Jun 3, 2020 | Announcements
Below is a message from Resilience Executive Director Erin Walton, published on June 3, 2020: As a Black woman, wife and mother I can say that it is an extremely difficult time to be Black in America. Black people account for 72% of COVID-19 deaths in Cook County....
May 29, 2020 | News, Press
Resilience Director of Programs and Public Policy Sarah Layden was recently interviewed in an article published in the Chicago Tribune on May 28, 2020. Click here to read the full article.
May 22, 2020 | Announcements
Update as of 5/25/20: We did it! Thanks to your support, Illinois lawmakers have recognized that #SurvivorsNeedOptions and have voted to expand the number of evidence collection sites! Thank you for your advocacy! We need your help to expand sexual assault evidence...
Apr 28, 2020 | News, Press
Resilience Director of Advocacy Services Mariá Balata was interviewed on The Jen Weigel Show on April 27, 2020. Click here and choose episode 4/27/20 (Good News and Star People) to listen to the full show.
Apr 27, 2020 | Announcements
Swedish Hospital has expanded COVID-19 testing for patients who meet the CDC and IDPH criteria. To determine if you need a COVID-19 test, call Swedish Hospital’s free COVID-19 Help Line at 773-907-7700 or begin screening online. Your results will be evaluated by a...
Apr 27, 2020 | Announcements
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the United States and around the world, threatening the lives, health, and livelihoods of millions, we need Congress to act urgently to provide immediate protections for essential workers, families, women and non-binary folks...
Apr 24, 2020 | News, Press
Resilience Director of Programs and Public Policy Sarah Layden was quoted in an article published by WBEZ on April 24, 2020. Click here to read the full article.
Apr 16, 2020 | Announcements
Now is not the time to close emergency room doors. Please join us as we support Provident nurses in petitioning Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle to reopen Provident’s ER. Resilience is incredibly disheartened to learn about the closure of Provident Hospital’s...
Apr 14, 2020 | Announcements
Our partners at Legal Aid Chicago are now operating a Public Benefits Outreach and Enrollment Hotline at 312-347-8342. You can call this number to get help applying for benefits from the Department of Human Services, including SNAP food assistance, Medicaid health...
Apr 14, 2020 | Announcements
Our partners at Legal Aid Chicago have created an info sheet about revised health insurance coverage for Illinois residents who become uninsured during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please click here to read and download the handout.
