All of us at Conlon Public Strategies would like to congratulate the Haymarket Center for being designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Look-Alike. The designation recognizes Haymarket’s work providing high-quality, comprehensive, culturally responsive health care services and makes Haymarket eligible for additional resources. This is a tremendous accomplishment for Haymarket, and a win […]
Congratulations to Conlon Public Strategies client Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, which has received a $5 million grant from the City of Chicago to support the construction of a state-of-the-art dance center in Washington Park on the South Side. The center will provide a home for the company, which has outgrown the studios and offices it […]
On Monday, April 17, Conlon Public Strategies’ Kevin Conlon presented to a group of food banking chief financial officers on how food banks can use effective advocacy to achieve their funding and policy goals at Feeding America’s annual conference in New Orleans. Kevin highlighted the Feeding America organization’s robust government affairs infrastructure and how food […]
We are excited to share that Conlon Public Strategies client National Louis University is one of four Illinois universities to receive an Early Childhood Faculty Preparation grant from the Illinois Board of Higher Education. The grant will support NLU’s efforts to expand the state’s pool of early childhood providers and increase faculty diversity in the […]
Last week, Kevin Conlon (far left) and Linda Diamond Shapiro (far right) were thrilled to join Congressman Danny Davis’s Chief of Staff Tumia Romero, Thresholds CEO Mark Ishaug, and Thresholds Health Board President Peggy Johnson (pictured above, L-R) for the grand opening of Thresholds Health. This new, full-service health center on Chicago’s West Side provides […]
On April 3rd, Conlon Public Strategies client Haymarket Center hosted a site visit from Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Dr. Gupta toured Haymarket’s West Loop facility, where it offers evidence-based treatment for people experiencing substance-use disorders and behavioral health conditions. He met with Haymarket President & […]
