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		<title>Medicaid Cuts Explained: Why We All Should Care</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joshua Ginter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hear from healthcare experts about the real consequences of underfunded systems and what’s at stake when critical services are not fully supported.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Happens If Safety-Net Hospitals Disappear?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joshua Ginter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hear from local leaders about the potential consequences if these institutions were to collapse—and how thousands could lose access to essential health services.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why Collaborative Bridges Matters</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joshua Ginter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hear from our partners about how collaboration across all areas of healthcare creates unique strengths—driving a more efficient care model that improves outcomes while reducing costs for all.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Safeguarding Our Safety Net: Strengthening Healthy Systems Through Advocacy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joshua Ginter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hear why advocacy and speaking up can help safeguard the services that thousands rely on every day.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Collaborative Bridges Releases Issue Paper Detailing How Illinois Is Protecting Behavioral Health Amid Federal Cuts</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Offers policymakers and providers a roadmap for sustaining behavioral health access as national funding landscapes shift. CHICAGO, IL (January 5, 2026)—Collaborative Bridges today announced the publication of The Bridging the Gaps Issue Paper, How Illinois and Collaborative Bridges Are Protecting Behavioral Health in an Era of Federal Cuts. The paper examines the growing national threat [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Download the October Collaborative Bridges Newsletter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 06:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Read the October, 2025 Collaborative Bridges Newsletter.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ABC 7 Eyewitness News Coverage &#8211; Building A Better Chicago with Collaborative Bridges Staff Interviews</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New wellness center coming to Garfield Park to support mental health in vulnerable communities.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Block Club Chicago Covers New Garfield Park Wellness Center Unites West Side Hospitals And Community Health Clinics</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 23:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Collaborative Bridges Wellness Center aims to serve 3,500 patients annually, providing support for mental health crises, addiction recovery, food insecurity and more.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>March Newsletter &#8211; Collaborative Bridges Opens Wellness Center in Garfield Park</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 23:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Collaborative Bridges Opens Wellness Center in Garfield Park.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Innovative Program Supports Mental Health Patients Beyond the Walls of the Hospital</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike McGrath]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WGN9 News' MidDay Fix interviews Tesa Anewishki, CEO of The Loretto Hospital and Keri Brown, President and CEO of Community Counseling Centers of Chicago in a discussion on a mental health support program serving Chicago's west side.]]></description>
		
		
		
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