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The McLean County Center for Human Services is offering two public training courses related to mental health, with funding coming from a federal grant.
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The odds seem stacked against people experiencing homelessness who want mental health treatment, but providers in Bloomington-Normal are working to make that change.
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The center recently was awarded $1 million to become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, responsible for 24/7 crisis outreach and care coordination.
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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.
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A New Horizon is a peer recovery community center open to people with substance use disorders, as well as their friends and family. It opened Wednesday.
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McLean County received a grant to expand and improve youth and adolescent mental health services, which it's been lacking in for years.
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More than five years into a worsening behavioral health workforce shortage, the county, community partners and local colleges are still trying to recruit new workers and bounce back.
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A new mental health crisis center has opened in downtown Bloomington with limited hours because of a staffing shortage. The McLean County Center for Human Services runs the crisis center. CEO Joan Hartman says the goal is to make it a 24/7 facility.
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Chestnut Health Systems and the McLean County Center for Human Services plan to coordinate care for their clients by placing staff at each other's facilities and sharing electronic medical records.
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The McLean County Center for Human Services will take over operations of the county's walk-in crisis facility, if the County Board approves.