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Back Bay Mission Receives Grant to Help Women and Families on Gulf Coast

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

Back Bay Mission’s (BBM) Health & Wellness Program was honored to receive a generous $20,000 grant from the GivHer Circle, an initiative of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Foundation (MGCCF)! This funding will touch women and families on the Gulf Coast who need feminine care, diapers and formula, children’s educational supplies, and much more. After learning BBM had been named one…

Deaconess Nurse Ministry Accessible Care is Life Changing for Clients

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

Each day, Deaconess Nurse Ministry in St. Louis, provides clients with someone they can trust, compassion, and the life-changing power of accessible nursing care. G.W., a 72-year-old resident in one of Deaconess Nurse Ministry’s partner communities, stops by the Wellness Office every week. Living with COPD and relying on oxygen at night, his greatest hope…

IFM Community Medicine’s Why We Do What We Do: Sexual Health Promotion

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

IFM Community Medicine, based in St. Louis, has a patient population that skews young. In 2025, 58 percent of its patients were 18 or younger and of those, 40 percent were in their teenage years. Overall, 80 percent of its patient population is less than 40 years old. Because the majority are in the height…

Champ Homes Kicks Off $5 Million Campaign to Replace Main Campus Buildings

By CHHSM Staff | January 13, 2026

Champ Homes in Hyannis, Mass., is undertaking a major $5 million initiative to replace its failing main building with two new structures, including a Campus Hub, and address essential upgrades across the campus.  This strategic will help create a stronger, more sustainable future for Champ Homes and its clients. The new design consolidates key services…

Cedar Community’s Spiritual Care Team Nurtures the Spirit through Support, Connection, and Forest Bathing

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

Cedar Community’s spiritual care team fosters a welcoming and inclusive environment that nurtures the well being of mind, body and spirit—regardless of one’s faith traditions. Its chaplains offer compassionate support that honors and respects each individual’s unique spiritual journey.  Among Cedar Community’s spiritual care opportunities are such activities as group spiritual conversation, Bible studies, grief…

Deaconess Foundation Invests $450,000 in Innovative Community-Stewarded Funds

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

As part of Deaconess Foundation’s strategic approach to advancing liberation in seven generations, it recently invested $450,000 in two innovative community-stewarded funds: NextGen Grantmakers and the Seniors Community Revitalization and Development Fund (Seniors Community Fund). Both initiatives put funding decisions into the hands of the people—in this case, young people and older adults—who are part…

Plymouth Place Wins National Gold Award for Senior Living Design and Innovation

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

Plymouth Place in LaGrange Park, Ill., is proud to announce that its recent development, The Arboretum Villas, has received a Gold Award for Best Development & Design: Senior Living at the Multi-Housing News 2025 Excellence Awards, presented on Dec. 4, 2025, in New York City. This year’s event honored 101 winners across 33 categories, recognizing…

Advocate Health Names New Chief Marketing, Brand and Consumer Experience Officer

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

Advocate Health has named Nicole Phillips as a senior vice president and the new chief marketing, brand and consumer officer for the nation’s third-largest nonprofit health care provider. Phillips will take charge of building stronger connections with consumers for a preeminent health care delivery system that is on the leading-edge of innovation, quality and academic…

United Church Homes Announces 2026 Leadership Changes

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | January 13, 2026

United Church Homes (UCH), CHHSM member and one of the nation’s largest faith-inspired nonprofit providers of senior living and affordable housing, recently announced a series of three executive leadership appointments. All three were effective as of Jan. 1, 2026. These changes reinforce UCH’s organizational strength, operational excellence and long-term commitment to creating “Abundant Life in Community” for…

Puentes de Esperanza, un programa de Hoyleton, organiza dos iniciativas para apoyar a clientes inmigrantes en el sur de Illinois

By Barb Powell | December 12, 2025

Special thanks to Hoyleton Youth and Family Services Puentes de Esperanza’s Patricia Merz and Edda Berti for this translation of the feature story into Spanish. The translators worked with a slightly earlier version of the story. La ayuda de Hoyleton Youth and Family Services en Fairview Heights, Illinois, beneficia a clientes en todo el sur…

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