Councilmember outlines Peoria Area mental health collaborative to address gaps in services
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Council member Gordon Young briefed the council on a proposed Peoria Area collaborative that will focus on mental health, substance use, homelessness and service coordination across public, private and resident stakeholders.
Council member Gordon Young gave an update July 22 on plans to form a Peoria Area mental health collaborative aimed at coordinating services across public, private and resident stakeholders to address growing needs for mental-health care, substance-use services and supports for people leaving foster care.
Gordon Young said staff reviewed the city’s 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment and found a marked drop in self-reported community mental health between 2016 and 2022. She said the collaborative will focus on social services broadly — including substance-use treatment and homelessness interventions — because many service gaps are rooted in cross-system issues such as housing, juvenile and adult services, and jail diversion.
She described the initiative as tri-sector: involving private, public and resident stakeholders. Gordon Young said the group will track needs and offer recommendations to fill service gaps and improve coordination, and she pledged to provide council updates on progress. She also provided contact information for anyone who wants to participate.
No formal motion or funding request accompanied the update; the presentation was informational and councilmembers asked procedural questions about how updates and next steps will be reported to the full council.