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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Access Community Health Network is celebrating |
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| its new diabetes management program in 20 community health |
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| centers, benefiting more than 6,000 low-income, often |
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| uninsured diabetic patients; and
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| WHEREAS, Access Community Health Network was named the 2005 |
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| Chicago Benefits recipient and received a $100,000 grant from |
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| Humana to fund its diabetes management program for low-income |
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| patients; the program is based upon a successful pilot project |
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| in six health centers; the grant will expand the project and |
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| will reach more than 6,000 diabetic patients with medical care, |
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| health education, and self-management tools to reduce their |
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| HbA1c scores to the recommended level of 7.0 or less; and
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| WHEREAS, Access Community Health Network, is the nation's |
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| largest network of community health centers, serving 175,000 |
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| low income patients each year; 93% of the agency's patients are |
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| African-American or Latino/a, and one-third are uninsured; |
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| more than 99% of the organization's patients live at or below |
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| 200% of the poverty level; about 61% of the organization's |
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| patients are Medicaid beneficiaries, and 4% are enrolled in |
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| Medicare; Access Community Health Network's quality of care is |
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| among the top 10% in the nation; and
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| WHEREAS, Access Community Health Network was founded in the |
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| 1980s by Mount Sinai Hospital, which serves Chicago's highly |
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| impoverished North Lawndale community; in 1991, the |
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| organization became a separately incorporated 501(c)3 |
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| organization with nine clinics, its own management team, and a |
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| patient-majority Board of Directors; and
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| WHEREAS, Access Community Health Network's goal for its |
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| diabetes management program is to decrease HbA1c scores; |
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| diabetes is one of our nation's greatest health risks, |