Endeavor to Heal

Project Description: 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, IL’s north side and north suburbs (Swedish Hospital, Evanston Hospital and Highland Park Hospital). The Endeavor to Heal program’s 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.