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PATH board president Rod Ebert said Tuesday they are "shocked and deeply saddened" that the Bloomington-based nonprofit will be losing the statewide 988 call center grant.
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PATH has blundered multiple grant opportunities in recent months. Now, it's lost out on $9.5 million and the chance to be the state's backup 988 call center for another year.
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Integrity Counseling was founded on a pay-your-way model to help those who lack the funds to access therapy in McLean County. The nonprofit is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
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County Board Chair Catherine Metsker said she thinks the county's behavioral health advisory group lacks structure, and she’s tackling the issue head-on. Her self-identified “ambitious goal” is to formalize policies and procedures for the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council — for the first time in its history — and she wants to get it done in under six months.
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Mental health services in Illinois prisons are among the worst in the country, creating “abysmal and harmful” conditions for staff and inmates, with Pontiac Correctional Center fostering a “disgusting and neglected environment,” according to a consultant’s report on mental health care in Illinois facilities.
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Smaller health care businesses in Illinois have been waiting on insurance claim payments from Health Alliance — an insurance company based in Champaign and operated by Carle Health — for over a month, leaving some of these providers in an uncomfortable financial situation.
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McLean County’s Director of Behavioral Health Coordination Kevin McCall announced his resignation Tuesday in an email to colleagues and WGLT. His last day is April 19, and the county is releasing an application for the position soon.
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McLean County Board Chair Catherine Metsker suspended meetings for the behavioral health advisory committee. She's given little detail about what that might mean for committee members or the public. Here's what WGLT knows so far.
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A request for $100,000 in stopgap funding for YWCA McLean County's Stepping Stones has proved contentious, with multiple County Board meetings mired by discussing proper protocol and procedure. Despite this, two boards approved the proposal and the full County Board is set to vote on it Thursday.
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In the 1980s, when jail was about the only place many suffering mental illness were sent, Judy Buchanan worked with administrators at BroMenn Hospital in Normal to accept and treat those patients.