Chicago Hyde Park Village
Neighbors helping neighbors
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The Chicago Hyde Park Village aims to address problems associated with aging that seniors in Hyde Park and the surrounding communities face. Seniors are a rapidly growing demographic group with complex social and medical needs. Seniors often struggle with social isolation, changes in mobility and independence, and a range of health issues. To address these challenges, CHPV provides a holistic array of programs and services to address physical, emotional, spiritual, and social wellbeing of older residents. We aim to create a community of “neighbors helpings neighbors” that supports a healthy, socially connected experience of aging.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Member Services
Village members receive a wide range of services which help members remain in their homes and engaged in their community as they age. Services are provided by vetted and trained volunteers. Our memberships services are available on two levels, associate and full, and the membership fees are used to fund the operations of CHPV. Scholarships are available to older adults who are low-income.
Community Events
The Chicago Hyde Park Village coordinates a variety of community events and programs aimed at supporting seniors to remain active and engaged as they age. One of our most popular programs are the bi-monthly drop-in sessions which provide light exercise, lunch, and interesting programs. We facilitate various affinity groups which bring together community members interested in a certain topic, such as knitting and dining, as well as support groups. We also host healthy aging events in collaboration with the SHARE Network.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Dementia Friendly America 2020
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Our results
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Total number of organization members
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Seniors
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Average number of dollars received per donor
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Older adults, Seniors
Related Program
Member Services
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Older adults, Seniors
Related Program
Member Services
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The mission of Chicago Hyde Park Village is to create a community of “neighbors helping neighbors” on the South Side of Chicago by providing opportunities for social engagement, educational programs, and facilitating volunteer support services and referrals to foster vibrant healthy aging.
We aim to accomplish this mission through these long term goals:
1. Empower and support healthy aging in place for CHPV members
2. Enable older adults on the South Side of Chicago to share, learn, and grown as they remain engaged in their community
3. Foster intergenerational interactions in Hyde Park and surrounding communities
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
To empower and support healthy aging in place for members, CHPV provides a wide range of member services and benefits. Full members receive access to the services of trained volunteers who provide transportation, assistance with tasks and errands, support at medical appointments, and wellness checks.
To enable older adults to remain engaged in their community, CHPV facilitates programs and activities open to community members. We hold drop-ins twice a month with exercise, lunch, and a variety of interesting programs. CHPV also facilitates various support groups and affinity groups which brings together community members interested in a specific topic.
To foster intergenerational interactions, CHPV coordinates events and programs that connect individuals across generations. As CHPV grows, we plan to further develop our intergenerational programming. Our goal is to establish a formal program to encourage social connections between the younger generations and isolated seniors.
Our newest initiative has been to get our community designated as a dementia-friendly community through Dementia Friendly America. This work is helping us to develop strong partnerships with other organizations and groups working to make communities more inclusive for older adults as they age and make adjustments associated with cognitive decline. The work focuses on many sectors including: social service agencies, transportation providers, legal & financial planning, health care community, local governments, residential settings, adult day programs, employers/human resources, community members, and caregiver support providers.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
CHPV is lead by an engaged volunteer board whose members live in the community and who draw from many years of professional experience in fields such as health, social work, law, and accounting. We also rely on the dedication of our volunteers and small staff to both provide services to our members and to manage our programs.
In addition, we leverage strong partnerships with local businesses, faith based communities, community organizations, and institutions, including the University of Chicago Community Programs Accelerator and the SHARE Network. Our partners provide us with funding as well as in-kind support so we can continue to serve our members and the senior community.
CHPV benefits from shared experience and expertise as a member of the national Village to Village Network. Our organization is built on the village model which has been successfully used by over 250 organizations to build socially connected communities which support the aging population.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have grown our membership base and team of volunteers at a sustainable rate since our founding. We currently have over 178 members and about 75 volunteers. Through our collaboration with the University of Chicago, we have completed a strategic planning process to guide the future of CHPV. In addition, we have revamped our member services program and expanded our community programs.
As CHPV continues to develop and grow, we aim to increase our staff in order to better serve our members and refine our internal operations. While Covid 19 has stimied many of our goals over the past year, we continue to aim to hire a case manager who can provide professional support to our members with complex needs. Once in-person programming is possible again from a health perspective, we plan to expand a recently started volunteer visiting program which has been very successful at reducing social isolation in older adults as well as very effective at recruiting new volunteers. In addition, we successfully started subsidized full memberships for low-income seniors in need of our services. In the long term, we aspire to open a senior center to serve south side seniors in need of services and socialization.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Chicago Hyde Park Village
Board of directorsas of 02/02/2022
Inagrace Dietterich
Margaret Hellie Huyck
Rita McCarthy
Gary Worcester
Joanne Michalski
Ann Audrain
Jane Comiskey
Barbara Norrish
Ismail Turay
Susan Alitto
Shujie Hellie
Dottie Jeffries
Monica Long
Charles Newsome
Inegrace Dietterich
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.