Partner Agencies
CEED@Chicago Partners are the organizations recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as responsible for implementing the REACH U.S. CEED grant. Currently, these are the Midwest Latino Health, Research and Policy Center (MLHRC), the Healthy Cities Collaborative (HCC) and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH).
The three partner agencies which constitute the original members of CEED@Chicago are:
The University of Illinois Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center (MLHRC)
The MLHRC is an academic research center at UIC. Since 1993, MLHRC has developed the infrastructure to conduct studies on health and social disparities, develop training programs, and continue policy work. Besides its role as an academic research center, MLHRC is also involved at the grass-roots level and committed to the Hispanic and Latino community in Chicago and the Midwest . MLHRC engages in community organizing and mobilization around the issue of health and provides the technical assistance to assist communities is establishing new organizations.
The University of Illinois at Chicago Healthy Cities Collaborative, Great Cities Institute
The Healthy City Collaborative (HCC) is a multidisciplinary workgroup that engages university researchers, external partners and community leadership in conversations and research to benefit the Health of Chicago. Its research agenda is derived from the broadest definition of health, which acknowledges interrelationships among individual, social, environmental, political and economic contributors to the health of the City. HCC collaborates with research centers and administrative units across the UIC campus to enhance the work of university and community scholars. HCC creates and sustains systems that facilitate the translation of knowledge acquired through research to practical application to improve the health of the city.
The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH)
The mission of the Chicago Department of Public Health is to make Chicago a safer and healthier place by working with community partners to promote health, prevent disease, reduce environmental hazards and ensure access to health care. CDPH currently partners with a network of community-based partnerships that have the capacity to identify and implement local health improvement priorities.