The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Healthy Community Award

Applications closed on 11/19/2025. Check back next year!

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Healthy Community Award recognizes a successful community-based effort to address the health and wellbeing in divested neighborhoods in the Chicago metropolitan area through creative and collaborative strategies. Read more about the award »

Street Medicine Service Outreach, a 2019 Healthy Community Award winner

Applications are currently closed. You may not submit an application until the application period opens. Applications closed on 11/19/2025. Check back next year!

Project

Project Name (required)

Neighborhood Name

Describe the geographic community and/or the population that is the focus of the initiative. What are the unique assets of this community? What health challenges and disparities does this community face?

Explain how the initiative was developed and which area(s) of community health are being addressed through the initiative (e.g. environmental, physical, behavioral and/or mental health).

Describe the initiatives program model: the key strategies, partners, funding sources, expected and actual outcomes to date. How does the program incorporate equity, collaboration and sustainability into the community health program model?

Describe how the community – including residents and local organizations and institutions were engaged in identifying the health issues, developing the strategies and working on implementation. Is there a plan to sustain this community-led work beyond this particular program?

What were the major obstacles or challenges to implementation, and how have they been overcome?

Provide details on the program budget.

Media

Up to 10 supporting materials or a video link can be included but are not required.

Supporting Materials

Only image files (.png, .jpg, etc.) and PDFs are accepted. Files must be a maximum of 5MB in size.

Video LinkLink to a video hosted on a video-sharing service like Dropbox or YouTube.

Contact

Name (required)

Organization (required)

Title

Address

Phone Number (required)

Email (required)

How did you learn about the opportunity to apply for this award?