Building a Healthy Community
We bring important partnerships to the community. We connect the community to resources that are essential to the well-being of strong youth, families and communities.
Partnerships and Collaborations
Institute for Urban Research
The IUR shares innovative practices and engages in scholarly research. The IUR helps the community answer the tough questions involved with affecting change.
UMSL Optometry Clinic
Optometrists provide comprehensive eye care, including eye exams, disease diagnosing, and glasses/contact lens selection and fitting to Madison and St. Clair county residents.
Community College Partnerships
The Illinois Community College Board utilizes the advice and counsel of all constituent groups of the community college system in establishing policies necessary to implement state statutes. Four organizations representing various community college constituents in the state have been designated as official advisory groups to the Illinois Community College Board. These four organizations are the Illinois Presidents Council, the Illinois Community College Trustees Association, the Illinois Community College Faculty Association, and the ICCB Student Advisory Committee.
Since 1999, through community college partnerships, the ICCB’s East St. Louis Community College Center (ESLCC), recently renamed the Wyvetter H. Younge Higher Education Campus, has provided East St. Louis area residents with access to college course offerings, workforce training, and adult education. A variety of programs including the Workforce Equity Program, Adult Education Program, Highway Construction Careers and Trades Program, and Welding and HVAC programs are offered. The ICCB is committed to enhancing the programs offered through the Wyvetter H. Younge Higher Education Campus and has plans to expand course offering in areas such as Health Care programs, Computer Programming as well as dual credit opportunities. The community college services provided are essential in meeting the needs of the students as well as the local and regional workforce.
