Organizations Filed Purposes:
Legal Council for Health Justice uses the power of law to secure dignity, opportunity, and well-being for people living with illness or disability. All programs combine direct service, public policy, and education/outreach.
Use the power of law to secure dignity, opportunity & well-being for people w/illness & disability.
Children & Families Program: This program provided legal services to children with complex health conditions in medical-legal partnerships with ACCESS Community Health (two clinic sites), Children's Place Association, Comer Children's Hospital, Lurie Children's Hospital (hospital and clinic sites), and Mt. Sinai Hospital. Working collaboratively with our medical partners, Legal Council staff assisted children and their families in gaining access to educational services, health care, disability benefits, and other public benefits as well as providing assistance on other legal issues confronting families. Services included individual legal representation, outreach and education for medical and legal professionals, clients and low-income communities, and social services advocates. Project staff also advocate for legal changes to remedy client legal issues at state and national levels.
HIV Program: This program, continuing work started 32 years ago at the height of the AIDS crisis, provided legal services to people living with or impacted by HIV and other chronic health conditions. The project has medical-legal partnerships with the Core Center of Cook County Health and Hospitals System, Howard Brown Health (4 clinic sites), and Mercy Hospital. Working collaboratively with our medical partners, we ensured that our clients' rights were protected in the areas of employment, health care, housing, and public accommodations and we helped clients navigate the complex bureaucracies that provide critical health and other services that our clients need to survive and thrive. Project staff also advocated for legal changes to remedy client legal issues at state and national levels.
Homeless Program: This program focused its legal advocacy on people who have serious mental and other health issues and are homeless. Working with social services agencies across Chicago including the Center for Housing & Health, Franciscan Shelter, Heartland Health Outreach, Thresholds, and Urban Breakthrough Ministries, program staff worked with clients to help them gain access to disability income, health care, substance abuse treatment, and other benefits that empower clients to stabilize their lives and sustain housing.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Amy Zimmerman | Director of Children & Families Partnerships | 40 | $122,665 |
| Thomas Yates | Executive Director | 40 | $108,216 |
| Ruth Edwards | Senior Director of Program Services | 40 | $102,857 |
| Lisa Parsons | Program Director, Homeless Outreach Program | 40 | $100,078 |
| Anthony D'Amato Esq | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Brian J Tiemann Esq | Director (left in Sept 2019) | 1 | $0 |
| Anthen Perry Esq | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Jonathan Motto Esq | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Swarup Mehta Pharmad | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Chris Mcadam Esq | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Jennifer Butkus | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Greer Esq | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Alexander Bandza | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Lally Gartel Esq | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Bryce Cooper Esq | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Braden Berkey Psyd | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Casner Md Esq | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Fliflet Esq | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Philip Tortorich Esq | Vice President | 1 | $0 |
| Jena L Levin Esq | President | 1 | $0 |
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