About Us
We're experts at what we do and we're here to help you.
We are a data-driven cohort of skilled, experienced community health workers, public health professionals, and researchers supporting organizations in designing, implementing, and evaluating the CHW model.
Our Story
Since 2001, Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI) has employed CHWs working to improve chronic disease management and wellness, thereby gaining significant expertise in the hiring, training, and supervision of this critical workforce. SUHI is the community research center of Sinai Chicago. We are dedicated to improving the health of the most vulnerable communities, which we achieve by identifying health inequities, addressing these inequities with innovative solutions, and rigorously evaluating our work to ensure effectiveness.
In 2017, after receiving numerous consulting requests around the hiring, training, and implementation of the CHW model, SUHI formally launched CROWD, the Center for CHW Research, Outcomes, and Workforce Development. We function as a CHW training and technical consulting hub to meet the growing demand of organizations’ CHW training and programmatic implementation needs.
Meet The Team
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Our Clients
Advocate Physician Partners │ Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership │ Chicago Department of Public Health
Christian Hospital (St. Louis, MO) │ DuPage County Health Department │ Enlace Chicago │ Get Covered Illinois │ JourneyCare │ Health & Medicine Policy Research Group │Heartland Alliance | Lake County Health Department│Loyola Medicine │ Medical Home Network │ Mercy Housing Lakefront │ MercyOne (Des Moines, IA) │ Rush University Medical Center │ Sinai Chicago │Third Horizon Strategies │ Trinity Health │ University of Chicago Medicine │ University of Illinois at Chicago │Wayne County (MI) Health Department