Health – Howard and Evanston Community Center

Hunger aid is under attack!

In Rogers Park 20.1% - 35% of community members are food insecure, according to a 2016 Greater Chicago Food Depository statistic. And since 1967, Howard and Evanston Community Center has been devoted to alleviating hunger. DONATE HERE! But recent proposals to cut and alter services provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for low-income people will make survival even harder for women, children, immigrants, and unemployed adults and students in Rogers Park. In an uncertain political climate for social services, Howard and Evanston Community Center’s free hunger assistance and nutrition programs are more crucial than ever. HECC supporters have

Tamika Carlton2018-05-01T14:40:11-05:00April 11th, 2018|Emergency Needs, Health|

Results are in! Check out the Rogers Park Community Survey!

SPECIAL FEATURE! Written and designed by Rachel Hoffman

Tamika Carlton2018-04-06T13:31:04-05:00February 6th, 2018|Adults & Families, Children & Youth, Emergency Needs, Health|

For people with HIV/AIDS in Chicago, HECC services save lives

In Chicago there are over 20,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. HACC’s services put Chicagoans on the path to preventing infection and living safely after being diagnosed. The center provides case management, comment education and free and/or low-cost dental clinic (Eleanor B. Westor Dental Clinic) for people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. The dental clinic is a highly utilized resource and a rarely available one at that. Unfortunately, many dentists will not treat people with HIV/AIDS out of fear for exposing themselves and their staff to the disease. In 2017, 130 people with HIV/AIDS received dental care at HECC's clinic. Who is most impacted? Anyone is

Tamika Carlton2018-04-06T13:33:00-05:00February 6th, 2018|Health|