Erie Health Outreach Waukegan

New Markets Tax Credit Coalition

Waukegan,
IL
(2014)

Erie Health Outreach Waukegan

Behavioral Health, Community, Dental Services, FQHCs, Healthcare

Erie Family Health Center, Inc. renovated a former bank building to create a new 25,500-square-foot community health center in Waukegan, Ill.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $8,972,500
Total Project Cost: $9,169,626

IMPACT

40 FTE jobs
100 construction jobs
45,000 patients served
Project includes a Federally Qualified Health Center.
25,500 sq. ft. of real estate

CDEs

Enterprise Community Partners

Investor

Chase

Project Description

Erie Family Health Center, Inc. renovated a former bank building to create a new 25,500-sq. ft. community health center in Waukegan, Ill., an aging industrial city about 40 miles north of Chicago. Erie provides bilingual (English and Spanish) care to more than 45,000 patients, helping alleviate the high demand for services due to a growing low-income population. Services include comprehensive adult and pediatric primary care, women’s health, dental, mental and vision services. The Project attained LEED Certification for New Construction and Major Renovation.

MAP

Address: 2323 West Grand Avenue, Waukegan, IL 60085

Census Tract: 17097862603

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