April 17, 2025
April 2025 Newsletter HAPpenings
April 13, 2025
‘Community of care’: Loss of teenager inspired mom to help other grieving parents
April 2, 2025
Director of HAP Foundation's Missing Pieces Program Named 2025 Remarkable Woman of the Year
April 1, 2025
WGN - Remarkable Women Series Culminates with Winner Amy McNicholas
March 31, 2025
Organization Spotlight: The HAP Foundation
March 19, 2025
March 2025 Newsletter HAPpenings
February 19, 2025
February 2025 Newsletter HAPpenings
January 17, 2025
The Decatur Herald & Review
WCIA TV Campaign - Senior Workforce Program Coming to Decatur
WAND TV Decatur - HAP Foundation Uses Grant for Community Health Worker Training
January 16, 2025
AmeriCorps Seniors Workforce Program Launches in Macon County
January 15, 2025
January 2025 Newsletter HAPpenings
December 19, 2024
December 2024 Newsletter HAPpenings
December 16, 2024
The HAP Foundation partners with Communities in Schools of Chicago
December 9, 2024
Kimberly Duchossois donates $2 million to The HAP Foundation for Palliative Care Education
November 21, 2024
November 2024 Newsletter HAPpenings
October 31, 2024
WTAX/Capitol City Now: Next wave of healthcare workers
October 30, 2024
WAND-TV: Seniors learn about healthcare work options in Springfield
October 16, 2024
October 2024 Newsletter HAPpenings
October 9, 2024
Regional Media News: The Empowering Caregivers with Virtual Support for Alzheimers Challenges
October 8, 2024
The HAP Foundation is offering Support Groups for Caregivers of Individuals with Alzheimer’s and Dementia-Related Diseases
September 27, 2024
Springfield Business Journal: A workforce development program for seniors
September 18, 2024
September 2024 Newsletter HAPpenings
August 21, 2024
August 2024 Newsletter HAPpenings
July 23, 2024
July 17, 2024
July 2024 Newsletter HAPpenings
July 11, 2024
July 1, 2024
WMBD Peoria Senior workforce program in Peoria gives opportunities to those in the community
June 20, 2024
June 17, 2024
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group Announces the 2024 Health & Medicine Award Winners
June 7, 2024
June 3, 2024
AmeriCorps Seniors Workforce Program launches in Sangamon County
The Center Square: Program trains seniors to be community health workers
WICS 20 Springfield: AmeriCorps Seniors to launch workforce program in Sangamon County on June 3
WAND TV 17 Decatur: Sangamon County seniors could volunteer as community health workers
WTAX Radio Springfield: AmeriCorps opportunity for seniors
Brushwood Media Network: Program trains seniors to be community health workers
Advantage News: Program trains seniors to be community health workers
May 15, 2024
May 2024 Newsletter HAPpenings
April 17, 2024
April 2024 Newsletter HAPpenings
April 11, 2024
Hospice News: The HAP Foundation, NORC: Structural Racism Impedes Access to Hospice, Palliative Care
April 5, 2024
Hospice News: The HAP Foundation, CLHPN Partner to Address Unmet Pediatric Hospice Needs
March 25, 2024
The HAP Foundation announces partnership with Child Life Hospice and Palliative Network
March 20, 2024
March 2024 Newsletter HAPpenings
February 22, 2024
February 2024 Newsletter HAPpenings
January 31, 2024
AmeriCorps Seniors Workforce Program launches in Peoria County
WMBD The HAP Foundation Launches New AmeriCorps Seniors Workforce Program
WMBD-TV Senior Workforce Program comes to Peoria
WEEK-TV AmeriCorps Seniors Workforce Program launches in Peoria County
January 17, 2024
Ohio Council for Home Care & Hospice Partners with The HAP Foundation
to Increase Value for Members in 2024
January 17, 2024
The HAP Foundation Newsletter HAPpenings at HAP January 2024
January 11, 2024
The HAP Foundation welcomes Three New Board of Trustees
December 20, 2023
The HAP Foundation Newsletter HAPpenings at HAP December 2023
November 15, 2023
The HAP Foundation Newsletter HAPpenings at HAP November 2023
October 27, 2023
The HAP Foundation Hosts Inagural Serious Illness Symposium
October 24, 2023
The HAP Foundation Newsletter HAPpenings at HAP October 2023
October 23, 2023
Hospice News: The Benefits of Palliative, Home-Based Primary Care Integration
October 2023
Inaugural Symposium of Serious Illness Care draws providers across the state for education and community
September 20, 2023
The HAP Foundation Newsletter HAPpenings at HAP September 2023
September 19, 2023
The HAP Foundation announces Three-Part Learning Series on Grief after Traumatic Loss
September 8, 2023
Chicago Tribune: Young workers finding their place in end-of-life care: ‘I realized death can be positive.’
August 2, 2023
AmeriCorps grant to benefit Macon County senior citizens
August 16, 2023
The HAP Foundation Newsletter HAPpenings at HAP August 2023
July 19, 2023
The HAP Foundation Newsletter HAPpenings at HAP July 2023
July 13, 2023
PCORI Awards $6 Million to Study Strategies to Support Parents After a Child’s Unexpected or Traumatic Death
July 11, 2023
The HAP Foundation Awarded $332,000 to Support Senior Volunteer Service through Community Education
June 23, 2023
The Hap Foundation, Illinois Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Reach New Management Agreement
June 21, 2023
The HAP Foundation Newsletter HAPpenings at HAP June 2023
June 15, 2023
Cocktails and Conversation in Barrington Helps Spread the Word About The HAP Foundation
May 17, 2023
The HAP Foundation Newsletter HAPpenings at HAP May 2023
May 9, 2023
Kimberly Duchossois donates $500,000 to The HAP Foundation
May 1, 2023
Maureen Burns with The Hap Foundation receives Notable Leaders in Healthcare Award
2023 Crain's Notable Leaders in Health Care: Maureen Burns
April 19, 2023
The HAP Foundation Newsletter HAPpenings at HAP April 2023
March 22, 2023
The HAP Foundation welcomes Jill Kottmeier, MS, BSN, RN, CPLC as Board of Trustee
March 22, 2023
The HAP Foundation welcomes Betsy Foley as Board of Trustee
March 22, 2023
The HAP Foundation welcomes Larry Feldman as Board of Trustee
March 22, 2023
The HAP Foundation welcomes Dr. Elisha D. Waldman, MD as Board of Trustee
March 22, 2023
The HAP Foundation welcomes Five New Board of Trustees
March 15, 2023
The HAP Foundation Newsletter HAPpenings at HAP March 2023
February 16, 2023
The HAP Foundation features Documentary on Colorism by Black Filmmaker for Black History Month
February 15, 2023
The HAP Foundation Newsletter HAPpenings at HAP February 2023
January 18, 2023
The HAP Foundation Newsletter HAPpenings at HAP January 2023
December 9, 2022
Statement on New Yorker article, How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle, 11/28/22
December 1, 2022
The HAP Foundation Boosts Support for Seriously Ill Children and Grieving Families in Illinois
November 29, 2022
NBC 5 Chicago: Local Organizations Participate in Giving Tuesday
November 29, 2022
Beverly Review: Foundation leader praises HAP efforts
September 27, 2022
Daily Herald: Butterfly Run Walk + Flutter run walk brings families together to honor kids who have died
September 20, 2022
Arlington Heights Patch: Annual Run To Support Grieving Families Planned For Elk Grove Village
September 20, 2022
Hospice News: HAP Foundation Launches to Research and Advance Hospice, Palliative Care
September 20, 2022
The HAP Foundation launches to support hospice and palliative care
September 18, 2022
The Plainfield Enterprise/Bugle Newspaper: Seventh Annual Butterfly Run Walk & Flutter to Support Grieving Families Following Child Loss
September 6, 2022
Seventh Annual Butterfly Run Walk & Flutter to Support Grieving Families Following Child Loss
August 1, 2022
New Focus Group Work Examines Perceptions Surrounding End of Life Care in Black Communities in Chicago
The HAP Promise
Our promise to you: deliver best in class patient-centered hospice and palliative care education and research. We truly believe in the transformative power of education. All those with serious illness deserve to live their best life to the fullest on their terms. We are here to make sure all have access to resources and we are committed to breaking down barriers in end-of-life care.
Our Mission
To advance access to serious illness care through education, research, advocacy, and workforce development, while honoring our legacy organizations.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We embrace diversity and are committed to proactively promote health equity and social determinants of health in post-acute care.