2005 | 2004

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE UICNI

GREAT CITIES INSTITUTE

2004 Community Impact Report

The following report provides a conservative estimate of the impact of the Neighborhoods Initiative expressed in terms of meaningful human contacts during the previous fiscal year. In order to fully understand these estimations, several terms must be clarified.

Definitions

1.Community Health in this context includes the direct provision of or assumption of responsibility for the provision of health services. Included in this category are case management activities, primary care through school health programs and health screenings. The number reported include only those activities in sustained programs and excludes additional contacts that generated in episodic activities where no follow-up or long term relationship results.

2.Consumer Education & Literacy Programs refers to contacts through the UICNI adult and youth literacy, health and life style education initiatives including both individuals who directly and indirectly benefit from program activities. Indirect beneficiaries may include other family members, individuals who request or are targeted to receive program education and products. This category does not include indirect benefits that cannot be quantified. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that the impact of the programs is far greater than that reported.

3.Program Evaluation/Technical Assistance and Research includes consumer and professional contacts for education, program development consultation, evaluation and research. This category also includes studies conducted in partnership with community organizations that benefit the community such as housing studies, business gap analyses and business inventories.

4.Technology Centers includes individual encounters in community based technology centers

5.Youth Development includes youth encounters in community development initiatives, after school programs and youth leadership training.

2004 report

Community Health -	2,939
Consumer Education & Literacy Programs -	211,486
Professional development/Technical Assistance -	15, 407
Technology Center -	10,051
Youth Development - Total -	355 240,238

Summary Statements
. Programs of the UICNI reached over 240,000 Chicago residents in academic year 2004.
. UICNI supports 5 community technology centers
. UICNI division of community health sustains health partnerships with 4 public schools providing health services to students and their families.
. Under its Chicago Partnership for Health Promotions, UICNI supported partnerships with 8 additional schools
. UICNI has active health partnerships with 7 beauty and barber salons
. In 2004, UICNI developed relationships with four churches under the UIC Faith Community Partnership initiative.
. UICNI facilitate two community partners councils


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