Historical Perspectives

Springfield Urban League
The Springfield Urban League (SUL) was established in 1926.
Initially, the Urban League served as a clearinghouse for the social
welfare problems of the African American and low income
populations. Over the years, the SUL has successfully administered
a variety of community service-oriented and/or educational
programs such as WIC; Adolescent Responsibility Program;
Head Start; Project Personal Best; the Zero to Three Head Start;
Wee Grow; and the Community Health Training Center (CHTC).

Community Health Training Center
The Illinois WIC Training Center (IWTC) of Springfield was
established in January of 1991. Both State and local agency
personnel from the WIC program were trained in programmatic
issues and computer software use in accordance with Illinois
Department of Public Health guidelines.

In 1993, with the introduction of the Healthy Moms/Healthy Kids
training, the IWTC was renamed the Community Health Training
Center. The CHTC expanded to Chicago in 1994 in preparation for
the delivery of the Cornerstone computer software training. Now
that Cornerstone implementation is complete, CHTC has returned
to programmatic training for management, professional and
clerical staff, as well as expanding services to include a variety of
Human Services and Public Health programs and distance learning.