“I’m hopeful that by offering compassionate, high quality care, we’re able to break through a layer of mistrust or defensiveness. In many disinvested areas, care feels transactional. Patients are seen as billables, not as people. I want them to walk away believing that individualized care exists, and that their unique well-being matters.”
-Matt Siemer, MCC’s late Executive Director
It is a simple truth that no specialty practice is designed to meet the human body’s every need, and no non-profit is capable of ending poverty alone. Doing our part in fostering a coalition of like-minded organizations expands our collective impact!
The Mobile Community Health Incubator is a mosaic: it’s built of small, individual pieces that together form a picture of a brighter, more beautiful future for Chicagoans.
- Roger’s Park Free Store
- A Free Store helping to facilitate mutual aid goods and daily needs to the Rogers Park and larger community.
- ETM Perfect Vision
- Chicago’s first and currently ONLY free mobile vision clinic, serving children ages 3-18 and providing same-day prescription glasses.
- Chi-Care
- A mobile street medicine initiative working to meet people where they are and bring basic healthcare to Chicago’s unhoused population.
- UIC Pharmacy
- Aside from being one of the top schools of pharmacy in the nation, they partner with organizations around the city to provide free of cost health screenings and corresponding health education.
- MiMedico
- Partners with the Pilsen community to provide comprehensive care to its patients, regardless of their ability to pay or immigration status.
- Humboldt Park Health
- Mobile medical and dental clinics aiming to increase access to preventive and primary care for underserved Chicago residents.
- IDOC
- Provides Women’s Health and Primary Care Services to individuals at the Fox Valley Adult Transitional facility in Aurora, facilitated by MCC’s flex van and UIC’s clinician team.
- Lurie Children’s Hospital
- A mobile health clinic that brings trusted pediatric care directly into Chicago communities, offering well-child visits, immunizations, school and sports physicals, asthma care, and other essential services.
- Patrick Stein Fund
- Dedicated to raising awareness for Patrick Stein and others who have experienced a debilitating stroke.
- LiftUP Enterprises
- A social enterprise grounded in dignity-based principles, this MBE-certified, for-profit organization works alongside mission-aligned operating companies to create stable employment, support individual growth, and expand holistic community impact for generations to come.
- Boards Across Borders
- Supports the skate community in Guatemala by facilitating equipment and gear donations from the United States, all provided at no cost to the recipients.
- CHeSS Dental Van
- Researches oral health and trains researchers to improve oral health.
- Howard Brown Health/Community Health
- Provides mobile behavioral/mental health services and related services throughout the Chicagoland area.
Organizations with different missions, approaches, and strengths come together here to form one coordinated network of care: a collaboration that is uniquely Chicago.
Matt’s Favorite Things
Responsibilities occasionally must be put on hold for dessert.
One afternoon last summer, Matt blocked off his calendar to properly celebrate his executive assistant’s one-year anniversary at MCC. They re-emerged at the office two hours later, having trekked 45 minutes southwest to Andy’s Custard in search of Chicago’s best frozen custard, according to Matt. (This excursion was followed by a game of frisbee in a park, which, can you blame them? Chicago in the summer!)
Now, are we suggesting that you drive out past Midway airport in freezing cold weather to go eat frozen custard? ..Yes, that’s exactly what we’re suggesting. And not just because it’s delicious, but because it makes for a great story, which we all know Matt would have loved.
A Tribute that Sticks
The Mobile Community Health Incubator is living infrastructure. It takes intention, maintenance, and collective investment to sustain. As we honor Matt, we are also ensuring this work remains strong and viable long-term.In the spirit of honoring his favorite things, Matt genuinely *loved* stickers. Anyone who donates $20 or more will receive a limited-edition holographic bumper sticker as a small thank you and tribute.
