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Provides education and information about AIDS/HIV and other STDs to raise awareness and help reduce the transmission of such.

The Health Wise Center: Provides literature, offers support groups, educational classes, a Speaker's Bureau for various health topics, and a school and corporate site program.

Health Promotion Services Division - General Health Education and Promotion: Health educators can provide presentations, educational experiences and assistance with health promotion initiatives on a variety of health-related topic areas.

Lectures, downloadable resources and information sessions on a wide variety and health topics relevant to seniors. Topics commonly covered include nutrition and health eating, diabetic health, mental exercises and activities.

Offers health literacy and educational workshops. Topics include cancer, cardiovascular disease, nutrition, osteoporosis, and sexually transmitted infections. Also offers mammograms and screenings for blood sugar, cholesterol, osteoporosis, and blood pressure. Screenings are offered every third week of the month. Other services include:

• Healthcare navigation and interpretation
• Transportation to health screenings
• Exercise classes
• Baby and infant diapers
• Public notary assistance
• Mental Health First AID
• AHA CPR Classes

Visit the events calendar for free educational and screening events throughout the year at https://ywcachicago.org/events

Offers classes for adults to learn about individual and family health care. Topics include:

• Health conditions and prevention (diabetes, obesity, hypertension etc.)
• Accessing health care
• Health care advocating

Classes offered in both English and Spanish.

Provides an understanding of the difference between age-related memory loss and dementia. Services available to family members, diagnosed individuals, and interested members of the community. Educational materials can be sent via email or mail by request.

Provides free, bilingual wellness services for the community. Aims to support individuals who are uninsured or cannot afford care. Offers the following services: Case management (connects individuals to housing, employment, medical care, etc.) Individual, couple, and family therapy Support groups Health and wellness presentations (in Spanish only) Zumba classes Monthly wellness events and activities

Connects individuals to a network of nurses to ask healthcare related questions. Provides information, advice, and referrals for medical care. Also offers application assistance for insurance and benefit programs.

Provides case management to help community members access primary care and behavioral health. Offers health education, community garden, Zumba classes, and referrals to community resources.

Provides a community-based health center for education and outreach. Offers monthly workshops that focus on a variety of subjects important to the community. Health professionals provide information on topics such as diabetes, asthma, and securing appropriate medical services. A licensed dietician offers workshops designed to encourage good health through the preparation of nutritional foods. Local educational personnel, the police, and various other community organizations also provide workshops on relevant topics.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago - Logan Square Boys & Girls Club at Funston offers classes on maintaining a healthy lifestyle geared toward youth in kindergarten through 8th grade.

Healthy Living Programs are offered through a variety of programs and services. Some of the services MWRC offers include Hepatitis B awareness and education, Colon Cancer awareness, Women's Health, Immunization Campaigns, Diabetes, CPR and First Aid Certification, Breast and Cervical Cancer prevention, and much more. Free health screening is provided through annual health fairs and community outreach activities.

Infant Welfare Society Children's Clinic offers two unique outreach programs-the Portable Dentistry Program and Nutrition/Oral Health Presentations-to help children and families understand why healthy practices and behaviors are important.

The Leukemia Research Foundation provides educational programming, webinars, and information about emerging treatments.

Village of Schaumburg offers nursing services including limited in-home care, blood pressure screenings, body composition analysis, medication review, health education, child immunizations, and memory screenings.

Health Promotion and Navigation promotes health and wellness by providing educational workshops year-round and assisting with screenings, referrals, navigation, interpretation, and transportation. Educational topics include cancer, cardiovascular disease, nutrition, osteoporosis, mental health, pre/post-natal care, nutrition, CPR, and sexually transmitted infections.

Chicago Commons operates a Family Hub program that facilitates the coordination of medical and social services on behalf of parents and their dependents. Services include financial planning, employment and job-readiness skills, digital literacy, and health and wellness workshops.

White Crane's Health Outreach Program strives to provide a comprehensive, holistic, community-based approach to chronic disease prevention in order to reduce the incidence of risk factors for preventable disease (stroke, heart disease, cancer, hypertension, diabetes, pneumonia, flu, osteoporosis, mental illness); to motivate and educate seniors to take control of their health; and to make health care services accessible to low-income, disadvantaged, immigrant, refugee, and minority at-risk elderly.

OMNI's Family Resource Program primarily serves the communities of Prospect Heights and Wheeling. Although the program provides services that address basic immediate needs, the focus is to promote self-sufficiency and increase participation in the community.

Fresenius Medical Care - Elmhurst offers Kidney Disease Education Classes to help individuals learn more about kidney disease, to help people feel more in charge of their health.

Hamdard Health Alliance works in close collaboration with partners to develop culturally relevant health programming. Health Educators work alongside Primary Care Providers to provide the tools, knowledge, and resources individuals need to take control of their health challenges. Hamdard's Outreach and Education department manages all types of community initiatives to ensure that their patient population has the information necessary to make good choices about their health and wellness.

Health Promotion and Navigation promotes health and wellness by providing educational workshops year-round and assisting with screenings, referrals, navigation, interpretation, and transportation. Educational topics include cancer, cardiovascular disease, nutrition, osteoporosis, mental health, pre/post-natal care, nutrition, CPR, and sexually transmitted infections.

Offers health programs which includes weight clinics, education, exercise classes, arthritis self-help workshop and counseling.

Information line for disease prevention and health promotion. Provides basic information and referral service on health topics. NHIC links consumers and health professionals who have health questions to organizations best able to provide answers