Baby Fold

The Baby Fold's early childhood mental health consultants help child care providers across Livingston, McLean, Ford and DeWitt counties with social-emotional learning.

McLean County System of Care is hosting its first Youth and Family Resource Fair from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Western Avenue Community Center in Bloomington.

McLean County’s new Family Treatment Court accepted its first client and received a $750,000 grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to fund operations.

The Baby Fold in Normal has served McLean County for over a century, and now, it’ll do so from an additional location in Bloomington called the Center of Excellence. The nonprofit will use the space at 1701 W. Market St. to host training surrounding trauma-informed care.

One of the area's largest Christmas-themed fundraisers is marking 30 years. The Baby Fold is hosting its annual Festival of Trees through Saturday at the Interstate Center in Bloomington.

Major projects include creating a universal screening tool for mental health in schools across districts, introducing an additional youth psychiatrist in the community, and starting at-home care visits.

While McLean County nonprofits have struggled, they don’t seem to be seeing the critical decreases in funding and workforce volatility that is crippling nonprofits elsewhere.

The Baby Fold — a nonprofit and community partner to Fairview Elementary School — is using a McLean County Health Department grant for regulating student behavior.

The Baby Fold's pilot doula initiative is the first of its kind in Illinois. Doulas assist with new parents' birth plan and have expertise in mood disorders related to pregnancy and birth.

The Baby Fold board has named a new CEO, Clete Winkelmann, to replace Dianne Schultz, who is retiring.