UCAN (Chicago)
LaChondia Reece has extensive experience in administrative and provider support roles, currently serving as Administrative Assistant II/Provider Network Support Specialist at UCAN in Chicago since September 2012, where responsibilities include supporting 80 therapists and implementing credentialing with various commercial and managed care organizations. Prior to this, LaChondia held multiple positions at JPMorgan Chase from September 1997 to June 2010, including Implementation Specialist in Treasury & Security Services, where LaChondia processed user requests and exceeded productivity goals, as well as Senior Operations Specialist in Domestic Collections, providing customer service for NSF checks. LaChondia holds a Bachelor of Arts in Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies from Governors State University and an Associate of Arts in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource from Richard J. Daley College.
UCAN (Chicago)
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UCAN builds strong youth and families through compassionate healing, education, and empowerment. Since the Civil War, UCAN has served the most vulnerable children, youth, and families, and has grown over 145 years into a premier social service agency serving over 10,000 individuals annually. UCAN programs address the impact of trauma: with a consistent presence, meaningful programs, and unrivaled organizational diversity and cultural competence. These trauma-informed programs include clinical and counseling services, support for pregnant or parenting teens, foster care placement, a therapeutic youth home, a therapeutic day school, transitional living programs, workforce development, youth leadership development, and violence prevention. At the heart of it all, UCAN’s vision is that youth who have suffered trauma can become our future leaders. UCAN is a consistent and compassionate presence in the lives of those who are most at risk. We start with the premise that communities with challenges possess strengths upon which they can build. From this premise evolves an approach to community support that fosters collaboration with existing neighborhood resources to strengthen communities, one youth at a time. UCAN’s community efforts provide leadership development, supportive jobs for youth, individual healing, and mentoring. UCAN's founding is rooted in spirituality. In 1869, UCAN was founded by members of St. Pauls United Church of Christ (UCC) to provide a home for orphaned children of Civil War soldiers. The UCC and its predecessors have long advocated for social justice, including the struggle for the abolition of slavery and being the first to ordain African-Americans, women, and openly gay persons as clergy. Diversity is a core UCAN value, reflected in our staff, our minority-led Board of Directors, and our clients. It is vitally important that UCAN counteract the influence of discrimination on our communities, families and youth.