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As the New Year unfolded, I had the pleasure of working with the CHHSM Staff Team on the annual review process. Some organizations find this to be a tedious and painful task. Here at CHHSM, we view this as an opportunity to recall our collective successes and shared challenges. We allow Team members to reflect…
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A new webinar, “How Clinical Support can Assist with Supply Chain Challenges,” takes place via Microsoft Teams Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. ET. The webinar is hosted by CPS, the group purchasing agent behind the CHHSM Store, and is geared to CHHSM members’ needs. CPS vendor McKesson will be presenting the webinar. Jeff Ward, field…
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Increased awareness in societal racism due to recent racist-based killings has led many organizations to examine how best to work for an antiracist society. For example, CHHSM and many of its member agencies have developed and committed to new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategies for just that goal. But at CHHSM member UCAN in…
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In an unusual joint letter issued to the American people today, 33 leaders of aging services, health and social support nonprofit organizations — including MIchael J. Readinger, president and CEO of CHHSM — detail a growing crisis in aging services and call on Americans to make sure that elected officials stand by “the most consequential…
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UCC-related UCAN has been recognized in 2021 Change-Makers by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation. HRC annouced the Change-Makers in its third annual report, which highlights 119 child welfare agencies across the United States that have worked with the HRC Foundation’s All Children – All Families (ACAF) program to improve the services they provide to…
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The Council for Health and Human Service Ministries’ resources for UCC Health and Human Service Sunday, which takes place Jan. 30, is one way CHHSM members and friends can bring the message of serving leadership and collective care to their own local churches. Especially with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Health and Human Service Sunday can…
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By Ashley Bills, UCH corporate communications manager. Reprinted with permission from the Winter 2021-2022 Spirit Magazine. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has long been a part of the mission, vision and values at United Church Homes (UCH). Its core values, written in an acrostic which spells the word CHRIST, encourage employees to welcome everyone, honor…
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Residents at The Chapel Hill Community’s Kroft Commons have teamed up to help those in need, turning plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for homeless people. Linda Ditzler, a former United Church Homes board member who still serves on UCH’s Affordable Housing board, learned how to create the mats long before becoming part of the…
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Advocate Aurora Health contributed over $2.5 billion in charitable care and services in 2020, a 16 percent increase over 2019. A November 2021 story reports that as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the health system’s community health efforts shifted and transformed to meet the most urgent needs, while also remaining committed to its bedrock programs, such…
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Lisa Fichera, chief operating officer of Phoebe Ministries,based in Allentown, Pa., retired at the end of December after 43 years of dedicated service to the seniors of Eastern Pennsylvania. Fichera was hired in 1978 by Phoebe Ministries, known then as Phoebe Home. She started her career in an entry-level position in human resources, and later…
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What’s the Buzz? Beekeeping Returns to Plymouth Place - CHHSM
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There’s a buzz around Plymouth Place in La Grange Park, Ill., and it’s not just conversations among residents and staff. Some 40,000 bees have taken up residence in two beehives on the campus, and...