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  • Care Coordination
  • Young Adult Homelessness
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ABOUT US
Donate
Previous Webinars
Contact Us
Latest News / Events
PCS Career Opportunities
Photo Gallery
The Community Pulse
Proactive Voices Blog
PCS 20TH Anniversary Gala
PCS Events Calendar
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  • Home
  • Programs
    • Community Health/Wellness
    • Chronic Disease Pevention
    • Job Readiness
    • Care Coordination
    • Young Adult Homelessness
    • Harm Reduction
    • 340 B
  • ABOUT US
  • Donate
  • Previous Webinars
  • Contact Us
  • Latest News / Events
  • PCS Career Opportunities
  • Photo Gallery
  • The Community Pulse
  • Proactive Voices Blog
  • PCS 20TH Anniversary Gala
  • PCS Events Calendar
  • Home
  • Programs
    • Community Health/Wellness
    • Chronic Disease Pevention
    • Job Readiness
    • Care Coordination
    • Young Adult Homelessness
    • Harm Reduction
    • 340 B
  • ABOUT US
  • Donate
  • Previous Webinars
  • Contact Us
  • Latest News / Events
  • PCS Career Opportunities
  • Photo Gallery
  • The Community Pulse
  • Proactive Voices Blog
  • PCS 20TH Anniversary Gala
  • PCS Events Calendar

Chronic Disease Prevention

Celebrate 20 Years of Proactively Making a Difference!

 Join us on Saturday, September 20th, 2025, at 6:00 PM for an unforgettable evening celebrating two decades of impact, community service, and empowerment through Proactive Community Services.


 Every ticket purchase directly supports our programs — from health services and housing assistance to job readiness and community outreach. .

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 For a donation of $5 or more, you’ll receive instant access to our digital book:
So, The Grant Didn’t Come Through...
Laugh, Cry, Pivot: Tales from the Nonprofit Trenches
This hilarious, no-holds-barred collection takes you inside the everyday chaos of nonprofit life. Through 50 painfully real (and painfully funny) scenarios, we pull back the curtain on what it
really looks like to run a mission-driven organization in a world of tiny budgets, big expectations, and even bigger hearts.

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Chronic Disease Prevention

 Proactive Community Services is tackling community health and economic issues among minority populations in a climate where African Americans are twice as likely as non-Hispanic Whites to die from diabetes and 30 percent more likely to die from heart disease. 

Program Objectives

 To provide an integrated, seamless model of chronic disease prevention care services, and health promotions by increasing greater collaborations between health care and community settings 

 To improve chronic disease self-management outcomes through providing the evidence-based Stanford Chronic Disease Program for individuals with one or more chronic diseases 

 To reduce avoidable hospital admissions and emergency room visits through self-management education 

 To increase awareness of chronic disease through outreach and preventive education and screenings by hosting or participating in health fairs, workshops, and forums 

Health Education Leads to Prevention (HELP)

 During the last 15 years, PCS prevention services have reached over 15,000 individuals at high-risk for acquiring or transmitting HIV/STI Infection through workshops, community outreach activities, presentations, events, and literature and safer sex package distribution. HIV/STD counseling, testing, and referral: 97% of our clients say that they felt empowered to change their risky behavior and they would refer others to our program. 

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Community Health Promotion

 The goal of community health promotion is to link with public health services, business, social services organizations, including establishing partnerships with hospitals and health care providers to promote healthcare events and activities by making them widely available in disadvantaged communities. A comprehensive mix of initiatives is offered to positively influence individual healthy lifestyle decisions. These initiates information about cancer screenings, the ABCS of heart disease and stroke prevention, blood pressure and cholesterol control, smoking cessation, measures of diabetes control‚ hemoglobin AIC, and obesity‚ body mass index, tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke, physical inactivity, excessive alcohol use, diets low in fruits and vegetables, and diets high in sodium and saturated fats. 

Health Fairs and Medical and Social Service Provider Forums

 Proactive Community Services regularly participate in health events and activities with the aim to improve community health outcomes and encourage dialogue that shares the vision of addressing health disparities to create health equity for disadvantaged, vulnerable populations combined with empowering individuals to take responsible for their health and make healthier lifestyle decisions and finding ways for community-based organizations, public health departments, businesses and governmental agencies to work together support efforts and community programs that link individuals with resources. 

Health Education and Risk Reduction

 The goal of health education adn risk reduction is to achieve and sustain healthy people and communities throughout south suburban Cook County. Chronic disease prevention interventions and initiatives are provided to promote healthy lifestyles, increase chronic disease education, and reduce instances of chronic diseases such as heart disease, hypertension, cancers, diabetes, asthma, HIV/AIDS/Sexually transmitted infections, Hepatitis C, and other chronic diseases associated with widespread premature death. 

Our Impact

 During the last 20 years, PCS prevention services have reached over 15,000 individuals at high-risk for acquiring or transmitting HIV/STI Infection through workshops, community outreach activities, presentations, events, and literature and safer sex package distribution. HIV/STD counseling, testing, and referral: 97% of our clients say that they felt empowered to change their risky behavior and they would refer others to our program. 

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Proactive Community Services is committed to providing these and other much needed services to our community. Please help us with your donation.

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Free Onsite HIV/STI Testing

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Free HIV, HCV and STI Testing

 Free HIV and STI testing is available to qualified members of the Southern Cook County community. 

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