Caroline Fichtenberg and Taressa K. Fraze from HAN member UCSF write in the New England Journal of Medicine on the need for health systems to work to address the root causes of economic insecurity and use their political power to advocate for government investments in economic security programs such as affordable housing. HAN and HAN member systems’ anchor mission strategies are cited.
West Side United (WSU), in collaboration with Allies for Community Business (A4CB), announced the 40 recipients of WSU’s 2022 Small Business Grant of $10,000 to support local businesses that are creating job opportunities and wealth on Chicago’s West Side. HAN members Lurie Children’s Hospital and Rush University Medical Center contributed to the grant program