CARES Cook County: Diabetes Prevention and Management

The Cook County Collaboration to Advance Reach, Equity and Systems to Prevent and Manage Diabetes is a multi-sector effort to expand access to evidence-based diabetes prevention and management programs in Cook County communities that have a disproportionate burden of type 2 diabetes and lack sufficient preventive services. CARES: Cook County also focsued on launching and expanding family-centered healthy lifestyle programs. CARES: Cook County is supported through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CARES: Cook County is supported through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and builds on the work to prevent diabetes conducted through the Chicago CARES initiative from 2018-2023. 

Diabetes Self-Management

Improve access, appropriateness, and feasibility of diabetes self-management education and support services.

Diabetes Prevention

Increase enrollment adn retention of priority populations in teh National Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle change intervention and the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program.

Family-Centered Lifestyle Programs

Implement, spread, and sustain evidence-based, family-centered childhood obesity interventions.

Diabetes Workforce Capacity

Improve capacity of the diabetes workforce to address social determinants of health-related barriers.

Chicago CARES DPP 2018-2023 Impact

National Diabetes Prevention Programs Launched

Lifestyle Coaches Trained

Program Participants

Partnerships

CARES Cook County Partners

CDC-Recognized Lifestyle Change Program Provider Partners:

  • Erie Family Health Centers
  • First Mile Care
  • Inner-City Muslim Action Network
  • Mile Square Health Center
  • Near North Health
  • Sinai Urban Health Institute
  • The Chicago Lighthouse
  • Universidad Popular

Systems Change and Support Partners

  • AgeOptions (explore establishing umbrella hub)
  • Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (Lifestyle coach training, learning collaborative, subject matter experts)
  • Chicago Department of Public Health
  • Community Advisory Group
  • Cook County Department of Public Health 
  • Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation (Healthy Chicago Equity Zone project partner)
  • Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Illinois Department of Public Health
  • Illinois Primary Healthcare Association
  • National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
  • Northwest Center (Healthy Chicago Equity Zone project partner)
  • Phalanx Family Services (Healthy Chicago Equity Zone project partner)
  • Sage Health Strategy
  • Sinai Urban Health Institute
  • Swedish Hospital 
  • Tanoma Consulting (Evaluators)
  • UniteUs 

Learn More Today!

To learn more about the CARES Cook County: Diabetes Prevention and Management program, contact Janna Simon, Director of the Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives at 312-786-5365.