SIH in the Community
What is a Community Benefit?
We make every effort to fulfill our not-for profit mission to “improve the health and well-being of all of the people in the communities we serve.” Besides providing charity care and financial assistance to patients, we want to positively impact our communities by extending care beyond hospital walls and into the neighborhoods where people live and work.
Community benefits are the programs and services that SIH offers to meet these community health needs, in partnership with coalitions, public health departments, schools, workplaces, faith communities and other community agencies and groups. The Community Benefits Department seeks to bring health-related programs to the areas where they are most needed and to address the issues identified in the SIH Community Health Needs Assessment.
- Issue #1 – Access to Care, focusing on non-emergent medical transportation
- Issue #2 – Behavioral Health, focusing on mental health and substance misuse
- Issue #3 – Chronic Disease Prevention, Management & Treatment, focusing on cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes
$157,878,920 –Given Back to the Region in FY 2025 Through Community Benefits (improving health and quality of life extends beyond diagnosis and treatment. This includes community health education and outreach services.)
SIH Community Benefit Programs
- Healthy Southern Illinois Delta Network (HSIDN) | Community Coalitions & Action Teams
- Take Charge of Your Health: Live Well, Be Well | Diabetes and Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
- Courage to Quit Program | Smoking Cessation
- Adult & Youth Mental Health First Aid
- Camp B.E.T.A | Camp for Youth with Type 1 Diabetes
- Nutrition Education & Healthy Cooking Demonstrations | Mobile Kitchen
- Community Outreach, Wellness Screenings and Education
- Southern Illinois Tobacco Disparities Partnership (SITDP)
- Medical Legal Partnership of Southern Illinois (MLPSI)
- School Health Programming | Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC)
- And much more
Total FY 2025 SIH Community Benefit: $157,878,920
- $1,453,293 – Community Health Improvement
- $988,037 – Grants, Contributions, Sponsorships
- $1,550,380 – Community Building Activities
- $8,031,865 – Subsidized Health Services
- $2,091,634 – Medical Education and Research
- $136,200,925 – Unfunded Portion of Government Sponsored Medical Care (Medicare and Medicaid)
- $7,303,459 – Charity Care (Free or Discounted Care to Those in Need)
Addressing the Opioid Crisis in southern Illinois
Outside of the hospital walls, SIH has partnered with many agencies and organizations in the community to address the opioid crisis. Numerous meetings, educational activities, trainings, certification courses, action team, coalition, and substance abuse task force meetings have been held. Narcan is also provided free of charge through various SIH locations.
To find SIH Locations to pick up NARCAN, click here.
