History and Mission

Community Health Partnership of Illinois (CHP) provides primary health care to more than 7,000 Latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers. After two decades as part of a migrant service agency, CHP was incorporated in 1991 as a non-profit organization. We have over 30 years experience meeting the unique health care needs of farmworkers through outreach, health promotion, case management, advocacy and collaboration with a wide array of individuals and groups who work with us. CHP’s programs and staff have been honored with national, state and local awards for dedication, excellence and innovation.

• Improve the health and well-being of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families by providing quality, accessible, affordable and culturally-compatible health care, and
  
  
• Enable the farm worker community to prevent and manage health problems and effectively utilize the health care system.

Health Service Delivery Model

CHP serves the migrant farmworker population through a network of health clinics throughout our service areas in northern and central Illinois.

The centerpiece of our service delivery model is community outreach. CHP health teams visit migrant labor camps, farms and nurseries to enroll workers and families in our programs and to provide health screening and education. CHP’s peer educators (promotores de salud) provide outreach, advocacy and health promotion in the community and create a vital link between our health care services and migrant workers and families who reside in isolated rural areas.

CHP provides medical care through a network of contracted physicians and practitioners. They provide services to our clients on referral or on-site at our health clinics. We contract with local pharmacies and hospitals for prescription medicines and diagnostic services. Oral health services are provided at our Aurora Dental Clinic and through our school-based dental program.