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New Health Center in Edgewater Provides Clinical Treatment, Social Services for People With HIV
Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Vivent Health+TPAN health center, located at 5537 N. Broadway in Edgewater, on May 14, 2025. (WTTW News)
Health workers and community leaders celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for a recently opened health center on the North Side providing care for people affected by HIV.
The health center Vivent Health+TPAN, located in the Edgewater neighborhood at 5537 N. Broadway, is providing clinical care in collaboration with Northwestern Medicine in addition to wraparound social services for people living with HIV.
Vivent Health CEO Brandon Hill said the center provides “an integrated, medical home model of HIV care where all services work together to make a plan for an individual and ensure that they live a long and healthy life.”
The health center, which opened late last year, spans just over 20,000 square feet and houses a staff of 45 clinicians, case managers and support personnel. The center also offers a pharmacy, food pantry, behavioral health facilities, prevention services and insurance navigation support.
In Chicago, 85% of Vivent Health patients have no insurance or rely on Medicaid or Medicare, and 43% live at or below the federal poverty line, according to a news release.
The opening of the new health center comes amid concerns of potential cuts to key HIV federal programs under the Trump administration following a budget proposal in April.
Interior of the Vivent Health+TPAN health center, located at 5537 N. Broadway in Edgewater, on May 14, 2025. The center provides clinical care and social services for people living with HIV. (WTTW News)
The proposal could mean potential cuts to programs that help offer medication, case management and prevention services to patients such as the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention, Trump’s first-term program “Ending the HIV Epidemic” and the Minority AIDS Initiative.
“While this is a time of uncertainty about many things, it’s also a time of certainty on what’s really important, which is that the work we do is really important and we have to keep doing it,” Vivent Health+TPAN Medical Director Dr. Jo-Ann Jose said Wednesday.
Nearly 19,000 people are living with HIV in Chicago, according to Hill, who noted that about 5,000 residents are living with HIV but aren’t engaged in care.
Black residents are disproportionately affected by HIV, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. Black residents represent about half of new HIV diagnoses despite being about one-third of the city’s population, according to the health department.
Vivent Health, headquartered in Milwaukee, was founded in 1985 as the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin. The organization has since merged with other various HIV/AIDS organizations in the country. Vivent Health and TPAN, or Test Positive Awareness Network, merged in 2023.
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