After about 20 years of vacancy, a brick cottage on the edge of Ascension Saint Francis Hospital’s property underwent renovations. The doors were opened on Oct. 1 — not to a new family but as an alternative...
The Illinois Department of Human Services and Google Public Sector will launch a new online portal by July 3 to streamline family access to youth behavioral and mental health resources.
The state is...
Before the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline launched nationally last July, experts often dubbed it 911 for mental health crises: a short, easy-to-remember emergency number that any person could phone.
Seven...
When Pat Ryan Nelson began organizing donations for Afghan refugees, she started to call herself the “baby clothes folder.”
Now, Nelson — a retired teacher for Evanston/Skokie School District...
Over $327 million of household utilities assistance funding is now available to support low-income Illinois residents regardless of immigration status, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced this week.
The funding...
