10/2011
- Partnership between University of Chicago, South Side NCPs focuses on healthcare and other services.
- Seeding the food deserts 8/29/2011
- LISC/Chicago supports robust menu of programming and services to provide greater access, healthier choices
- Orozco students explore heart of the matter 6/28/2011
- Alivio Medical Center’s Health Careers Enrichment Program, one of Orozco’s Elev8 afterschool offerings, encourages bilingual students to pursue health careers with a hands-on approach.
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