Behavioral Health

McLean County’s Mental Health and Public Safety Fund Advisory Council is recommending around $1 million from the $1.5 million 2025 budget to go toward a non-congregate project for the unhoused population.

The Community Health Care Clinic's new executive director said one of her priorities is to raise awareness of the primary care provider.

A $21.7 million state grant is helping area organizations fulfill a promise to get wraparound services for youth in McLean County.

The McLean County Board of Health got around 13 applications from groups looking to fund behavioral health efforts. It's chosen seven projects, all with a mental health focus.

The McLean County Board will change to a Democratic majority next month. That hasn’t happened before. Democrats and Republicans are forecasting nuanced changes in how the railroad runs.

McLean County is searching for behavioral health topics to center multiple mini forums around in 2025. It's a departure from the large Behavioral Health Community Forum the county has historically hosted annually.

After 14 years on the county board's district largely serving south Bloomington, Susan Schafer will end her term this year after losing in Tuesday's election. She said her legacy is in health.

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.

Meetings for the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council — a newly independent body that convenes area health and social service experts with government officials to discuss community behavioral health efforts in McLean County — are going private for the first time in the group’s history. Members say it should improve dialogue and get better results.

The Behavioral Health Coordinating Council narrowed its scope for 2024-2025, identifying five key areas of improvement. In short, they are to educate on area resources, advance services and access for vulnerable populations, increase safe, temporary shelter, expand the behavioral health workforce and explore opportunities to share health data across service providers.