01-06-2025
Chicago Defender Charities holds grand opening at new Wellness Homes of Chicago facility
CHICAGO — Chicago Defender Charities held a grand opening Saturday for Wellness Homes of Chicago's fourth location, aiming to provide healthcare to another underserved community in the city.
A ribbon cutting was done at the new facility, which is a partnership between Chicago Defender Charities and Wellness Homes of Chicago and is located at 1823 West 47th Street, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the city's Southwest Side.
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The facility provides primary care, behavioral health and preventative services, and it also includes a pharmacy.
Dr. Maurice 'Mo' Brownlee, CEO of Wellness Homes of Chicago, says the new facility is specifically tailored to meet the needs of community members in and around Back of the Yards.
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'You have a person who's working at McDonald's who cannot get off in time. So we open late. A person who needs weekend hours, we provide those services,' Brownlee said. 'We want people to live longer in this zip code. It is unfair that … your life expectancy is 5% less (in this) zip code.
'That stops today, and it stops today with the Wellness Home at Back of the Yards.'
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