Endeavor health aims to develop and implement a hospital-based community violence intervention program, endeavor to heal, at three of their eight hospitals on chicago, ILS north side and north suburbs…

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to Endeavor Health Clinical Operations, a non-profit healthcare provider doing business as Evanston Hospital. The grant will fund the development and implementation of a hospital-based community violence intervention program, "Endeavor to Heal," across three of Endeavor Health's hospitals in the Chicago and North Suburban area. The program aims to decrease instances of violent injury and contribute to an overall reduction in violent crime through a systematic approach that incorporates collaborative partnerships, community engagement, and evidence-based violence prevention and intervention methods. Key strategies include rapid response and crisis intervention, intensive case management, mental health services, hospital-community collaboration, and workforce development, targeting high-risk individuals who have experienced violent injury or have a history of violent victimization. The 3-year project period runs from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2027.

Endeavor health aims to develop and implement a hospital-based community violence intervention program, endeavor to heal, at three of their eight hospitals on chicago, ILS north side and north suburbs (swedish hospital, evanston hospital and highland park hospital). The endeavor to heal programs goal is to decrease instances of violent injury within high-crime neighborhoods in the endeavor health service area, thereby contributing to an overall reduction in violent crime in chicago, and its surrounding suburbs by using a systematic approach that incorporates collaborative partnerships, community engagement, and evidence-based violence prevention and intervention methods. The core strategies to meet these objectives include: rapid response and crisis intervention, intensive case management, mental health services, hospital-community collaboration, and workforce development. Endeavor to heal defines the target population and high-risk individuals (adults and youth over the age of 16) as those who have experienced violent injury, such as gunshot wounds, stabbings, or physical assault, and are admitted to one of the three participating hospitals. The program will also consider individuals with a history of violent victimization or involvement in community violence to be at high risk. Endeavor health has substantial experience working directly with survivors of violence through both medical intervention and programmatic initiatives aimed at prevention and intervention and will build supportive services for victims of violent injury through individualized treatment plans, access to individual and group therapy, engagement in community-based agencies dedicated to addressing social determinants and equity in care, and other services aimed at reducing risk of reinjury. The endeavor to heal program will address healthcare disparities across the care continuum through partnership with community organizations that share our vision to improve equitable health outcomes and will conduct a process and outcomes evaluation to assess programmatic success.