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Local providers urge continued funding for county mental-health services
Summary
Local nonprofit and service providers told the Stephenson County Finance Committee on Oct. 10 that 2-1-1, peer supports and nonprofit programs are filling urgent gaps in mental-health care and asked the committee to continue funding.
Carrie Helm, president of the Stephenson County Mental Health Board, and representatives of United Way, Grama Disability Resources and Services, Malcolm Eaton Enterprises and the county Veterans Assistance Commission told the Stephenson County Finance Committee on Oct. 10 that mental-health services in the county lack sufficient funding and that county support should continue.
Helm said the county has been “hit hard with the mental health crisis” and that local providers are “maxed out” but keep “show[ing] up.” Jamie Culler, representing United Way of Northwest Illinois, asked the committee to “maintain funding for 2-1-1 and community mental health,” saying 2-1-1 assisted 552 county…
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