National HIV Testing Day

In observance of National HIV Testing Day, Aunt Martha’s will offer free, confidential testing on Thursday, June 24, 2010. The testing will take place at Aunt Martha’s Park Forest location at 440 Forest Boulevard.

The National Association of People With Aids and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention along with other national and local entities encourage you to “Take the Test, Take Control.”

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Please contact Nikki Moody at 708.679.8192 for more information.

Visit hivtest.org for more information.

CHA to Open Registration for Family Housing Wait List Lottery

Lottery Open Registration

For the first time in more than a decade, families in need of affordable housing will have the chance to add their names to the Chicago Housing Authority’s Family Housing Wait List – the list used to fill CHA public housing rental units as they become available. In total, CHA will randomly select the names of 40,000 families to add to the list this year, with all names chosen through a lottery process. Families interested in this opportunity can register for the Family Housing Wait List lottery ANYTIME, from any computer or internet-enabled cell phone between June 14 and July 9, 2010. All registrations are treated equally, no matter when you apply during the open registration period. Registration is free and easy.

If you do not have a home computer, you can register online at any one of more than 100 sites scattered throughout the city. Representatives will also be on hand to offer assistance where needed. Online registration is available in English, Chinese, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu/Hindi and Vietnamese.

Everyone who submits a registration will receive a letter notifying whether or not they have been placed on the Wait List. As apartments become available, those selected for the Wait List will be contacted to determine if the available unit matches their needs and to verify eligibility. Housing types range from historical apartments in traditional CHA family housing sites, in recently rehabbed units scattered throughout virtually every community in Chicago or in newly built mixed-income developments in revitalized neighborhoods.

This is a historic opportunity for Chicagoans to take advantage of the housing CHA offers. With more than 17,000 of CHA’s 25,000 units already renovated or replaced, the Wait List Lottery gives families the ability to find quality, affordable housing in the city. For more information, visit CHAwaitlist.org, text “INFO” to 75309 on your mobile phone or call 1-866-7-thecha (866.784.3242) or 311

Vermilion Area Community Health Center Grand Opening

Aunt Martha's Youth hosted a grand opening event that celebrate the completion of a renovation project that will expand the availability of dental and behavioral health services in Vermilion County. The project was funded in part by the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation and the Capital Improvement Program of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The expansion will more than double the health center’s capacity by adding nine (9) dental operatories, five (5) offices dedicated to the delivery of behavioral health services, a dental lab, waiting and reception area, a medical records room and conference space.

Click here to read the press release.

Women’s Health Center Dental Expansion Grand Opening

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Aunt Martha’s hosted a grand opening event on Monday, April 19th to celebrate the completion of a renovation project that will double the dental services being provided in Chicago Heights with nine (9) dental operatories added to the agency’s existing Women’s Health Center location in Chicago Heights.

Click here to read the press release.

Pediatric Health and Community Wellness Center Will Expand Services to Underserved Children and Families

IL – U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-2nd)

Aunt Martha's was recognized by Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (2nd District - Illinois) at a press conference on April 8th for receiving the country's third largest Facilities Investment Project grant.

State Sen. Toi Hutchinson (D-Olympia Fields)

The grant will fund a $6 million pediatric health and wellness center in Chicago Heights.

Aunt Martha’s thanks Congressman Jackson, Jr. for his vigorous efforts to bring federal investments to South Suburban Cook County.

Click here to read the press release.

Aunt Martha’s to Launch NextGen Electronic Health Record System to Better Serve Patients and Clients

Aunt Martha’s announced it has executed an agreement to deploy NextGen® EHR (Electronic Health Record), NextGen EPM (Enterprise Practice Management) and Quality Systems’ integrated EDR (Electronic Dental Record) to better serve all patients and clients within the Aunt Martha’s system of care.

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Aunt Martha's Gets $6 Million to Build Joliet Health Center

An article published in the March 10, 2010 edition of the Chicago Tribune.

Stimulus Cash for Aunt Martha’s

An article published in the March 5, 2010 edition of the Southtown Star.

Aunt Martha’s Receives $11.8 Million to Build New Health Centers in Chicago Heights and Joliet

On Thursday, March 4, Aunt Martha’s was contacted by the offices of Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. and Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson with news that the agency’s request for nearly $12 million in federal funding had been approved.

Click here to read Congressman Jackson’s press release.
Click here to read Congresswoman Halvorson’s press release.