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Chicago
Center for Community Partnerships
Mission
and Background
The
mission of the Chicago Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) Chicago
Center for Community Partnerships (the Center) is to establish and support
a sustainable network of community-based partnerships that have the
capacity to identify and implement local health improvement priorities.
The concept for the Center evolved from the efforts of the CDPH and
the 26-member Chicago Partnership for Public Health’s Plan for
Public Health System Improvement. A critical component of CDPH’s
vision and key among the strategies of the Partnership’s strategic
plan were those designed to create a broad-based public health constituency
and build the capacity of communities to establish priorities and influence
public health resources.
In 2001, a small grant from the Kellogg
Foundation was used to pilot an approach for meaningful neighborhood-level
community health planning and partnerships. With the establishment of
the Healthy South Chicago Coalition, the foundation was set for a citywide
network of community-based public health improvement partnerships.
Currently,
the Center supports partnerships in five communities: Albany
Park, Austin,
Chicago
Lawn, Hermosa,
and South
Chicago.
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Phone:
312-747-8820
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Fax:
312-747-9549
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