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Heartland Health Centers

A Program of Heartland Alliance

Heartland Health Centers

The mission of Heartland International Health Center (HIHC) is to improve the well-being of the communities we serve by providing accessible, high-quality healthcare.  Last year, our five locations on the North Side of Chicago provided over 13,000 patients with a medical home where they could receive comprehensive services including primary care, prenatal care, pediatric care, immunizations, women’s health care, chronic disease management, medication discounts, oral health, mental health, and psychiatric services.

News

  • United Way and Heartland International Health Center Team Up
    July 27, 2010
    A recent study on the nation’s oral health released by the U.S. Surgeon General reported that more than 51 million school hours are lost each year to dental-related illness. United Way recently helped fund a new health facility that will provide a wide range of services from primary care and mental health to dentistry and nutritional help. This center was opened by Heartland International Health Center (HIHC) in Chicago’s Hibbard School in Albany Park and will help more than 1,700 local underserved children.

    For questions related to the school health center program or other HIHC activities, please contact Kimberly Tester, Director of Business Development, at ktester@heartlandalliance.org.

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HIHC Board of Directors Chair, Steve Rosemurgy; 39th Ward Alderman, Margaret Laurino; Hibbard Elementary School Principal, Scott Ahlman.

Photo taken by Jerry Daliege

  

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Heartland Health Center at Hibbard Elementary School in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago took place on June 21. The facility, located within the school at 3244 West Ainslie Street, will provide a wide range of services — including primary care, mental health and dentistry — for up to 1700 students. Youth from the nearby Albany Park Multicultural Academy and Edison Regional Gifted Center will also access services at the center.  The center will welcome its first patients in September 2010, near the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year for Chicago Public Schools. 

For questions related to the Heartland Health Center at Hibbard Elementary , please contact Kimberly Tester, Director of Business Development, at ktester@heartlandalliance.org.
  • Heartland International Health Center received its first award from the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
    May 25, 2010
    HIHC was awarded $100,000 through the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago's (UWMC) Health and Wellness Initiative. Contingent upon United Way fundraising totals, UWMC intends to provide funding at this annual level over a period of three years for a total of $300,000. UWMC is committed to helping people in the Chicago Metropolitan region live longer, healthier lives. With UWMC funds, HIHC will work to connect underserved communities and populations with health services. Funds will be used in our school health center program, particularly to support the operations of our third school health center opening at Hibbard Elementary School in Fall 2010. This was HIHC's first application to and award from the United Way, and we are excited and grateful for this support!

     

    For questions related to the school health center program or other HIHC activities, please contact Kimberly Tester, Director of Business Development, at ktester@heartlandalliance.org.