Organization: Saint Anthony Hospital Foundation
Mission: Saint Anthony Hospital Foundation's mission is to foster the spirit of philanthropy for every donor and provide capital resources to support the mission of Saint Anthony Hospital.
Activities: Saint Anthony Hospital Foundation raises funds to support Saint Anthony Hospital's Community Development Department's Community Wellness programs. Saint Anthony Hospital community-based services are directed by Senior Vice President for Mission and Community Development, currently James Sifuentes. With an annual operating budget of nearly $1 million, Community Wellness provides services from infant care through adulthood, reaching multiple generations of community residents with dozens of free service offerings, screenings, social events, educational programs and assistance. Community-based staffing includes five therapists, four community resource educators in Family Support Services, four health care access community resource educators, a community nursing supervisor, a project director and three pastoral care workers. The goal of Community Wellness Programs is to support individuals and families, who face the impacts of trauma, poverty, violence, language barriers and limited health access, to achieve an improved quality of life by offering free culturally-respectful services out of two community wellness centers and in various locations across communities.Community Wellness Program - Family Support ServicesThis Community Wellness Program promotes the social, emotional, and intellectual development of young children, as well as strong, healthy, parent-child attachments. Four free services provide a continuum of developmental support for children and their parents: 1. The Developmental Support Project, which promotes improved developmental care and outcomes for children from birth to eight years of age2. Adults and Children Together Against Violence: Parents Raising Safe Kids, which improves the parenting skills of parents and other primary caregivers and teaches practices that protect children from violence; 3. Adolescent and Parent Education, provides education and skills to assist families in navigating this developmental stage and to strengthen families and prevent involvement violence, and; 4. Little Explorers, an interactive parent-child playgroup. Saint Anthony Hospital Community Wellness began offering these services 20 years ago with a focus on families in Little Village. Since that time, the hospital has continued to expand the Family Support Service programming by opening a community wellness center in North Lawndale and offering programs in Brighton Park and Gage Park. All services are offered in English and Spanish, at no cost to participating families, to provide a continuum of developmental support for children and their parents.The Community Wellness Program has a history of developing community-defined social services that fill in gaps in the community as well as fostering strong relationships with community organizations in order to impact the social needs of underserved communities. This wraparound model of comprehensive support provides residents with a greater chance for improved health outcomes. Additional programs supported by the Foundation include: Buy A Mom A Mammogram, cancer support groups, and training development programs, among others.
Religious classification: Christianity