The Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago (PHIMC) expands the capacity of public health and health care systems in Illinois to promote health equity and expand access to care. Through program implementation, organizational development, and fiscal management, PHIMC leads efforts to strengthen the public health infrastructure in Illinois. PHIMC tackles critical health challenges in partnership with public health departments and other government agencies, community-based organizations and advocacy groups, academic and grant-making institutions, and health care providers and associations.