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Heartland Alliance Health’s Englewood Health Center Celebrates Five Years

Heartland Alliance Health Celebrates its Five-Year Anniversary of the Englewood Health Center

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Addressing Mental Health in the DRC

This year, Lerick Mudekereza, Project Manager for the Fikra Timamu project, Heartland Alliance International led a reflection workshop on the issue of access to mental health services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This two-day training was organized by the provincial coordination of the National Mental Health Program with the support of Heartland Alliance International.

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Preparing for a Fresh Start

Individuals with a criminal record face multiple barriers that prevent them from securing employment, stable housing, and opportunities to make positive life changes. READI for Reentry helps incarcerated men develop a plan of action for themselves upon their release to make these changes happen.

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Pragmatism of community violence prevention programs - The 1A

Over the weekend, the U.S. experienced two mass shootings. One took place at a park in Louisville, Kentucky, and another at a birthday party in Alabama. There have been 164 mass shootings in the U.S. just this year, according to the National Gun Violence Archive.

Changing thought patterns and rewiring the brain to prevent gun violence - CBS Chicago

What does brain science have to do with gun violence? A whole lot, if you ask one gun violence prevention group here in Chicago.

‘I’m glad I got HIV’ – Chicago Sun Times

Antonio Cox is not ashamed. He doesn’t mind if you know his full name, see his photo, are aware he was homeless on the streets of Chicago and slept in Grant Park. Nor is his medical status a secret.