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The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is a federally qualified community health center based in Chicago, IL, with 4 clinic locations in 2 cities. It served 61,055 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

61,055patients in 2025
8%uninsured patients
36%at or below the poverty line

Care offered: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth.

Who The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois serves

36% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 80% are at or below twice that level. 8% have no insurance, 55% have Medicaid or CHIP, 5% have Medicare and 32% have private insurance. 559 patients were experiencing homelessness. 246 were veterans.

Measure	This center	IL median	U.S. median	vs IL
Patients at or below the poverty line	36%	73%	65%	−36 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	80%	95%	92%	−15 pts

Measure	This center	IL median	U.S. median	vs IL
Uninsured patients	8%	17%	14%	−9 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	55%	56%	42%	−2 pts
Medicare patients	5%	7%	11%	−2 pts
Privately insured patients	32%	16%	24%	+17 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	4,422	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	9,057	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	957	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	5,795	children had checkups
Flu shots	6,116	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	2,797	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	4,139	patients screened
Family planning	2,883	patients served
Diabetes care	4,120	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	7,521	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	3,262	patients with asthma
HIV testing	8,169	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	6,156	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	2,389	children tested

Quality of care

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is at or above the Illinois median on 5 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	IL median	U.S. median	vs IL
Adults with high blood pressure under control	61%	67%	68%	−7 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	69%	48%	54%	+22 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	66%	57%	54%	+9 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	49%	37%	44%	+12 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	85%	84%	77%	+1 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	91%	86%	86%	+4 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	76%	80%	79%	−4 pts

Where The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
60609	4,466	11%
60608	4,097	8%
60620	3,154	8%
60612	3,091	7%
60632	2,638	11%
60623	2,582	9%
60649	2,548	7%
60624	2,177	7%