Living in Evanston
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| ACCESS Evanston - Rogers Park Family Health Center | |
| Address: | 1555 W. Howard St., Chicago, IL 60629 |
| Phone: | (773) 764-7146 |
| Fax: | (773) 764-3774 |
| Parent Org.: | Access Community Health Network Provides high quality, cost effective, safe, comprehensive primary and preventive health care in underserved Chicagoland communities. |
| Description: | General medical services, including chiropractic, pediatrics, internal medicine, and prenatal care for low and moderate income patients. Walk-ins are accepted in cases of severe illness, but appointments are otherwise required.
Helps with public benefits enrollment. |
| Notes: | Hours: Mon-Thurs. 9-7, Friday 9-5, Saturday 9-1
Accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
| Updated 9/18/2011 | |
| Access to Care | |
| Mailing Address: | 2225 Enterprise Dr., Suite 2507, Westchester, IL 60154 |
| Contact: | Victoria Bigelow, President |
| E-mail: | Contact Form |
| Phone: | 708-531-0680 |
| Fax: | 708-531-0686 |
| Description: | Non-profit providing affordable primary health care services for low-income, uninsured individuals. Patients eligible for Access to Care must:
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| Notes: | Evanston registration sites are: |
| Updated 9/18/2011 | |
| All Kids | |
| E-mail: | E-mail from website |
| Phone: | Hotline: 1-866-255-5437; TTY: 877-204-1012 ; |
| Description: | The All Kids program offers Illinois uninsured children comprehensive healthcare that includes doctors visits, hospital stays, prescription drugs, vision care, dental care and medical devices like eyeglasses and asthma inhalers. Parents pay monthly premiums for the coverage, but rates for middle-income families are significantly lower than they are on the private market. |
| Notes: | Evanston residents may apply at the City of Evanston Health Department, 847-866-2920, or Evanston Township School Based Health Clinic: 847-424-7265. |
| Updated 9/18/2011 | |
| Chicago Dental Society | |
| Address: | 401 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60611 |
| Phone: | 312-836-7300 |
| Fax: | 312-836-7337 |
| Description: | Provides a list of free and sliding scale dental clinics in Cook, Lake and DuPage Counties.
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| Updated 1/19/2011 | |
| Erie Evanston/Skokie Health Center | |
| Address: | 2100 Ridge Avenue, Evanston IL 60201 |
| Phone: | 847-866-3494 |
| Fax: | 847-868-8964 |
| Description: | Affordable and accessible medical and behavioral health care services for all ages; pediatric dental services. Prenatal care will be available starting in Summer 2013. Federally funded, open to non-residents, payment on a sliding scale.
Partnering with NorthShore Health System and St. Francis Hospital. |
| Updated 12/5/2012 | |
| Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) | |
| Address: | 320 W. Washington, Suite 700, Springfield, IL 62701-1150 |
| E-mail: | director@chip.state.il.us |
| Phone: | 217- 782-6333; TTY: 800-545-2455; Toll-free (in Illinois): 800-962-8384 |
| Fax: | 217-782-6468 |
| Description: | The Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) is a state health benefits program created by the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. Illinois residents are eligible for CHIP coverage if they are denied insurance due to the existence or history of a medical condition. Eligible residents may apply for coverage online. |
| Updated 10/23/2012 | |
| Illinois Family Services: Medical Programs | |
| Address: | 201 South Grand Avenue East, Springfield, Illinois 62763-0001 |
| Mailing Address: | 401 South Clinton Chicago, Illinois 60607 |
| Contact: | Julie Hamos, HFS Director |
| E-mail: | hfswebmaster@illinois.gov |
| Phone: | 217-782-2570 |
| Fax: | 217-782-5672 |
| Parent Org.: | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services |
| Description: | Illinois' Medical Assistance Programs, consisting of Medicaid and numerous other medical programs, cover children, parents or relatives caring for children, pregnant women, veterans, seniors, persons who are blind, and persons with disabilities.
Division of Medical Programs Directory |
| Updated 10/23/2012 | |
| Illinois Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped | |
| Mailing Address: | PO Box 211, Northbrook, IL 60065 |
| Contact: | Helen Peters |
| E-mail: | hpeters@nfdh.org |
| Phone: | (847) 498-0385 or (800) 893-1685 |
| Fax: | 847-498-0394 |
| Parent Org.: | National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped |
| Description: | Matches patients with volunteer dentists and those who will make house calls. For the homeless, low income, elderly and those with mental, medical or physical disability.
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| Updated 4/16/2013 | |
| Medical Home Health Compare | |
| Mailing Address: | Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD, 21244-1850 |
| Phone: | 800-633-4227, TTY/TDD: 877-486-2048 |
| Description: | Official U.S.Medicare database for researching home health care agencies by county or zip code. |
| Updated 9/23/2012 | |
| Meijer Pharmacy | |
| Address: | 9000 W. Golf Rd., Niles, Illinois 60714 (Nearest location) |
| Phone: | 847-635-2200 |
| Description: | Offers free 14-day supply of selected oral generic antibiotics with doctor's prescription, regardless of insurance or co-pay; focus is on prescriptions most often filled for children.
Prescription must be picked up at store in person. Also offers selected free prenatal vitamins. |
| Notes: | Pharmacy:
(847) 635-2210 Pharmacy Hours: Monday - Friday: 9am - 9pm Saturday: 9am - 7pm Sunday: 10am - 6pm Drive-thru available |
| Updated 1/19/2011 | |
| Night Ministry, The | |
| Address: | 4711 N. Ravenswood Ave. Chicago, IL 60640-4407 |
| E-mail: | info@thenightministry.org |
| Phone: | 773-784-9000. The voice mail for the Health Outreach Bus is 773-784-9000 extension 7004 |
| Fax: | 773-784-5865 |
| Description: | The Night Ministry operates in Chicago's neighborhoods, providing basic self-care supplies, free, immediate healthcare to homeless youth and adults, emergency and transitional housing and supportive services for youth, referrals to other agencies, and a continuum of outreach services.
Health Outreach Bus Schedule |
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| Updated 12/5/2012 | |
| Omega Community Healthcare Organization | |
| Address: | 400 W. Higgins Road, 2nd Floor, Park Ridge, IL 60068 |
| Contact: | Abel Osagie, DON / Administrator, 773-433-0802 or Yolanda Chionglo, Nurse Supervisor, 773-433-0802 |
| Phone: | 847-425-9089 |
| Fax: | 847-425-9091 |
| Description: | Serves the human services needs of the elderly, minority and immigrant communities in the Greater Chicago area, providing in-home social services for the elderly, case management, non-emergency transport, home care services training and adult day care services. |
| Updated 12/5/2011 | |
