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Letters: Chicago’s Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement Program isn’t a success. But it can be.

nami_admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:52:16 +0000

Letters: Chicago’s Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement Program isn’t a success. But it can be.

Chicago’s Crisis Assistance Response & Engagement Program (CARE), once a promising model for coordinating public health and safety in response to mental health crises, has been reduced to a siloed and opaque existence. Around the country, other cities are deploying coordinated responses to mental health emergencies with collaboration and transparency.

In Durham, North Carolina, crisis teams have responded to over 25,000 calls since 2022. In a jarring contrast, Chicago’s CARE teams have responded to fewer than 3,000 calls in about as much time. Yet recent rhetoric from City Hall characterizes CARE as a success.

It’s not. But it can be.

First, the city must build capacity at 911 to better assess and identify behavioral health calls. Chicago’s 911 identifies fewer than 2% of calls as involving a mental health or substance use crisis, significantly below what national studies suggest. If we cannot identify the callers who are experiencing behavioral health emergencies, we cannot deliver an alternate response such as CARE.

Second, the public needs transparent and accessible safety data, including CARE’s response statistics, to understand whether the program is operating as intended. At one point, CARE had a public dashboard, but it was removed.

Third, building capacity that adds behavioral health responders to our traditional emergency response options is essential to reimagining crisis response so we reduce harm and save lives. Our Fire and Police Departments remain the primary responders to crisis calls in Chicago, in part because of the responsibilities placed upon them by law and regulation. Given this, increased collaboration and support of those personnel is necessary. The goal should be not to replace those responders, but to make sure they have the necessary capacity and training and that CARE is available alongside them.

Lastly, CARE should not be treated as a stand-alone program, but as a critical component of Chicago’s broader mental health and crisis response system. Any investment in CARE is amplified when it is braided into the larger crisis continuum and alongside 988 and federally and state funded mobile crisis teams.

CARE is a sorely needed service and a worthwhile endeavor. But our city’s approach to mental health crises remains anemic and insufficient, and thousands of people remain without the right response. More vans and increased hours are not going to solve the fundamental gaps.

All of the needed improvements are within reach, and if integrated, Chicago can truly reimagine how we respond to people experiencing crisis.

— Matt Davison, CEO, NAMI Chicago

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Statement from NAMI Chicago on the Restoration of 988 LGBTQ+ Crisis Services

nami_admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:33:17 +0000

CHICAGO – NAMI Chicago welcomes the restoration of specialized LGBTQ+ crisis services through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s “Press 3” option.

As one of the largest chapters of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, we reach tens of thousands of people each year. We became a 988 call center in January 2024, and since then we have answered more than 55,000 calls.

Specialized crisis support strengthens 988 by recognizing that different communities face different barriers to care. We know this kind of support can help someone get through a moment of crisis and ultimately save lives.

Over the past several months, NAMI Chicago has consistently joined advocates, public officials, and community partners in calling publicly for the restoration of these services, including through press conferences and conversations focused on protecting access to specialized, affirming crisis support.

We are grateful to Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, The Trevor Project, Equality Illinois, and the many advocates, providers, and young people who helped push for these services to return.

Restoring this resource is an important step toward ensuring every person who reaches out for help can access responsive, affirming support. Now, the focus must be on making sure these services remain strong, accessible, and available to every young person who needs them.

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ABC 7 Chicago – Our Chicago: DJ Commando’s father shares his story during Suicide Prevention Month

nami_admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:47:05 +0000

CHICAGO (WLS) — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 49,000 Americans died by suicide in 2024.

The number of people who thought about or attempted suicide reached into the millions. The CDC estimates 14.3 million seriously considered it, and 2.2 million attempted suicide.

September is Suicide Prevention Month. Jasmine Watkins is the chief program officer with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Chicago.

Watkins says there are signs someone might be struggling. But she says more than that, they talk about noticing changes.

“Things that you might notice would be changes in things that people are saying. People might be talking about giving away possessions or not wanting to be here or feeling hopeless, feeling like a burden, potentially. Changes in mood, appetite, sleep. Someone who usually reaches out to connect and is really connected to their community, might start isolating,” Watkins said.

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Why have kids’ mental health ER visits increased by 74%?

nami_admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:50:05 +0000

Matt Davison, CEO of NAMI Chicago, joins Lisa Dent to talk about how kids’ suicide ER visits have spiked. Matt talks about the importance of youth mental health education and the engagement of parents and students in recognizing signs and symptoms. For more information on NAMI Chicago, visit namichicago.org.

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Chicago Sun-Times: Illinois officials press Trump administration to restore crisis lifeline for LGBTQ+ youth

nami_admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:39:29 +0000

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and others are pushing the administration to restore the “Press 3” option on the nation’s 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which previously provided specialized crisis services for LGBTQ+ youth.

Illinois officials said it’s time to put pressure on the Trump administration to restore a lifeline they say can save the lives of LGBTQ+ youth experiencing mental health crises.

Officials, including U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, are pushing the administration to restore the “Press 3” option on the nation’s 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which previously provided specialized crisis services for LGBTQ+ youth.

“These were people, perhaps on the worst days of their life, at the worst hour of their day, reaching out for someone in the darkness to help save their life,” Krishnamoorthi said at a news conference Thursday.

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-8th) speaks about the effort to restore 988 during a press conference at NAMI Chicago at 224 W Hill St in River North on Thursday.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

The 988 Lifeline, including services for veterans and LGBTQ+ youth, was signed into law by President Donald Trump during his first term. But in July 2025, the administration ended the specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth, saying the hotline would no longer “silo” those services and would instead focus on “serving all help seekers.”

Krishnamoorthi said the service was canceled as part of the administration’s “anti-DEI efforts.” The administration, however, said the “Press 3” option had exhausted the funds allocated for 988 Lifeline LGBTQ+ subnetwork services.

The administration said Congress had allocated more than $33 million for the LGBTQ+ services in 2025, but the funding was fully spent by June.

But Illinois officials said LGBTQ+ youth face a higher risk of mental health crises and should have access to specialized crisis services that provide “affirming support.”

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NAMI Chicago Hosts Press Conference Calling for Restoration of 988 LGBTQ+ Crisis Services

nami_admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:16:36 +0000

September 10, 2026

NAMI Chicago joined Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois Department of Human Services Secretary Dulce Quintero, The Trevor Project, Equality Illinois, and other partners for a press conference calling for the restoration of the specialized 988 LGBTQ+ “Press 3” option.

The service was designed to connect LGBTQ+ young people with trained crisis counselors who understand the unique challenges and barriers to care they may face. Speakers highlighted the importance of restoring this dedicated support and strengthening crisis services so people can access timely, affirming care when they need it.

NAMI Chicago has served as a 988 call center since January 2024 and has answered more than 53,000 calls from people seeking support for themselves, a loved one, or someone in their community.

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Letters to the Editor | Chicago Sun Times – Emergency departments need better grip on children’s mental health

nami_admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:09:34 +0000

Our emergency rooms are telling us something alarming about children’s mental health. We should listen. A new statewide survey of Illinois emergency departments, led by Dr. Jennifer Hoffman of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, offers one of the clearest pictures yet of what happens (and what doesn’t happen) when a child arrives at an emergency department with a purported behavioral health crisis.

Emergency care coordinators across the state do their work with dedication and skill. But many survey respondents admittedly practice at hospitals with no dedicated pediatric inpatient unit, and only about half of those have a mental health professional on site. As summarized in the report, only 56% of such providers consistently deliver every recommended element of safety planning before a child goes home. Only 25% routinely schedule a follow-up mental health appointment before discharge. Even the most skilled emergency personnel are limited by their available resources.

Answers aren’t beyond reach or reason. The study highlights how many care teams have little-to-no sensible referrals or placements available, and that emergency staff are ill-equipped to meet certain needs that extend well beyond an immediate crisis. The result is prolonged boarding. Children wait in emergency departments, sometimes longer than three days, because there is nowhere else for them to go. We would not tolerate this for a child with an urgent physical injury. Why do we expect children with mental health conditions to simply endure?

An emergency room should be one door among many, not the only door. That means investing in the continuum around the hospital: mobile crisis teams, which research links to fewer repeat emergency department visits among youth; real-time visibility into psychiatric bed availability for quicker placements when appropriate; peer and family support that begins before a crisis and continues after discharge; and community settings where a young person can stabilize with dignity. It also means better support inside the ER while children wait and wait.

This is fixable. Coordination matters. So does dedicating real resources to it. Families, policymakers, health plans, hospitals, schools and community organizations all share responsibility for building a system where fewer children reach the ER in crisis. Above all, the study underscores that we can all do better for our children’s mental health.

– Matt Davison, CEO, NAMI Chicago

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Leadership Greater Chicago Selects the 2027 Class of Signature Fellows

nami_admin — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:05:18 +0000

Leadership Greater Chicago Selects the 2027 Class of Signature Fellows

43 esteemed cross-sector professionals will convene to drive transformational change in the region

CHICAGO, IL (July 23, 2026) – Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC) today announced the 43 distinguished leaders selected for the 2027 Class of Signature Fellows, representing the 42nd Class of the region’s premier civic leadership development program. They join LGC’s diverse network of cross-sector business and civic leaders committed to spearheading transformative change.

Representing a cross-section of professionals from the corporate, nonprofit, philanthropic, government, and education sectors, these accomplished leaders will engage in a 10-month civic leadership development fellowship heralded for its immersive learning experience that leverages the city as a classroom. This unique fellowship exposes leaders to the Greater Chicago Region’s civic landscape while activating them to tackle critical socioeconomic issues affecting the region – from community safety, health inequality and access to affordable housing to education and workforce and economic development.

“Now, more than ever, our Fellows represent the collective power that is needed to meet the moment and steer our communities through challenging and uncertain times,” said LGC Chief Executive Officer Myetie Hamilton (LGC Fellow since 2016). “We welcome the diverse perspectives and passion for meaningful collaborations that the LGC Signature Fellows Class of 2027 will bring and the promise of transformation that is possible when compassionate, courageous cross-sector civic leaders come together and work across lines of difference to improve the lives of Chicagoans for generations.”

Presenting the LGC Class of 2027:

Nicole A. Allen – Partner, Jenner & Block LLP
Dr. Fareeda Shabazz Anderson – Principal, Walter Payton College Prep – Chicago Public Schools
Liz Aquino, PhD., RN, FAAN – Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing
Jessica Balfour – Vice President, Communications and Marketing, ComEd
Erica Bauer, PhD. – Director, Third Horizon
Nika Levando Birman, MA – Vice President, Chief of Staff, Civic Committee Commercial Club of Chicago
Miguel A. Blancarte, Jr. – Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs, Metropolitan Family Services
Eva Brown – Head of Community Reinvestment, BMO
Natalie C. Chan – Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Jessica Chu – Senior Vice President & Director of Strategic Engagement, Northern Trust
C. Richard Costes – Commissioner, Illinois Commission on Equity and Inclusion
Jemia J. Cunningham-Elder – Chief Executive Officer, North Lawndale College Prep
Elizabeth Davis, MD – Associate Chief Medical Officer, Community Health Equity, Rush University System for Health
Chelsea G. Dawkins – Partnerships Lead, Vivo Foundation
Vikas K. Didwania – Complex Litigation Counsel, Illinois Attorney General’s Office
Dr. Roni-Nicole Facen – Principal & CEO, St. Francis de Sales High School
Cheryl Flores – Director of Community Engagement, Advance Illinois
Christyn S. Freemon – Executive Director, Fawohodie Foundation
Gerardo G. Garcia – Principal and Founder, The Urbanism Bureau
Melissa A. Hamilton – Senior Director – Strategy, Planning and Execution, Elevance Health
Joshua Harris – Vice President, Public Engagement, The Barack Obama Foundation
Shannon Jacobson – Director of Capital Markets, Illinois Housing Development Authority
Lea Jesse – Vice President and Executive Director, Cubs Charities
Keenan Johnston – Director of Growth Capital and Sustainability, Henry Crown & Company
Tyeise Huntley Jones – Director, Nonprofit Leadership Programs and Partnerships Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Mackenzie Kurth – Chief of Staff to the Chairman, PSP Partners
Anthony Lopez – Director, Community Affair, Nicor Gas
Tequilla Lopez, MSPH – Area Vice President, Community Engagement, Advocate Health Care
Jorge L. Matos – Chief of SC2 Implementation, Chicago CRED – SC2
Chika O. Okafor – Assistant Professor of Law and Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Elizabeth Okey – Vice President, Community Impact, Wintrust
Kalindi Parikh – Strategy Director, Current
Mariam Pera – Cross-Foundation Program Officer, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Danielle K. Perry – Vice President of Policy, Advocacy and Community Engagement, Greater Chicago Food Depository
Melissa Pillars – Executive Director, JPMorganChase
Callie M. Rummel – Managing Director and Group Head, CIBC Bank US
Christine Saffold – Director of Impact and Economic Advancement, Greater Chatham Initiative
Kyle T. Schulz – Deputy of Strategic Advancement, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Andrew Shadid – CEO, Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Nicholas R. Vallorano – Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
Jasmine Watkins, LCPC – Chief Program Officer, NAMI Chicago
Matt Westerlund – Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Rosa Zamora – Chief Executive Officer, NewRoot Learning Institute

More than 1,600 leaders have successfully completed LGC’s world-class civic leadership development fellowships since 1985. LGC Fellows are involved in leading significant cross-sector partnerships, such as Sankofa Wellness Village in West Garfield Park, which was awarded the $10M Chicago Prize to help close the neighborhood’s life expectancy gap and drive economic investment; the Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation, a collaborative hub for high-performing workforce training and wealth-building programs in the Austin neighborhood; and the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, a first-of-its-kind park hosting a full ecosystem of companies, researchers, suppliers, end users and other partners to cement the Midwest as an innovation hub and accelerate the development of quantum technologies, offering new tools for solving global problems and bringing thousands of jobs to the region.

“As leaders, it’s easy to spend most of our time focused on the priorities immediately in front of us — business performance, transformation, growth and execution. LGC provided something equally important: the opportunity to step outside our own organizations and gain a deeper understanding of the people, communities and systems that shape Chicago,” said Salesforce Vice President of Enterprise Transformation Robin Glover (LGC Fellow since 2026). “What I leave with most is a renewed appreciation for the power of collaboration. The challenges facing our city are complex, but the leaders dedicated to addressing them are resilient, creative and willing to do the work.”

Each year, a new class of leaders for the LGC Signature Fellows Program is selected through a competitive application process and approved by the LGC Board of Directors. Upon successful completion of all program requirements, they are recognized as LGC Fellows. The application for the Class of 2028 will open in October 2026. For more information, visit www.lgcchicago.org.

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About Leadership Greater Chicago

Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC) is the region’s premier civic leadership development incubator, delivering the knowledge and network to lead bold, transformative change. LGC convenes, connects, and activates the area’s most promising leaders around key socioeconomic issues through dynamic education and experiential activities. These diverse individuals represent the most prominent corporate, nonprofit, philanthropic, government, and education organizations. 

LGC creates connectivity among its Fellows to positively impact not only themselves but their employees, their constituents, their clients, their neighbors, and their families. This connectivity is the backbone and strength of the LGC network, enabling leaders to leverage collective resources to make the Greater Chicago Region a more dynamic, inclusive, and collaborative community. 

LGC Fellows are a distinguished group that includes former First Lady Michelle Obama; Managing Partner of Emerson Collective and former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan; former Executive Chairman of Urban Partnership Bank David Vitale; Co-CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Ariel Investments John Rogers, Jr.; General Partner of Henry Crown & Company Steve Crown; Managing Partner, CAST US at Cleveland Avenue Andy Zopp; Deputy Governor for Health and Human Services for the State of Illinois Grace Hou; Chairman, Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities Rachel Arfa; President of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Brett Hart; Chancellor of Chicago City Colleges and MacArthur Genius Juan Salgado; President and CEO of Metropolitan Family Services Ric Estrada; and President and CEO of Access Living Karen Tamley. 

Leadership Greater Chicago is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. To learn more, visit: lgcchicago.org.

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NAMI Chicago Hosts Beyond Crisis Summit to Launch New Coalition Aimed at Advancing Solutions for Serious Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions

nami_admin — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:42:01 +0000

For Immediate Release:
July 7, 2026

NAMI Chicago Hosts Beyond Crisis Summit to Launch New Coalition Aimed at Advancing Solutions for Serious Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions

CHICAGO — NAMI Chicago will host its inaugural Beyond Crisis Summit on July 9, 2026, at the Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center, bringing together leaders from healthcare, government, research, philanthropy, and community-based organizations to develop common understanding and identify solutions to better support people living with serious mental health and substance use conditions who repeatedly cycle through hospitals, homelessness, and legal systems. 

The summit is the kick-off for a new coalition that will focus on fostering cross-sector collaboration, knowledge sharing, and action planning to build more empathetic, effective, and coordinated systems of care and supports.

“ “Many of us know firsthand what happens when a system mainly grapples with mental health if and only if the word “crisis” is associated with it: repeated emergency room visits; law enforcement involvement; frequent inpatient admissions; detentions at the local jail; toggling between sleeping at a shelter and on the street…This summit is about exploring how we can go beyond the singular lens of crisis and consider a system of care for serious mental illnesses further upstream, before individuals are left unhoused, untreated, and disconnected from their community. We are often so focused and invested in how we grapple with mental health crises that we don’t dedicate nearly enough time, resources, or coordination about mitigating these crises altogether. It could be less expensive. Less heartbreaking. More dignified.”  - Matt Davison, CEO, NAMI Chicago

The day-long event will feature keynote speaker, Dr. Thomas Insel, one of the nation’s leading voices on the future of mental health care, panel discussions, and breakout sessions focused on evidence-based practices, and innovative models of care that can improve outcomes for individuals living with serious mental health and substance use conditions. Participants will hear from national and local experts, researchers, individuals with lived experience, and community organizations working at the forefront of behavioral health innovation.   

Through shared learning and collaborative discussion, the Beyond Crisis Summit begins our work to identify opportunities to strengthen systems of care, reduce unnecessary crisis involvement, and improve long-term outcomes for those currently cycling from one crisis to another. Following the Summit, NAMI Chicago will convene a new community coalition that is focused on advancing both the policy changes and innovative care and supports needed to move Chicago’s mental health system beyond crisis. Information about joining this coalition is available here. 

NAMI Chicago serves more than 40,000 people each year through crisis support, care coordination, education, outreach, and advocacy. In June, NAMI Chicago was also named a 2026 Gold recipient of Mental Health America’s Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health.

To learn more about NAMI Chicago and our work, visit www.namichicago.org

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Forty-eight leading organizations denounce DOJ opinion threatening the rights of people with disabilities

nami_admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:20:35 +0000

CHICAGO — NAMI Chicago joins with 44 other leading human service, advocacy, and legal organizations today to issue the following statement denouncing the June 18 legal opinion issued by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, which seeks to dismantle one of the nation’s most important civil rights for people with disabilities: the right to receive services in their own homes and communities.

On June 18, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) released a legal opinion that aims to dismantle one of the most important civil rights protections for people with disabilities. This new opinion declares that states will no longer be required to serve people with disabilities in their own homes and communities, contrary to current law, and that the federal rules requiring it should be thrown out.

For more than 25 years, that requirement ensuring that people with disabilities receive services in community rather than being unnecessarily institutionalized has been settled ground. The Supreme Court held in Olmstead v. L.C. that the unjustified institutional isolation of people with disabilities is a form of discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. 

The Olmstead decision affirmed a simple truth: people living with disabilities belong in their communities, with their families, in their jobs and schools and neighborhoods, not warehoused out of sight.

The OLC opinion seeks to gut the bedrock recognitions of Olmstead that people with mental and intellectual disability deserve dignity, respect, and equal protection under the law. It blames the very real problems of our under-resourced social service system on the very people these systems seek to serve. However, instead of investing in proven community-based supports that work, this opinion calls for the return of failed warehouses that people enter and never leave. It argues that the federal integration rules, enforced for decades by both the Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services, are unlawful and should be rescinded. The opinion does not change the law and sets no legal precedent. But it is a clear signal of how this administration intends to enforce, or refuse to enforce, the civil rights of people with disabilities.

This is an attack on the dignity and freedom of people living with disabilities, plain and simple. The right to live in your own community, near the people who love you, is not a bureaucratic technicality. It’s a foundational protection that enables millions of our fellow Americans the freedom to live in communities of their choice rather than holding cells.  This opinion asserts government control over where people with disabilities are allowed to exist, undermining a basic freedom enjoyed by all citizens of this country.

We have spent decades supporting people as they move out of the shadows of institutions and into the lives they choose for themselves. People with disabilities are not a problem to be managed out of view. They are our neighbors, our family members, our coworkers, our friends. In fact, much of the work that’s been accomplished over the past decades would not have been possible without the leadership and efforts of so many in our field that live with disabilities. The promise of Olmstead is a community where we all can live, work, and make a difference together. We will keep fighting for that promise. 

We call on Illinois leaders to reaffirm, in the clearest possible terms, that this state will continue to invest in community-based care and honor the integration mandate regardless of what Washington says. And we call on Illinoisans to stand together in defending community-based care and opposing these efforts to dismantle civil rights.

Supporting Organizations

•   NAMI Chicago
•   Trilogy
• Thresholds
• Gateway to Learning
• Illinois Psychiatric Society
•   Josselyn
•   Access Living
•   Legal Council for Health Justice
•   AIDS Foundation Chicago
•   Center for Housing and Health
•   Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
•   Community Behavioral Healthcare Association of IL (CBHA)
•   Rozovics Law Firm, LLC
•   NAMI Illinois
•   NAMI – Greater Mississippi Valley
•   Center for Disability & Elder Law
•   NAMI Metro Suburban
•   NAMI Kane-south, DeKalb, and Kendall Counties
•   Children’s Place Association
•   Mental Health America of Illinois
•   NAMI Lake County Illinois
•   Will County Community Mental Health Board
•   NAMI Northwest Suburbs Chicago
•   NAMI Northern Illinois
•   Citizen Action/Illinois
•   ACLU of Illinois
•   EverThrive Illinois
•   Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
•   National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Illinois Chapter
•   Inseparable
•   Equip for Equality
•   Treatment Alternatives for Stronger Communities
•   The Illinois Psychological Association
•   Healthy Illinois Campaign
•   Reuland Law, LLC
•   Alliance for Community Services
•   Humanize Long Term Care Campaign
•   Monahan Law Group, LLC
•   Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
•   Libenu
•   Holistic Healing Source
•   Jorwic Family
•   Illinois Alliance of Peer Professionals
•   AgeOptions
•   JCFS Chicago
•   Housing Action Illinois
•   Housing Task Force
•   Jewish United Fund

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