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Crystal Lake Teen Center "The Break" outlines suspension-alternative program and prevention services to mental health board
Summary
The Break detailed a circle-of-support model including a school suspension alternative, summer program, music lessons and youth leadership initiatives, and described funding from District 47 and a separate AHP grant that supported pilots.
Bridal Apples, founder and acting executive director of the Crystal Lake Teen Center ("The Break"), described a multi-part prevention and youth-engagement program and asked the McHenry County Mental Health Board to continue and expand support for staffing and programming.
The Break presented a "circle of support" that includes a drop-in program, an out-of-school suspension alternative, a summer program, free trial music lessons, and youth leadership initiatives across multiple communities. "Our goal at the Break is to provide our adolescents and our young adults with…
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