Our Mission, Vision & Values

Living a worry free, healthy community vision

Worry Free Community exists to close the gap between the care people need and the care they can actually reach. Our mission, vision, and values grow from faith, community voice, and a commitment to health equity across Chicagoland.

Why our mission and values matter

Health, dignity, and trust at the center

Many of our neighbors live with daily worries about health, income, housing, and food, often without a clear path to help. Worry Free Community was created to bring clinics, coverage support, community research, and faith spaces together around shared responsibility. Our work is shaped by evidence based models, community driven insight, and a belief that every person deserves to be treated with dignity. By naming our mission, vision, and values in one place, we invite partners, volunteers, and families to move in the same direction with us.

Our mission

Walking beside neighbors toward health equity

Worry Free Community works to advance health equity by improving access to care, coverage, and community resources for those most likely to be left out. We do this by building trust, strengthening local partnerships, and centering the lived experiences of patients, families, and faith communities.

Our vision

A community where worry does not decide who gets care

We imagine communities where health, housing, food, and safety are not constant worries but shared responsibilities. Our vision is a future where every neighbor can reach respectful, culturally grounded care and where systems are shaped by the people they serve.

How we turn words into shared work

Our mission and vision only matter if they show up in real clinics, real conversations, and real changes in how care reaches families.

Our values

How we turn shared values into shared work

Our values are not just words on a page, they shape how we show up with partners, patients, and communities across Chicagoland. Each value works together with the others so that every project moves toward trusted partnership and solutions that reflect what truly matters to everyone involved.

Reciprocal relationship

We show up ready to give and receive, recognizing that every partner and community member brings strengths, insight, and lived experience that shape the work.

Co-learning

We commit to learning alongside one another so that knowledge flows in every direction and decisions reflect both research and real life.

Transparency

We are clear about goals, limits, timelines, and resources so people know how and why choices are being made.

Honesty

We speak plainly, share what we know and what we do not, and invite open feedback so trust has room to grow.