The population of southern Illinois is largely rural, under the national poverty level, medically underserved and consists of a proportion of elderly above the national norms. In addition, the local hospital, and only hospital in White County, abruptly and improperly closed placing the community and surrounding areas in extraordinary medical crisis with a heightened risk of life and limb. These factors motivated members of the community of Carmi, Illinois to formally organize as Phoenix Foundation of Southern Illinois, Inc. NFP for the purpose of facilitating and restoring health care services and all allied uses and purposes thereto.

Due to the crisis and imminent danger to the population of Carmi, IL and the surrounding area, the restoration of hospital, emergency, and needed long term care services to White County is the current Board ratified project. Our efforts will continue to focus on health care needs in the southern Illinois area in the coming years