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B
C
A
Everybody
to
the
mental
health
word
putting
in
the
request
for
proposals
we're
going
to
start
we're
going
to
try
to
keep
on
a
5
minute
for
each
agency
and
we'll
do
we'll
ask
the
board
if
there's
any
questions.
So
let's
try
to
keep
my
jack
and
let's,
let's
get
started.
The
first
agency
is
childcare
network
of
Evanston.
D
E
The
childcare
network
of
Evanston
usually
referred
to
as
CND.
Our
proposal
for
funding
was
entitled
learning
together
and
our
phone
number
is
eight
four,
seven,
four,
seven,
five,
two
six
six
one.
Our
website
is
child
care
network
of
Evanston
org
and
our
address
is
1335
dodge
Avenue.
We
are
located
across
from
the
high
school
and
halfway
to
the
Burger
King
I
want
to.
F
E
E
Then
we
have
other
grants
that
help
support
parents
in
other
ways
and
children
in
other
ways.
So
this
actually
is
our
50th
year
birthday
that
we're
celebrating
we
have
been
supporting
children,
families
and
early
educators
in
our
community
for
50
years.
It's
never
been
as
important
as
it
is
right
now
with
the
news
that
over
half
of
the
children
who
are
entering
our
school
district
kindergarten
testing
a
couple
weeks,
a
months
after
entering
as
not
being
fully
prepared
for
kindergarten.
Our
work
has
never
been
more
critical.
E
It's
not
that
the
early
educators
are
not
doing
their
job.
In
fact,
we
have
are
so
blessed
and
lucky
and
Evans
have
an
army
of
qualified,
dedicated,
competent
early
educators.
It's
the
classrooms,
look
different
to
these
days,
children
for
reasons
that
we
are
all
trying
to
figure
out
our
entering
stressed
out
of
sorts
and
unable
to
regulate
themselves,
and
so
that
is
the
essence
of
the
learning
together
program
that
we
are
asking
for
and
asking
to
expand.
E
Early
educators
need
our
help.
They,
as
I
said
they're
competent,
but
their
classrooms
look
different
and
they
they
need
some
support.
They
need
education,
they
need
professional
development
in
order
to
successfully
handle
their
classrooms.
These
days,
the
Mental
Health
Board
has
supported
us
through
the
learning
together
program
for
many
many
years
this
year
we
made
the
decision
to
drop
our
proposal
for
scholarships
and
expand
our
ask
in
the
learning
together
program
because
we
felt
it
could
provide
a
greater
impact
for
the
children.
E
We
are
thinking
bigger
this
year
in
terms
of
learning
together,
so
we
have
increased
our
proposal
asked.
If
we
are
granted
this
money,
we
would
love
to
expand
to
two
more
schools
at
least
one
more
school,
but
we
do
have
two
more
schools
and
Evanston
in
mind
that
we
have
talked
to
who
are
craving
learning
together
services.
E
And
lastly,
we
would
like
to
be
able
to
have
a
speech
and
language
therapist,
all
of
which
are
licensed
and
certified,
provide
or
perform
screenings
for
all
the
children
in
the
learning
together
sites
as
a
way
of
trying
to
catch
early.
Some
of
the
challenges
that
so.
Thank
you
again
for
this
any
questions.
A
E
J
D
J
Name
is
Jennifer
Simpson,
Lee
and
I.
Am
the
chief
advancement
officer
at
youth,
inopportune
known
as
well
yield
I'm
joined
by
our
director
of
clinical?
How
many
services
ability
Rose,
allow
you
respectfully
requests
I
would
Simmons
will
help
or
funds
for
our
trauma-informed
Youth
and
Family
Services
weiu
is
headquartered
at
1911,
Church,
Street.
D
J
Unity
for
nearly
50
years,
meaning
the
emerging
needs
of
youth
and
their
families.
In
that
2018
2020
program
year,
we
will
serve
750,
Everton
youth
and
an
after-school
as
summer
learning
programs
at
no
cost
to
families.
These
youth
attend
the
eighth
highest
league.
Title
Wood
has
three
levels
of
every
stone:
das,
Oakton
Walker
and
Washington
Elementary
Schools
sheep
and
Nichols
Middle
School's
King
arts
magnet
and
Evanston
Township
High
School.
J
The
youth
serves
by
while
you'll
face
needs
caused
by
systemic
issues,
including
poverty,
racism,
family
trauma,
community
violence
and
limited
access
to
resources
and
serve
by
providing
a
holistic
program.
Ii
that
recognizes
the
full
child.
While
you
ensures
that
youth
have
the
opportunity
to
reach
their
fullest
potential
and
succeed,
you
serve
youth
and
third
to
both
grades.
Fifty-Three
percent,
currently
our
female
identify
than
44
70
percent
male
identified,
a
minimum
of
71%
of
our
youth
are
low
income
as
defined
by
recipients
of
free
or
reduced
lunch.
J
93%
of
those
we
serve
are
different
color,
currently
56
percent,
black
18
percent,
Latin
X
and
17
percent
multiracial
or
other
approximately
15
to
20
percent
of
the
youth
we
serve
have
limited
English
proficiency.
Our
service
model
is
unique.
Our
trauma-informed
relationship-based
programs
offer
innovative
and
accessible
social
and
emotional
supports
for
low-income
youth
at
their
schools.
J
The
school-based
studies,
our
programs,
embed
youth
and
family
counselors,
who
are
master
degree
clinicians,
as
you
are
out-of-school
time,
programming
in
Java
start
to
offer
services
to
youth
and
familiar
and
accessible
settings
dispels
the
service
gap
for
some
of
the
evidence
highest
need
family.
Why
do
partners
with
schools,
families
and
other
community
partners
for
an
operative
programming?
Our
holistic
approach,
because
there's
the
social,
emotional
and
academic
needs
of
youth
ryu
can
clinicians
continue
to
experience
and
respond
to
dramatic
increases
from
our
staff
in
referrals
for
clinical
services.
J
Some
of
the
mental
health
supports
that
we
offer
include
project-based
learning
that
allows
you
to
develop
social-emotional
skills
and
build
agency,
competencies
and
leadership.
Psycho-Educational
groups,
which
are
therapeutic
groups
that
provide
a
low-risk
entryway
and
offer
an
effective
or
an
effective
alternative
for
many
refugee
immigrant
and
low-income
youth
for
new
traditional
psychotherapy
conflicts
with
cultural
norms.
J
Individual
family
constantly
supports
improve
daily
functioning
communication
and
relationship
building
our
family
engagement
activities,
foster
support
networks
and
build
skill
building
for
caregivers,
and
finally,
we
offer
a
trauma-informed
age-appropriate
sexual
health,
healthy
relationship
program
for
our
middle
and
high
school
youth
that
utilizes
an
evidence-based
curriculum
and
provides
two
separate
weekly,
safer
spaces
group
for
LGBTQ,
plus
middle
and
high
school
youth.
These
services
are
critical
to
meet
you
mental
health
needs
of
underserved,
youth
and
families.
J
While
you
serves
the
entire
understand
community,
there
are
school-based
programs,
a
regular
community
programming
and
outreach
from
our
headquarters
located
in
the
fifth
Ward.
You
think,
a
bit
across
Evanston
through
our
street
outreach
program
and
housing
crisis,
support
and
homeless
prevention
across
the
community,
their
management
of
our
24
hour
a
day
7
day
a
week,
melody
can
attest.
C
J
Hotlines,
while
you
is
fortunate
to
be
based
in
a
collaborative
and
generous
community
across
our
programming,
we
seek
to
work
in
partnership
to
enrich
the
lives
of
Anniston,
youth
and
families,
avoid
duplication
of
services
and
close
the
opportunity
to
to
prepare
youth
for
post-secondary
in
their
success.
Thank
you
for
your
service.
K
D
N
Name
is
Jennifer
Jenks
and
I
am
the
clinical
program
manager
for
Metropolitan,
Family,
Services,
Services,
Evanston,
Skokie
valley
and
also
the
direct
supervisor
of
our
family
support
and
Prevention
Program
metropolises
Evanston
Skokie
offices
are
in
820
Davis
suite
218
Evanston
and
5
2015
10
main
in
scope.
The
main
phone
number
is
eight
four,
seven,
four
to
five
7500
and
our
website
is.
N
Skokie
Valley
region
and
Haley
Hanson,
who
is
the
clinical
program
supervisor
of
our
behavioral
health
programs
as
I,
am
telling
you
about
our
program.
I
want
you
to
think
about
a
father
in
his
60s,
who
has
not
been
in
his
8
year
old
son's
life
for
most
of
his
son's
life,
but
who
becomes
the
primary
parent
for
his
son
after
the
son's
mother
passes
away
Buell
the
client
and
his
son
were
thrown
together
and
had
to
try
to
figure
out
how
to
become
a
family
while
struggling
with
their
grief.
N
So
at
the
end
of
the
presentation,
I'm
going
to
tell
you
how
our
program
is
helping
them,
both
our
family
support
and
Prevention
Program
FSP
has
been
serving
vulnerable
Evanston
families
for
more
than
20
years.
Fsp
is
a
program
that
completely
incumbents.
It
encompasses
metropolitans
mission
of
helping
families
to
learn,
to
earn
to
heal
and
to
thrive
in
2019
metropolitan
responded
to
an
increased
need
for
children's
mental
health
services
by
expanding
FSP
to
include
direct
mental
health
services
for
children,
especially
children.
Without
insurance.
N
This
expansion
has
helped
to
strengthen
the
whole
family,
and
so
far
this
year
we
have
provided
services
to
21
children
from
the
total
of
63
clients
that
we
have
served.
We
meet
the
priorities
of
the
city
of
Evanston
and
the
mental
health
board,
because
family
support
and
prevention
addresses
basic
needs,
as
well
as
mental
health
needs
of
the
marginalized
and
vulnerable
residents.
N
Our
case
management
services
link
clients
to
resources
for
food,
housing
and
employment
and,
in
addition
to
the
services,
the
mental
health
services
for
adults,
the
expansion
of
services.
We
also
provide
the
trauma-informed
services
to
children
of
all
ages.
The
percentage
breakdown
by
race
in
calendar
year
2018
was
23%,
african-americans,
64%
Hispanic,
12
percent
white
and
1%
Asian
and
multiracial,
and
so
far
in
calendar
year
2019.
N
For
the
first
two
quarters,
the
breakdown
is
24%
african-american,
68
percent
Hispanic,
8
percent
white
98
percent
of
the
client
population
that
we
serve
is
very
low
or
low
income,
and
many
other
families
are
single
parent,
female
households.
The
purpose
of
our
program
is
to
provide
parents
and
their
children
with
mental
health
interventions,
to
provide
parents
with
tools
that
they
need
to
be
able
to
effectively
parent
their
children
and
to
improve
parent-child
difficulties,
thereby
enhancing
family
functioning.
As
we
strengthen
families,
we
also
reduce
the
risk
of
child
abuse.
N
The
program
works
exclusively
with
Evanston
residents,
offer
services
in
Spanish
and
English
and
offers
home-based
and
office
based
services.
We
try
to
meet
the
clients
where
they
are.
Therapists
has
a
master's
degree
and
has
a
lingual
also
has
the
domestic
violence.
40-Hour
training
program
focuses
on
families
with
multiple
problems
and
helps
to
address
core
issues
that
impact
a
child
and
family
functioning.
We
offer.
N
The
clinician
works
with
the
parents
and
the
children
to
identify
the
problems
and
stressors
impacting
the
family
and
also
identify
specific
mental
health
needs,
including
depression,
anxiety,
trauma
and
grief.
The
clinician
assists
parents
and
children
in
developing
skills
that
meet
their
physical,
emotional,
social
and
developmental
needs
all
MF
s.
Programs,
including
family
support
and
prevention,
provide
and
receive
data
on
outcomes
through
our
quality
and
value
apartment.
N
We're
proud
of
our
outcomes,
which
include
data
from
the
parenting
stress
index,
which
parents
complete
every
six
months,
as
well
as
data
from
the
progress
toward
treatment
goals,
which
are
updated
every
three
months.
Additionally,
Emma
fusses
high
standards
are
acknowledged
by
its
National
Council
on
accreditation
status.
Mf
s
is
truly
grateful
for
the
funding
level.
Over
the
past
years,
metropolitan
contributes
39%
of
the
overall
and
the
city
program
budget
that
the
mental
health
toward
funding
61%
of
the
program,
metropolitan
sevenson
skokie
valley
also
has
its
own.
N
We
continue
to
offer
the
parenting
fundamentals
program
to
FSP
families
in
Spanish
and
English,
one
of
the
clients
in
the
family
supported
prevention
program,
a
Hispanic
female
before
children
attended
a
class
in
Spanish
for
parents
with
children
birth
to
four,
and
this
was
in
this
year
in
2019
after
completing
services,
she
wrote
in
Spanish
on
her
evaluation
form
and
here's.
The
translation
I
learned
how
to
be
more
patient
and
listened
to
my
children's
needs
and
also
to
discipline
without
hitting
them
I
learned
strategies
to
be
a
better
role
model
and
I
to
my
children.
N
I
also
learned
to
understand
my
children's
feelings.
I
love
this
class
and
I
definitely
will
take
it
and
she
did.
She
had
the
opportunity
to
take
another
set
of
dirty
fundamentals
for
children.
This
time
the
age
group
for
the
children
was
8
to
12
and
she
wrote
on
her
valuation
also
in
Spanish,
just
translated
what
caught
my
attention
was
to
talk
to
my
children
without
yelling
and
without
losing
control.
I
learned
how
to
set
limits
for
the
children,
but
also
to
involve
them
in
the
creation
of
the
rules.
N
Our
partnerships
in
the
community
are
strong
and
they
include
a
group
that
the
family
support
and
prevention
therapists
code
facilitates
with
staff
from
district
65
at
the
Family
Center
in
Evanston
ffs'
participates
with
the
land
and
has
coordinated
the
annual
land
resource
fair.
In
the
past
few
years,
f
SP
collaborates
with
the
Maga
YMCA
and
sends
children
and
families
to
camp
echo.
N
The
therapist
also
coordinates
with
other
NFS
programs,
such
as
child
and
adolescent
mental
health,
adult
mental
health
and
adult
protective
services
to
assist
clients
I'm
going
to
end
the
presentation
by
telling
you
about
the
father
and
the
son
I
mentioned
at
the
beginning
and
how
they
have
benefited
from
the
Espie
programs
wraparound
services
in
the
past
year.
So
the
client
is
a
61
year
old,
african-american
male
and
a
single
father
of
an
8
year
old
boy.
N
The
therapists
began
working
with
the
client
and
learning
more
about
his
story
and
the
parenting
responsibilities
that
the
client
had
after
his
wife
had
passed
away.
Client
stated
that
he
had
a
very
limited
role
in
parenting
when
his
wife
was
alive.
He
did
know
his
son,
but
he
was
not
around
in
his
son's
life
very
much
and
after
her
death.
He
knew
that
he
had
you
and
wanted
to
raise
his
son.
N
The
client
did
not
imagine
that
raising
a
child
would
be
as
difficult
as
it
is
and
he
felt
isolated
and
angry
the
therapist
helped
to
reduce
his
depression
and
anxiety
and
also
provide
a
case
management
support.
That
was
very
vital
to
reducing
his
stress
in
hearing
of
his
struggles
with
parenting.
The
therapist
recommended
that
he
attend
parenting
fundamentals
and
he
did
go
to
a
session
for
parenting
fundamentals.
N
He
learned
that
he
talked
to
that
therapist
about
the
fact
that
he
did
not
want
to
parent
the
way
he
was
raised
and
he
said
that
all
his
parents
knew
how
to
do
was
to
spank
and
yell
and
did
not
want
to
get
into
that
pattern
with
his
son.
But
she
could
already
feel
himself
going
down
that
road
and
he
wanted
to
break
that
chain.
N
So
he
attended
the
classes
discussed
what
he
learned.
He
expressed
started
to
express
the
differences,
as
his
behavior
was
changing,
of
how
his
son's
behavior
was
also
changing,
and
with
consistent
rules
and
positive
reinforcement
and
positive
communication,
he
was
able
to
see
some
changes.
He
shared
that
he
also
learned
about
his
such
grief
and
how
that
grief
would
be
affecting
his
son's
behave
and
how
he
could
respond
to
the
grief
instead
of
to
the
behavior.
N
N
They
also
worked
on
connecting
him
with
resources
for
furniture
and
they
were
able
to
find
a
resource
that
actually
provides
free
furniture
and
will
will
all
the
major
furniture
for
the
apartment
he
was
able
to
get
this
reduced
an
incredible
amount
of
stress
that
he
was
going
through
in
terms
of
the
eight
year
old,
african-american
male.
Here's
a
little
bit
about
his
story.
N
He
was.
It
was
very
hard
for
him
to
talk
about
his
mother's
death
as
it
would
be
for
any
child,
and
when
he
was
asked
to
express
his
feelings,
he
would
stay
really
quiet.
He
never
quite
knew
what
to
say.
He
was
having
behavior
issues
at
home.
He
was
also
issues
at
school
and
the
family
actually
came
through
a
school
referral
and
when
they
realized
that
he
needed
extra
support,
one
of
his
biggest
struggles
was
communicating
with
his
father.
N
He'd
always
been
used
to
being
with
his
mom
and
going
from
his
mom
to
someone
who
was
essentially
a
stranger
was
very
difficult
for
him
and
it
was
a
challenge
as
it
would
be
for
any
child.
In
this
situation,
when
the
client
began
working
with
a
therapist,
you
shy
to
answer
questions
with
one
word,
but
she
engaged
him
in
activities.
She
engaged
him
with
games
and
other
activities
that
were
therapeutic
to
help
him
to
express
his
feelings
and
help
to
reduce
his
stress
during
the
sessions.
N
He
started
to
be
able
to
open
up
and
talk
about
his
mom.
He
could
talk
about
his
sadness
and
you
could
also
talk
about
that.
He
hadn't
heard
he
was
also
able
to
start
being
able
to
really
communicate
with
his
father
and
something
that
he
actually
didn't
think
was
going
to
happen.
He
didn't
really
feel
like
he
could
really
talk
to
dad,
but
over
some
time
and
doing
the
work
they
both
were
able
to
really
communicate
with
each
other
and
they
also
were
able
to
start
enjoying
each
other.
So
one
of
the
things
they
were.
N
N
What
and
I
do
not
have
that
information
directly,
as
you
know
that
it
is
in
our
application,
but
I
we
have
so
I
can't
give
you
a
specific
percentage.
The
Metropolitan
is
very
diverse
agency.
In
terms
of
the
leadership
we
have
a
very
diverse
leadership
at
the
American
Hispanic
Asian
I
am
in
terms
of
our
staff
for
FSP,
I
am
Asian,
we
have
Hispanic
therapists
and
we
make
a
real
commitment
to
hire
bilingual
and
Hispanic
staff
or
staff
who
speak
the
language
of
the
community
that
they
might
be
working
so.
N
O
N
Is
about
so
we
do
have
some
families
that
have
been
in
a
program
and
they
can
actually
stay
in
the
program
for
several
years.
We
have
other
families
who
might
be
in
the
program
for
a
shorter
amount
of
time,
so
it
could
be
three
to
six
months
depending
on
what
that
family
needs
at
that
time.
So
we
offer
we
have
the
opportunity,
because
of
the
flexibility
of
the
funding,
to
really
offer
them
what
what
services
they
might
want.
N
Sometimes
that
family
comes
into
services
and
they
want
to
be
linked
with
something
specific
and
don't
necessarily
want
the
longer
counseling
piece.
Others
would
like
want
the
longer
counseling
piece,
and
so
we're
able
to
stay
in
for
as
long
as
we
really
feel
like
they
for
help,
and
they
want
the
services.
P
Q
My
name
is
Megan
Miller.
The
director
of
containing
a
trilogy-
and
here
with
me
today,
is
Maggie
Mae
innocent
she's.
Our
program
manager
of
our
intake
department
as
well.
Our
office
is
located
at
five
six,
five
Howard
Street
in
Heaven
Sent,
our
main
fall
in
line
is
seven
seven,
three,
five
zero,
eight
six
one
zero
zero!
Our
website
is.
Q
Animal
Health
Board
of
$30,000
this
year
we
are
requesting
this
funding
to
help
us
continue
in
our
efforts
of
outreaching,
providing
street
outreach
intake
and
assessments
and
image
to
make
care
to
individuals
in
the
Evanston
community.
Our
sort
of
bread
and
butter
at
trilogy
are
our
intensive
outreach
services.
So
team
based
models
of
case
managers
are
what
we
call
recovery
counselors
that
are
providing
outreach
into
the
community
to
help
support
people
with
mental
illness.
Q
We
are
at
Hill
does
two
days
a
week
and
we
utilize
a
model
called
open
access,
meaning
people
can
sort
of
drop
in
and
engage
with
that
linkage
worker
to
sort
of
identify.
What
some
of
their
needs
are.
There's
a
huge
collaboration
on
the
part
of
the
nurses
on
staff
at
holders
the
psychiatrist
and
the
case
workers
there
at
Hilda's
and
so
a
lot
of
times.
Q
Q
A
big
component
is
being
able
to
reach
transient
populations,
not
everybody
does
utilize,
Hilda's
or
drop-in
centers,
and
you
know,
are
more
comfortable
sleeping
in
the
street
or
riding
the
trains
or
in
parks,
and
so
a
big
component
of
the
linkage
role
that
was
funded
by
the
amount
of
Health
Board
is
to
be
able
to
go
out
into
the
community
and
outreach
individuals
that
may
need
supports.
It
doesn't
even
necessarily
have
to
be
specific
to
mental
health,
but
there
gives
an
opportunity
to
be
able
to
engage
somebody
around
a
variety
it
abstracts
from
basic
needs.
Q
That
oftentimes
does
lead
to
offering
additional
supports
for
mental
health.
One
big
component
that
we've
been
able
to
sort
of
add
here
is
our
partnership
with
housing
forward.
They
offer
what
they
call
Main
Street
vouchers
to
individuals
that
couldn't
live
in
the
north,
suburban
areas,
and
so
that's
been
a
huge
resource
and
a
big
part
part
of
the
partnership
with
Hilda's
st.
Mark's
Church,
where
they
have
drop-in
hours
and
a
lot
of
folks
utilize,
those
those
hours
and
resources
where
we've
been
able
to
work
with
individuals.
Q
What
we
have
seen
also
this
year
is
just
an
increase
in
utilization
of
the
drop-in
center
at
Hilda's
and
single
burner.
St.
Works
has
folks
sleeping
there
and
they
offer
meals,
and
we
have
developed
a
strong
partnership
with
them
to
reach
those
individuals
that
are
utilizing.
Those
services
and
a
big
component
of
what
this
funding
allows
us
to
do
is
really
build
relationships
with
individuals.
We
recognize
that
it's
not
easy
for,
for
somebody
just
to
utilize
a
drop-in
service
and
just
say
I
need
all
of
these
things.
You
know
it
takes
time
to
build
trust.
Q
It
takes
time
to
demonstrate
the
respect
for
that
individual
showing
up,
and
a
big
component
of
that
street
outreach
is
to
give
us
the
opportunity
to
keep
going
back
vigils
that
may
be
resistant
or
hesitant
to
engaging
the
individual
in
a
conversation
or
identifying
some
of
the
needs
that
they
may
have,
and
so
that's
been
a
really
awesome
component
of
this.
This
work
that
we're
doing
in
the
community
and
that
what
this
funding
allows
us
to
do
is
like
work
with
individuals
that
require
several
touch
points
before
they're
interested
in.
Q
You
know
care
working
with
individuals
that
may
not
have
insurance
or
they
had
insurance
and
because
of
their
homeless
situation,
or
you
know,
struggles
with
mental
health.
They
might
lose
enough
to
maintain
an
insurance,
I
think
also,
a
big
component
of
helping
people
find
housing
is
the
level
of
income.
Q
We
recognize
that
she
is
just
one
person
and
utilizing
staff
that
are
able
to
increase.
Those
efforts
in
a
community
has
been
really
helpful.
They
also
offer
an
intake
and
assessment
services
oftentimes
for
where
I'm,
having
touch
points
with
individuals
that
have
never
received
any
sort
of
like
mental
health,
supports
or
care,
or
never
have
even
had
an
assessment
to
sort
of
identified
any
what
some
of
those
needs
are,
and
this
individual
is
trained
in
that
area
and
able
to
provide
those
resources
and
supports.
And,
lastly,
a
big
component.
H
Q
A
linkage
team
that
this
individual
works
very
closely
with
that
allows
us
not
to
have
a
wait
list
where
we
can
sort
of
transition
folks
from
care
so
that
they
don't
ever
experience
a
lapse
in
I'm
sort
of
those
wrap
around
level
of
services,
and
so
that
is
one
big
component
of
the
work
that
this
individual
is
doing
sort
of.
Historically,
we
have
served
the
team
in
above
populations
through
the
case
management
street
outreach.
Q
And
so
we
hope
that
you
know
we
see
those
efforts
and
the
expansion
of
that
support
really
grow
in
2020,
and
you
know
allows
us,
through
this
funding,
to
be
able
to
continue
our
expansion
of
those
services
and
supports.
Lastly,
what
we
have
seen
with
our
population
that
were
serving
in
Evanston
is
high.
Utilizers
of
emergency
crisis
services,
which
I
mentioned
briefly
at
the
beginning,
and
a
big
part
of
this
role
really
allows
us
to
reach
individuals
that
are
using
utilizing
crisis
and
emergency
services
to
meet
basic
needs,
because.
Q
A
A
Everybody
to
the
mental
health
board
and
putting
in
the
request
for
proposals
we're
going
to
start
we're
going
to
try
to
keep
on
a
5-minute
for
each
agency
and
we'll
do
we'll
ask
the
board
if
there's
any
questions.
So
let's
try
to
keep
my
Jack
and
let's,
let's
get
started.
The
first
agency
is
childcare
network
of
Evanston.
D
E
The
childcare
network
of
Evanston
usually
referred
to
as
Sandy.
Our
proposal
for
funding
was
entitled
learning
together
and
our
phone
number
is
eight
four,
seven,
four,
seven,
five,
two
six
six
one.
Our
website
is
childcare
network
of
Evanston
org
and
our
address
is
1335
dodge
Avenue.
We
are
located
across
from
the
high
school
and
halfway
to
the
Burger
King
I
want.
F
E
H
Q
So
we
had
a
100
crisis
line
that
used
for
the
community,
that
is
a
24-hour
line,
and
a
quality
mental
health
provider
or
a
licensed
clinical
social
worker
are
the
ones
on
call
with
that
phone
right.
Now,
it's
sort
of
weak
chefs,
where
they're
on
call,
and
so
typically
the
crisis
workers,
will
call
that
phone
line
and
say
hey.
We've
got
someone
so
here
looks
like
they're
struggling
with
X
Y
&
Z
they're
not
eligible
for
an
inpatient
psychiatric
stay
and
we
will
be
discharging
them
back
to
the
community.
Q
Is
there
an
opportunity
for
you
to
come
in
and
engage
this
individual
which
allows
us
to
be
on
the
emergency
room
unit
fairly
frequently,
and
we
do
see
you
know
several
individuals
that
we're
engaging
and
yet
Hilda's
our
outreach
efforts
at
st.
Mark's
that
sometimes
utilize
those
emergency
services,
and
so
that
allows
us
to
continue
to
sort
of
build
that
rapport
relationship
with
an
individual
to
help
meet
their
needs.
Q
So
we
did
receive
a
small
five
thousand
dollar
grant
from
the
islands
and
Community
Foundation
to
expand
our
child
Allisyn
program,
specifically
in
the
oven
stream
community,
and
our
work
with
the
the
director
indicated
some
additional
supports
for
therapy
and
partition,
particularly
possibly
groups
in
the
school
setting,
and
so
that
was
also
I.
Think
based
on
some
of
the
calls
that
we
were
getting
on
our
referral
line.
Q
Our
talk,
Allisyn
program,
the
location
is
comes
in
the
city
of
Chicago,
but
it
does
allow
us
to
serve
other
communities
and
although
we
don't
have
an
office
in
the
in
the
city
of
Evanston,
our
our
partnership
with
the
school
systems
system
sort
of
allows
us
to
reach
those
those
populations
that
have
identified
at
Needham.
Are
you
in
specific
schools?
So
not
not.
Q
Yet
we
have
worked
with
the
director
of
the
district
to
identify
the
three,
maybe
three
two
or
three
schools
that
would
benefit
from
those
types
of
supports
and
the
first
school
that
were
identified
were
Oakton
and
then
Dawes
elementary
school.
So
we
are
not
yet
in
those
school
systems.
I
think
we're
in
the
very
beginning
stages
I've
identified
best
like
referral
platforms
house
how
to
support
the
staff
that
are
on
site,
maybe
like
address
any
gaps
in
service,
so
I
think
it's
specific
to
probably
therapy
and
like
groups
group
supports.
A
S
Good
morning,
everybody,
my
name
is
Nathaniel
Ekman
I
am
the
executive
director
of
Nami
Cook
County,
north
suburban
I'm
joined
by
Christine
Summerville,
who
is
our
programs
director
she's,
passing
out
the
handouts
that
you
see
in
front
of
you
I
think
you've
an
overview
of
our
programs
and
services.
Nami
is
the
National
Alliance
on
Mental
Illness.
We
are
the
local
affiliates
serving
the
northern
Cook
County
suburbs
and
our
phone
number
is
area
code.
Eight,
four,
seven,
seven,
one,
six,
two,
two
five
two
our
website
is
WWE.
S
The
mission
of
Nami,
Cook
County
north
suburban,
is
to
give
health
and
hope
and
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
individuals
with
serious
mental
illnesses
and
their
families
and
those
who
love
and
care
for
them.
We
do
this
by
providing
education,
advocacy
resources
and
support.
Our
overarching
goal
is
to
eliminate
the
harmful
stigma
associated
with
mental
illness.
We
do
this
through
23
programs
across
17
communities
in
our
catchment
area
across
north
suburban
Chicago,
from
Lake
Michigan
to
Mount
Prospect
from
the
city
line
with
Chicago
to
Hyde,
Park
and
Rec
Oh.
S
In
a
year
we
provide
almost
a
thousand
warm
line,
assistance
calls
staffed
by
our
resource
specialists.
We
provide
four
instructional
classes
in
family-to-family
basics
for
parents,
a
family,
refresher
workshop
for
alumni
of
the
family,
family
class
and
program
for
veterans,
Club,
Nami
homefront.
We
also
offer
a
series
of
14
support
groups.
Some
of
those
are
repeats
of
the
groups.
S
These
are
connections
for
individuals
with
serious
mental
illnesses
who
benefits
meeting
others
who
have
been
there
for
me,
supportive
networks
balanced
for
success
and
dual
solutions
are
specialty
connections,
support
groups,
balance
for
successes
for
adults,
typically
18
to
mid-30s,
who
are
working
to
get
back
into
school
or
back
into
work
as
part
of
their
recovery.
Dual
solutions,
which
has
met
at
vineyard
Christian
Church
on
Howard
Street,
is
for
individuals
who
are
struggling
with
a
substance
use
problem
as
well
as
a
mental
health
condition.
S
We
also
offer
family
support
groups,
parent
support
groups,
veteran's
support
group
led
by
us
clinical
psychologist,
equine
Assisted
Therapy
and
the
social
group
called
Sundays
at
1:00.
And
finally,
we
provide
community
education
forums
and
the
program
called
Nami
readings
at
various
sites
in
the
community.
S
In
the
most
recent
program
year,
we
served
almost
5000
clients
and
45
71.
When
you
add
the
numbers
together,
the
numbers
in
Evanston
served
depending
on
how
you
count
it's
somewhere
between
about
250
and
a
thousand,
which
I
know
sounds
like
a
huge
range.
But
if
again,
it's
depending
on
direct
service
versus
indirect
service
and,
of
course,
when
you
add
in
online
contacts
social
media,
the
number
of
those
much
much
higher.
S
We
do
all
of
this
with
an
annual
budget
of
just
four
hundred
and
three
thousand
dollars
with
ten
part-time
staff
members
in
a
full-time
equivalent.
That's
about
four
and
a
half
people
and
we
maintain
a
series
of
partnerships
in
the
community,
including
in
Evanston.
We
work
with
Northwestern
for
a
program
kaname
on
campus,
which
engages
undergraduates
in
the
mental
health
field
and
in
promoting
awareness
on
campus.
We
have
partnerships
with
the
Evanston
Public
Library
Kevin,
some
Police
Department
Beth
Emmett
Sherman
United
Methodist
Church,
Vinny,
Christian
Church,
as
I
mentioned,
and
Evanston
hospital
Northshore.
S
What
differentiates
us
from
some
mental
health
providers
is
that
we
provide
what
we
think
of
as
wraparound
services
when
somebody
exits
the
hospital
or
outside
of
the
relationship
with
a
psychiatrist
or
a
psychotherapist.
The
question
is
often:
what
do
I
do?
I've
got
my
description.
I've
got
my
diagnosis.
What
am
I
going
to
do
to
survive
and
lead
a
full
life?
We
provide
all
of
our
services,
absolutely
free
of
charge.
In
some
cases
we
ask
people
to
make
a
contribution
if
they
feel
willing
and
able,
but
any
service
we
provide
is
opened
or
accessible.
S
Nobody
is
turned
away
with
the
exception
of
family
to
family,
one
of
which
meets
in
Evanston.
That
group
maintains
a
waiting
list
due
to
the
popularity,
but
everything
else
is
free
were
supported
by
Township
funding,
local
governments,
institutional
support
from
foundations
and
corporations.
The
largest
share
of
our
fundraising
support
comes
from
a
fall
walk
which
took
place
under
the
Northwestern
campus
last.
S
Gala,
which
will
take
place
in
Glenview
and
then
an
annual
appeal,
an
individual,
giving
if
we
receive
a
grant
from
the
Mental
Health
Board
of
Evanston.
It
will
allow
us
to
increase
our
program
offerings
specific
to
the
city
of
and
across
the
full
catchment
area,
but
we'll
focus
heavily
under
the
services
were
providing
to
this
community.
S
S
S
With
a
grant,
a
huge
part
of
our
expenses
in
delivering
any
program,
including
those
in
Evanston,
is
the
promotion
and
marketing
of
the
program,
so
advertisements
on
social
media
that
are
paid
direct
mail,
distribution
of
Flyers
printing
costs,
the
costs
of
administering
and
promoting
and
growing.
Our
programs
are
pretty
evenly
borne
across
those
activities
and
paying
our
staff
to
do
the
work.
So
it
supports
all
the
above.
S
We
have
some
statistics
in
general,
we
take
the
census
data
with
you,
do
grant
applications
and
elsewhere
for
the
proportions
of
heaven
in
Evanston
residents
who
are
members
of
specific
groups,
and
we
generally
assume
that
those
proportions
are
representative
Lee
in
our
programs
and
services.
That
isn't
always
the
case,
though.
I
should
mention
that
the
partnership
with
Sherman
United
Methodist
Church
is
a
new
group
called
breaking
the
ice,
and
it's
directed
specifically
at
communities
of
color
black
and
brown
communities.
T
But
I
think
another
about
point
here
is
that
while
we
have
programmed
in
programming
currently
in
Evanston
and
we'd
like
to
place
our
programming,
we
often
work
with
the
Public
Library
for
our
community
education,
outreach
and
you'll,
see
in
the
packets
that
I
passed
on
that
next
Tuesday.
We
have
a
program
at
Social,
Security
disability,
but
it's
important
to
note
that
a
lot
of
times
families
will
seek
our
services
outside
of
their
own.
T
S
O
T
T
D
S
U
U
So
thank
you
all
for
your
service
to
the
community
and
helping
to
sort
out
how
to
build
and
sustain
the
infrastructure
of
Human
Services
in
crisis
services
in
Evanston.
I
was
struck
this
morning
by
how
many
of
my
colleagues
other
executive
directors
of
other
organizations
are
here
before
you
today,
and
the
extent
to
which
we
all
have
come
to
work
together
over
the
last
three
years.
U
So,
even
though
we're
here
representing
our
own
organizations,
there
is
this
interconnected
web
that
I
think
Edison
Mel
thwarts
helps
to
support
that
as
well
and
to
keep
us
for
it.
Well,
rather,
feverishly
focused
on
how
to
keep
building
the
human
services
infrastructure
and
the
community
together
so
back
to
peer
services
specifically,
so
we
are
the
community-based
substance,
abuse
treatment
and
prevention
provider
serving
Evanston.
We
provide
services
on-site
at
our
location
in
downtown
Edmundston,
9:06,
Davis
Street,
as
well
as
at
Evanston
high
school
and
at
district
65
schools.
U
We
were
actually
formed
at
the
request
of
the
Evanston
Mental
Health
Board,
quite
a
quite
a
long
time
ago
without
us,
and
we
are
always
looking
for
ways
to
help
our
individual
clients
and
the
community
address
the
persistent
challenges
that
drugs
and
alcohol
pose
we're
at
a
particularly
interesting
time,
with
the
expanded
availability
of
vaping,
which
is
proved
to
be
rather
dangerous
and
the
pending
legalization
of
marijuana
and
January,
and
so
a
lot
of
our
strategic
thinking
is
around.
How
do
we
support
the
community
in
this
time?
U
That's
very
much
in
formation
I'm
happy
to
take
questions
about
that.
If
you
like,
our
core
work
is
to
provide
both
hope
and
pathways
out
of
danger
for
people,
teens,
young
adults,
working
people,
parents,
families
and
even
very
parents.
Our
youngest
clients
are
12.
Our
oldest
client
today
is
my
and
people
really
across
the
lifespan
find
themselves
that
their
coping
strategies
have
become
overwhelmed
by
whatever's
going
on
in
their
lives,
and
that
may
be
a
recent
trauma.
It
may
be
an
old
trauma
that
has
resurfaced,
there's
lots
of
ways.
U
U
The
more
important
work
in
the
deeper
work
is
to
help
people
build
more
coping
skills
figure
out
how
to
address
what's
going
on
in
a
way
that
they
can
do
it
without
feeling
the
need
to
use
and
for
the
most
part,
our
clients
are
very
successful
and
we
are
enormous
ly
proud
of
what
they
do
we
are
guides.
We
are
support,
we
provide
structure,
but
we
are
our
ability
to
stay
with
them
over.
The
long
haul
is
part
of
what
separates
us
from
and
distinguishes
us
from
other
kinds
of
programs
in
our
field.
U
U
Our
question
3
provides
our
answers
very
specifically,
but
we,
because
more
than
80%
of
our
clients
are
low-income,
because
a
lot
of
our
clients
have
suffered
through
the
war
on
drugs
or
suffered
through
excessive
sanctions
application
because
of
either
their
how
they
come
across
structural
race,
racial
thinking
about
who
uses
drugs
and
who
dozen,
which
is
usually
wrong,
and
all
kinds
of
bad
application
of
laws.
We.
Those
are
the
core
things
that
we
feel
we're
doing
to
address
those
goals
and
understand
and
we're
very
grateful
to
have
the
continued
opportunity
to
do
it.
U
So
our
goal
is
when
we're
working
with
our
individual
clients-
and
that
is
the
work
that
the
Emison
mental
health
board
supports,
are
to
help
people
reduce
and
in
eliminate
drug
and
alcohol
use,
increase
their
involvement
in
school
or
work
and
increase
their
social
support,
especially
their
peers,
who
are
not
using,
because
that
is
those
are
the
things
that
actually
help.
People
establish
their
way
forward
and
those
are
actually
success,
measures
that
are
across
our
so
now
that
are,
we
are
required
to
respond
to.
So
we
do
our.
D
U
U
And
so
we
we
don't
have
the
results
yet,
but
we're
very
much
looking
forward
to
them,
and
so
any
of
us
can
can
update
you
on
that
going
forward.
We
have
also
kind
of
at
the
high
crisis
end
of
our
services.
We
have
been
working
building
a
partnership
with
st.
Francis
Hospital
to
address
people
who
come
into
the
emergency
department
with
opiate
intoxication
or
acute
alcohol
intoxication
or
whose
other
medical
conditions
are
complicated
by
their
use
of
drugs
and
alcohol.
U
We
were
very
fortunate
to
receive
a
small
grant
from
the
Edison
Community
Foundation
that
allowed
us
to
put
up
a
pilot
project
in
from
March
until
July
of
this
year.
We
were
only
there
two
shifts
a
week,
but
they
found
31
people
in
those
shifts
that
they
wanted
us
to
work
with
and
most
of
them
we
were
able
to
help
in
one
way
or
another.
Our
goal
in
this
project
is
not
necessarily
to
bring
people
to
Pierre,
because
we
may
not
be
the
appropriate
level
of
care.
U
We
may
not
be
close
to
where
the
person
lives
even
but
to
help
people
who
are
showing
up
in
crisis
in
our
community
and
figure
out
how
to
help
them.
Take
the
next
right
step.
St.
Francis
has
been
very
welcoming
very
grateful
and
we
are
currently
working
with
them
on
how
to
expand
that
partnership
and
make
it
a
permanent
part
of
their
infrastructure
and
I.
Think
we're
pretty
close.
U
So
hopefully
we'll
have
some
good
news
for
you
too,
and
on
that,
but
that's
been
very
educational
for
us
and
that's
helped
us
think
about
our
services
and
what
the
community
needs
from
us
in
a
different
way.
I
wish
I
could
tell
you
that
the
need
was
going
down.
It's
not,
but
that's,
okay,
because
we
know
what
to
do
about
it.
The
last
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
is
last
year
we
had
been
asked
in
this
hearing
about
what
our
goals
were
around
fun
and
so
I
wanted
to.
U
C
U
And
we
have
joined
the
Evanston
Community
Foundation's
Building,
the
Future
initiative,
which
is
a
major
gifts,
capacity-building,
donation
approach,
we're
having
some
success.
We've
changed
our
staffing
arrangements
and
kind
of
how
we're
doing
things
and
we're
making
some
progress.
I'm
very
hopeful
that
will
actually
meet
our
goal,
but
it
is
a
process
over
time.
U
You
know
for
the
board
staff
and
everyone
to
develop
the
capacity
to
really
to
do
this,
but
we're
hopeful
that
also
with
the
attention
that
drugs
and
alcohol
use
are
getting
in
this
moment
that
we
can,
you
know,
accelerate
some
of
that
as
well.
So,
finally,
I
want
to
leave
you
just
with
one
success
story.
These
are
the
kind
of
stories
that
helped
me
when
I
spend
my
days
focused
on
spreadsheets
are
talking
to
donors
are
trying
to.
You
know,
write
grant
applications
that
help
me
keep
going
so
I'll
share
this
one
with
you.
U
So
we
had
a
young
man
who
was
got
a
ticket
in
school
for
possessing
vaping
equipment
last
last
spring
and
he
did
go
to
court
and
the
court
said.
Well,
you
have
an
option
which
is
to
participate
in
counseling
services
through
through
peer
services,
and
he
did
that
and
we
worked
with
him
through
the
spring
and
that
seemed
to
help
him.
U
He
said
all
right,
this
is
stupid
and
he
changed
who
I'm
hanging
out
with
I
need
to
spend
more
time
with
my
mom
I
need
to
talk
to
her
about
Miss
dress
that
I'm
experiencing,
and
because
this
is
not
I,
don't
want
to
keep
going
through
this,
and
so
we
were
so
proud
of
him.
His
mom
confirmed
that
all
this
effect
was
what
was
happening.
He
made
some
really
good
decisions
and
that's
our
goal.
Our
goal
is
to
help
all
everybody
who
comes
to
us
just
understand
the
consequences
of
their
choices
and
make
good
decisions.
U
U
It's
definitely
changed,
we're
all
going
to
be
sort
of
navigating
through
this
together.
I,
don't
know
if
any
of
you
have
taken
a
look
at
the
law,
but
it's
450
pages
long.
So
it's
like
it's
pretty,
dense
and
hard
to
get
through,
so
I
try
to
boil
it
down
for
myself
and
my
team
like.
How
are
we
going
to
think
about
this,
and
what
we
have
come
to
understand
is
essentially
what's
happening.
U
Is
we're
moving
marijuana
from
this
column,
which
is
a
legal
drug
to
this
column,
which
is
like
alcohol
right
available,
regulated,
not
legal
if
you're
under
21
to
possess
or
use
but
more
available,
great
and
I
think
one
of
the
things
I
think
about
a
lot?
Is
that
there's
I
think
especially
for
teenagers?
U
This
sort
of
perception
that
well,
if
it's
legal,
that
means
it's
not
dangerous
right
and
we
all
know,
that's
not
the
case
for
alcohol,
let
alone,
for
you,
know
other
substances,
and
so
our
goal
is
to
continue
to
use
evidence-based
prevention
strategies
to
encourage
people
to
delay
their
onset
of
use.
Right,
wait
till
you're
a
little
bit
older.
We
know
a
lot
from
how
brains
develop
that
the
brain
will
immatures
around
25,
that's
a
very
long
time
for
a
teenager
right,
but
but
any
any
on
every
month,
every
year
delay
makes
a
difference.
U
We
tend
to
see
the
kids
who
start
younger
to
are
more
likely
to
develop
significant
problems
over
the
course
of
their
lifetime
because
of
the
way
it
affects,
like
the
reward
structure
in
the
brain
and
just
their
functioning.
So
that's
a
really
kind
of
our
primary
goal
is,
let's
be
clear
about
what's
happening
in,
what's
not
happening
and
let's
be
clear
about
what
some
of
the
problems
are.
There
are
some
really
interesting
differences.
U
You
know
if,
if
a
teenager
drinks,
a
beer
they're
going
to
feel
the
effects
of
that
pretty
quickly,
we
are
reading
and
learning
from
our
clients
that,
with,
for
example,
with
edibles,
the
metabolism
is
much
slower,
and
so
people
will
have
more
and
more
of
them
because
they're
looking
for
that
effect
and
then
all
of
a
sudden
they're
in
the
hospital
okay,
because
it's
just
way
too
much
and
so
we're
learning
a
lot.
I
think
you
know
we
have
ways
to
regulate
doses
of
alcohol
by
proof
and
that's
all
extremely
standardized
throughout
the
alcohol
industry.
U
A
V
Okay,
my
name
is
Uma
mu,
PD
and
I
am
the
senior
director
residential
services
at
your
community
services,
and
our
project
contact
is
Mary.
Matz
she's,
our
philanthropic
officer,
I'm,
very
much
at
your
service
I
start
ort.
A
telephone
number
is
four
seven.
Nine,
eight
two,
two
zero
three
zero.
Our
address
is
eighty
five,
zero
Garvey
Avenue,
Skokie,
Illinois
and
I'm
chief
executive
officer,
Indy
Alexis
a
yoga,
and
our
website
is
eight
WWWE,
since
so
I'm
here
to
represent
sure
service
as
a
residential
director
having
the
shore
services.
V
For
now
why
we
were
so
sure
services
started
about
69
years
ago,
what
I
started
in
a
basement
because
they
were
not
able
to.
You
know
enable
supports
for
the
developmental
disabilities.
So
now
has
evolved
about
this
big
shore
services
which
are
now
provides
about
400
individuals
with
developmental
disabilities
and
other
it
is
about
so
you,
as
you
all
know,
because
the
developmental
disabilities
population
they
have
limited,
you
know
a
representation
and
most
of
them
either
are
unable
to
vote
or
tend
not
to
vote.
We
have
limited
representation
at
both
the
state
and
federal
levels.
V
So
what
we
do
is
we
basically
give
them
the
supports
that
we
need,
and
also
the
present
and
I
quote
the
state
and
federal
levels
in
some
organizations
like
IR,
that
is,
the
Illinois
Association
of
rehabilitation
facilities
that
represent,
as
both
the
state
and
federal
levels.
So
I
would
say,
as
of
now,
shore
serves
over
350
individuals
and
as
on
in
2019,
we
served
about
319
individuals
and
no
problem.
We
basically
represent
our
communities,
mostly
coming
from
Skokie,
Evanston
and
Chicago.
V
So
as
a
residential
director,
we
have
provide
our
varied
services
at
residential
programs,
so
it
varies
from
what
the
needs
of
the
clients
are.
It
might
be
for
severe
to
profound
needs
to
clients
who
are
very
independent,
so
our
homes
vary
from
like
independent
living
like
the
townhomes,
where
the
residents
mostly
they
do,
they
do
most
of
their
argue.
No
choice
by
themselves
are
they're
very
independent,
with
intermittent
supports
to
our
group
homes,
which
we
have.
These
are
about
submitting
individuals
where
we
serve
about
24.
We
have
24-hour
organ
or
support
services.
V
We
also
have
Shore
homes,
east
and
west
that
serve
like
our
22.
They
are
12
by
20
and
again
these
are
more
like
a
transitional
homes
where
our
we
provide
them
support
and
if
they
become
independent
settings
like
the
dominants.
We
also
have
home
based
services
and
we
actually
saw
about
43
individuals.
V
So
these
individuals
are
placed
in
the
reese
least
restrictive
settings
with
their
families,
and
the
supports
we
do
is
a
provider
home
based
supports,
monitor
which
basically
worked
with
the
families
to
ensure
that
they
are
getting
the
most
outcomes
you
know,
and
basically
they
help
the
families
to
hire
personal
support,
workers
and
other
case
management
services
and
being
able
supported
me.
So
I
would
say
for
the
last
one
year
and
your
funding
has
really
helped
us
enable
and
add
on
behavioral
services
for
our
clients.
V
As
you
all
know,
Behavioral
Services
is
the
must
for
today's
needs
and
we
added
to
behavioral
contractors
who
work
diligently
with
our
clients,
giving
them
the
bales.
Of
course,
they
do
basically
train
our
staff
to
work
with
them
and
help
mitigate
the
behaviors.
They
you
know
they
have
and
so
that
they
can
function
in
the
community
with
their
highest
potential.
I
mean
most
of
our.
V
Our
clients,
either
they
could
attend
the
D
program
or
they
put
at
the
community
settings
and
our
goal
is
to
ensure
that
they
are
are,
you
know,
are
given
equal
rights
in
the
community
and
they
can
achieve
be
empowered
with
the
other
in
a
public
channel.
You
know
so
I
would
say
most
of
our
townhomes
cry.
They
actually
work
in
community
settings
and
our
support
service
professionals
work
with
them
so
that
they
are
mostly.
V
V
V
We
also
have
deep
programs.
We
have
two
day
programs,
one
at
the
site.
The
other
is
for
community
and
primary
services.
My
colleague
here
there
who
represents
the
day
program
she's
not
here
yet,
but
we
do
offer,
like
you,
know,
competitive
employment
for
all
the
ones
and
they
have
the
choice
either
to
work
in
our
sheltered
workshop
or
they
can
work
outside
with
an
economist
and
we
will
give
them
the
childhood
support
that
they
need.
At
this
point,.
V
Also
at
this
point
you
really
do
not
have
any
vacancies
are
going
in
our
staffing
pattern,
because
we
really
have
a
low
turnover
in
terms
of
staffing
and
also
in
terms
of
our
differences.
Most
of
our
clients
are
because
most
they
have
that
lifelong
needs.
We
are,
although
we
do
have
a
waiting
list,
and
currently
we
have
about
20
in
our
waiting
list
because
of
our
low
turnover
rate,
most
of
the
clients,
time
to
move
advanced
for
lifelong.
So
again,
your
funding
has
helped
us
secure
our
payable
services
for
the
coming
year.
V
We
are
seeking
to
a
22k
from
you
guys
because
we
are
going
to
add
another
client
in
one
of
a
townhome
if
one
of
our
of
group
homes
in
other
system-
and
we
are
actually
gonna-
add
this
extra
client.
So
we
will
need
that
extra
support
and
and
also
we
have
added
a
new
case
manager
again
out
of
312
219
individuals.
19
live
on
a
residential
program
out
of
99,
we
have
34
who
are
from
Evanston,
which
is
combination
of
town
homes,
group
homes,
our
you
know,
intermittent
homes
and
also
mobile
services.
A
A
M
Ibm's,
icon
I'm,
the
executive
director
at
Center,
located
at
10:15,
Davis
Street
in
Evanston.
Our
phone
number
is
eight
four,
seven,
three,
two
eight
two
zero
four
four
and
our
website
is
that
don't
you,
video
dot,
independent
futures,
calm
and
with
me
theory
also
is
jerilyn
that
Miller
Brown,
who
is
our
grandpa
manager.
So
we
will
be
splitting
our
presentation.
I
wanted
to
just
take
a
few
moments
to
speak
about
the
need
for
mental
health,
specifically
in
the
population
of
individuals
who
have
intellectual
and
developmental
disabilities
nationally.
M
Forty
three
percent
of
those
individuals,
man
from
a
national
perspective,
indicate
feeling
lonely
at
least
had
at
the
time
and
over
one
out
of
five
indicate
that
they
have
no
other
relationships
other
than
paid
relationships
that
may
help
or
family
members
who
is
helping
those
I'm
29.6%
of
individuals
with
disability
live
in
poverty.
We
have
the
largest
subgroup
of
poverty
in
the
country.
That's
compared
to
13%
of
individuals
who
don't
have
an
intellectual
at
all
mental
disability
and
19%
of
individuals
with
intellectual
or
developmental
disabilities
are
employed,
full-time
or
part-time.
Only.
M
In
Illinois
we
see
really
44%
of
people
and
I'm
going
to
just
say
idd,
because
that's
an
intellectual
developmental
disabilities,
abbreviated,
a
44%
report
being
lonely
over
19,000
residents
in
Illinois,
who
have
an
IT
teams,
are
awaiting
us
in
the
state
for
services
that
they
are
eligible
for,
but
it
all
depends
on
whether
or
not
the
state
pools
there.
They
are
named
their
number
out
of
it's
almost
like
a
lottery
to
provide
services
of
those
19,000
7,000
are
saying
they
need
behavioral
support.
M
So
if
the
need
is
great,
the
funding
is
very
limited
here
in
Illinois,
for
families
and
for
individuals.
In
fact,
Illinois
continues
to
be
in
the
bottom.
Five
state
nation
for
funding
for
community
services
for
people
with
IDT
in
Evanston
people
with
disabilities
were
substantially
more
likely
than
people
without
disabilities
to
be
living
in
poverty.
According
to
our
2007
to
2011,
commute
American
Community,
Survey
24%
of
individuals,
residents
living
with
this
with
disabilities
were
living
in
poverty,
whereas
compared
to
12%
of
those
without
disabilities.
M
M
It's
a
group
psychotherapy
session,
just
limited
by
a
licensed
clinical
psychologist,
and
it
supported
four
hours
a
week
by
one
of
us
see:
I
have
staff
who
is
involved
in
from
this
from
the
inception
and
to
any
to
reinforce
some
of
the
learning
strategies.
Here.
The
conflict
resolution
group
19
individuals
attend
regularly
and
the
kind
of
things
that
they've
been
doing
through
that
you
know
if
we
have
to
cosmic
resolution
group
they've
been
practicing
perspective-taking
strategies
as
a
tool
for
increased
understanding
and
de-escalation
of
conflict
they're.
M
That
are
going
to
become
very
important
as
they
graduate
so
actually
transition
students
typically
have
few
social
connections
apart
from
their
school
years
and
many
exit
school
programs
with
very
few
exit
school
with
very
few
programs
or
services
to
help
them
adjust
to
adult
living,
leaving
many
of
them
socially
isolated
and
lonely
and
prone
to
depression.
So
this
the
transition,
tough
social
artisanal
welcoming
space,
they
can
build
connections
to
social
skills.
It
also
introduces
them
to
CIF
as
a
resource
for
their
futures.
M
So
we
also
see
that
many
times,
Dana
port
before
students,
disability
service,
any
ongoing
services.
After
that,
twelve
three
years,
those
services
stopped
the
day
before
they
turn
22.
It
doesn't
matter
when
in
the
school
year
it's
not
like
you
conclude
a
school
year.
You
know
you
just
won't
be
going
back
in
the
fall,
it
could
be
January
14th.
It
could
be
March
17th.
It
could
be
any
day
to
say
before
you're
20.
C
M
Turn
22
all
of
a
sudden.
Your
life
changes.
You
can't
go
back
to
school
anymore.
You
can't
be
with
your
friends
or
doing
even
getting
the
support
that
you
were
getting
into
with
an
employment
position.
All
those
things
stopped
at
the
gate
the
day
you
turn
22,
so
a
lot
of
what
we
also
see
our
transition
students
who
have
turned
22
right.
M
So
that's
been
another
wonderful
outcome,
a
third
area
that
your
for
funding
for
is
to
have
some
to
mental
health
and
service
trainings,
specifically
by
doctors,
chavin
and
fox.
Dr.
Fox
actually
facilitates
resolution
group,
but
they
that
should
work
a
lot
with
individuals
of
idd
and
our
staff
know
them
as
well,
because
his
hand
is
at
40%
of
our
participants.
Every
life.
M
You
have
experience
in
both
and
often
for
people
who
have
ID
D
if
they're
seeing
the
psychologist
or
psychiatrist.
You
know
that
person,
if
they're,
not
familiar
with
all
the
issues
regarding
IDT,
may
misinterpret
someone's
lack
of
response
or
kind
of
unusual
response
or
ability,
but
what's
needed,
maybe
for
the
length
of
time
it
takes
to
respond
even
verbally
to
be
able
to
process
language
and
gather
answer
much
differently
than
someone
can
understand
that
this
could
be
part
of
the
ID
D
and
able
to
still
provide
that
support.
L
C
M
A
D
Y
Y
I've
worked
very
closely
with
the
Mental
Health
Board
and
CDBG
participating
presenting
in
front
of
this
board
in
this
application
and
years
past
I'm,
very
much
involved
in
the
writing
of
the
LOI
working
with
the
Development
Department
clarifying
language
working
with
our
site
director,
making
sure
that
everything
is
where
it
needs
to
be.
This
is
$65,000
that
we
requested
approximately
13%
of
the
team
baby
nursery
budget.
Y
Y
It
was
requested
of
us
in
partnership
with
district
202,
the
high
school,
because
of
our
early
childhood
expertise
and
parent
expertise
to
serve
one
of
the
most
vulnerable
populations
in
Evanston,
which
is
parents,
ages,
14
to
23
and
their
infant
and
toddler
children
ages,
0
to
3
mm
I
would
tell
you
that
we
do
exceptional
work.
Our
staff
work
diligently,
our
board.
Our
organization
works
tirelessly
to
serve
this
population.
We
serve
a
predominantly
85%
low-income
predominately
black
and
brown
population
and
Evanson
are
at
the
frontlines
of
the
disparity
gap
in
this
community.
Y
Teen
baby
nursery
I
will
tell
you
in
our
director.
Tiffany
will
talk
in
a
second
about
more
specifically
about
our
services,
but
I
will
tell
you
that
the
partnership
that
we've
had
with
the
Mental
Health
Board
district
202,
the
city,
has
been
invaluable
to
provide
these
resources.
We
are
a
partner
of
district
65
and
a
mental
I'm.
Sorry,
early
headstart,
delegate
of
district
65
and
actually
the
largest
early
headstart
provider
in
the
city
of
Evanston,
larger
than
district
65.
Y
We
actually
in
the
fifth
Ward
where
our
team,
baby
nursery
is
and
the
family
focused
building
are
the
only
representative
of
district
65
in
the
city
in
that
fifth
Ward,
and
we
serve
that
community
diligently
so
again.
For
my
part,
I
wanted
to
take
oversight
responsibilities
as
the
executive
director.
That
is
my
responsibility
for
every
operation
and
every
program,
and
my
comment
to
you
is
that
this
one
incident
of
negligence
has
been
severely
looked
at
in
internal
operations
or
being
changed
to
make
sure
this
never
happens
again
and
in
my
tenure
here.
X
So
that
right,
there
shows
you
importance
of
early
learning
education.
Now,
some
of
our
teams
that
state
receive,
as
mentioned,
are
between
the
ages
of
14
to
23,
and
they
have
come
to
us,
broken
new
responsibilities
and
not
knowing
what
to
do,
and
what
we
have
done
in
the
nursery
is
support
them,
but
also
providing
care
for
their
children
while
they're
in
school.
Many
of
them
have
fallen
into
depression,
feeling
like
a
failure,
because
they
are
not
parents
and
we
have
getting
their
confidence.
X
X
We
continue
to
receive
those
funds
so
that
you
to
provide
the
services
to
the
family
a
lot
of
the
teams
in
assistance
with
knowing
what
to
do
with
the
rest
of
their
life.
They
need
guidance,
they
need
support
and
that's
what
we
give
in
my
time
as
a
director
over
the
over
the
three
years
that
I
have
been
there.
X
We
have
had
a
goal
of
assisting
these
hearings
to
become
advocates
to
finished
high
school,
to
pursue
higher
education
to
join
a
job
vocational
program
if
traditional
school
is
not
right
for
them,
just
giving
them
a
violation
and
knowing,
while
they're
doing
these
things,
their
children
are
in
a
learning
environment
that
supports
them
to
this.
Funding
that
we
have
received
has
allowed
us
to
provide
wonderfully
workshops
with
appearance
on
topics
such
as
postpartum
depression,
which
many
of
our
young
mothers
job
stability.
X
What
do
they
need
self
wellness
and
care,
because
a
lot
of
our
teams,
team
pairs
are
struggling
with
and
not
knowing
how
to
cope
with
that?
The
funds
have
supported
our
family
advocate
periodically
it
regularly
to
help
keep
them
on
track,
and
when
we
think
about
the
children
that
we
have
in
our
care,
many
of
them
are
highly
especially.
Social.
X
Emotional
development
is
a
huge
not
only
for
the
children
that
we
care
for
before
the
parents
as
well,
and
so
a
lot
of
the
times
we
spent
trying
to
help
develop
this
area
of
development
and
learning.
The
financial
support
that
we
have
received
has
helped
give
them
the
opportunity
to
further
in
their
education,
but
allow
us
to
provide
the
staff.
X
Welfare
is
to
help
parents
to
become
advocates
to
further
advance
their
educational
learning,
but
to
also
to
support
their
children
as
well.
Over
25%
of
the
children
that
are
in
our
care
have
developmental
delays,
and
that
is
huge
for
such
a
small
population,
we're
serving
inference
from
age
six
weeks
to
three
years
old
and
that
large
amount
of
the
delay.
It
means
help
of
a
highly
dedicated
and
qualified
to
provide
that.
X
So
the
funds
that
we've
received
in
part
helps
us
to
do
that,
asking
like
Steve
to
reconsider
our
error,
that
not
having
an
application
in
on
time
actually
started
for
that.
But
the
impact
of
not
receiving
the
funds
is
far
greater
than
anything
because
we
are
situated
in
the
a
very
powerful
and
our
teams
are
now
aren't.
Gonna
dolls:
they
need
us,
they
need
the
support
that
we.
Z
But
denial
of
this
grant
may
not
lead
to
teenagers
reclosing
immediately,
but
it
will
long-term
but
the
entire
operation
in
jeopardy
and
we'll
have
to
close,
probably
within
a
couple
of
years,
which,
as
Tiffany
just
described
with
you,
know,
a
huge
impact
on
the
fifth
floor
instantly.
As
you've
already
heard.
Teen
baby
nursery
serves
the
youngest
and
most
vulnerable
parents
in
the
city
of
Evanston
those
14
to
23.
These
families
are
very
young
children,
as
you
know,
face
major
obstacles
to
help
them
well-being,
including
abuse
trauma.
Z
Mental
health
concerns,
depression,
postpartum,
depression
and
often
has
enough
food
security,
and
we
all
know
we've
all
read
the
literature
right.
We've
all
read
these
articles
that
team
arms
in
the
US
you
know
are
less
likely
to
finish
high
school
and
higher
rates
of
poverty
and
we're
likely
higher
rates
of
depression
and
other
mental
health
issues
and
that
their
impact
of
teen
pregnancy
is
not
just
on
the
women
themselves
and
their
partners,
but
on
their
children.
Z
All
of
the
stresses
and
all
the
responsibilities
that
come
with
Parenthood
and
in
a
world
that
I
say,
provides
very
little
support
for
youth
in
general
and
particularly
for
youth
of
color.
The
good
news,
though,
is
becoming
a
teen
parent
or
being
born
a
teen
parent
doesn't
mean
that
you
have
to
have
these
adverse
outcomes.
Z
What
we
know
from
research
is
that
teens,
who
receive
school-based
prenatal
care
in
school-based
health
care
and
or
parent
support
programs
like
teen
baby
nursery,
have
significantly
improved
outcomes
and,
as
Tiffany
reported,
we've
witnessed
with
our
own
eyes
providing
vulnerable
parents
with
David.
A
support
really
has
made
a
huge
difference
and
it
can
mean
the
difference
between
success
or
failure.
In
fact,
over
the
last
several
years,
all
of
our
teens
of
graduated
high
school
and
many
have
gone
on
to
college
and/or,
employment
without
team
baby
nursery,
and
it's
dedicated
and
hardworking
staff.
Z
Providing
these
supports
in
Evanston
I
think
our
most
vulnerable
youth
and
their
and
their
babies
are
going
to
be
left
out
in
the
cold
in
a
city
which
you
know
touts
all
of
its
commitments
to
ensuring
healthy
and
successful
infants
and
children
and
cradle-to-career
to
me.
I
feel
like
this
will
be
a
huge
embarrassment.
If
we
closed
teen
baby
nursery,
it
will
be
a
stain
on
the
commitment
of
our
city
to
the
health
and
well-being
of
the
citizens
across
the
life
course
and
also
Australian
I
feel
on
the
entire
innocent
community.
Z
Because
what
will
happen
is
ultimately,
these
teams
will
need
additional
services
and
other
others
of
the
mental
health
programs
we've
heard
about
today.
If
we
don't
do
something
early
in
terms
of
prevention,
I
hope
that
as
members
of
the
Evans
Mental
Health
Board
you'll
recognize
the
seriousness
of
not
providing
funds
to
you,
maybe
nursery
and
your
bursary
decision
or,
if
you're
not
able
to
do
that
advocate
for
us
at
the
full,
City
Council
meeting
and
I.
Thank
you
for
your
attention.
Consider.
W
Being
the
last
person
who
definitely
repeat
some
things
that
you've
already
earned,
my
name
is
Marsha
Richmond
and
I
am
speaking
to
you
as
a
longtime
resident
of
Evanston
for
over
45
years
raised
my
family
here,
I've
been
an
early
childhood
professional
within
the
city
and
I've
been
the
board
chair
for
the
last
two
years
of
the
Society
of
evidence
to
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
address
you
today.
Admittedly,
you
know
the
organization
has
made
a
big
mistake
and
worth
Takens
the
steps
that
make
to
make
sure
that
doesn't
happen
again.
W
Teen
baby,
as
you've
heard,
was
created
in
1999
and
family
focused
at
the
request
in
the
city
for
the
first
several
years.
The
amount
granted
by
the
Mental
Health
Board
was
$80,000
and
we
served
the
teens
at
the
high
school
up
to
age.
Thirty,
twenty
three
supporting
them
with
family
advocates
who
meet
with
the
teens
and
places
convene
for
the
teens
and
adults.
In
last
year
we
had
a
mom
in
the
program
who
was
14
years
old?
Can
you
imagine
you
know
how
much
support
she
needed
in
recent
years?
W
All
our
teens
have
graduated
from
high
school.
Many
have
gone
to
college
or
entered
the
workforce
as
poverty
levels
continue
to
rise
in
our
communities.
We
need
to
do
more
to
provide
our
most
vulnerable
families
with
the
tools
and
the
foundation
they
don't
so
desperately
need,
and
it
costs
more
and,
in
my
experience
as
an
early
childhood
educator,
I
had
the
pleasure
of
going
into
baby
toddler
as
an
AC,
validator
and
I
was
very
impressed.
This
was
way
back
in
the
nineties
and
for
those
of
you
have
been
in
Douglaston
for
a
long
time.
W
W
Professional
at
national
into
pop
and
after
being
a
director
and
a
few
centers
myself
from
directors,
mary-jane
chains,
feed
and
Megan
Cashner
to
cast
wolf
and
our
president
executive
directors.
Do
you
pick
I
WIC
has
always
stood
for
leadership
and
foresight
in
the
field
of
early
childhood,
and
we
hope
to
continue
to
be
in
the
forefront
for
many
more
years,
but
it
is
a
constant
struggle.
Financially
we're
constantly
working
to
maintain
a
healthy
balance
of
institutional
existence
and
growth.
W
W
We
continue
to
run
this
race
because
it's
important
race
to
run.
We
take
our
responsibilities,
that's
board
members
seriously
and
implore
you
to
reconsider,
accepting
their
application
for
funding
as
a
long-term
resident
in
Sisson
of
Evanston
and
a
passionate
early
childhood
professional.
I
hope
the
city
will
continue
to
support
as
life-changing
work
that
I
wse
does
together,
we
can
make
a
difference.
L
L
P
W
P
Meeting
between
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Committee,
which
allocates
CBG
the
Community
Development
Block,
Grant
pond
and
mental
health
work
so
because
there
were
applicants
requesting
both
mental
health
board
and
CDBG
funds,
the
bodies
voted
separately
and
I'm.
Sorry
I
should
say:
applicants
that
were
requesting
about
funds
that
that
one,
so
both
bodies
took
a
vote
to
decide
whether
or
not
to
uphold
that
application
deadline
or
to
waive
it.
L
P
R
I
would
just
like
to
mention
that
I
happen
to
support
the
two
agencies
and
I
brought
that
on,
because
I
know
that
mistakes
are
made
and
the
alderman
who
chaired
the
mental
health
I'm
co-chair
of
the
Community
Development
Board
Griffin,
shot
me
up.
I
mean
that
that
was
you
know
that
their
deadlines
and
we
have
to
respect
deadlines,
etc.
R
R
R
P
P
P
P
P
The
Mental
Health
Board
would
then
vote
as
to
as
a
whole
board
as
to
whether
or
not
the
application
would
move
forward,
and
then
there
would
be
another
meeting
and
then
so
all
it's
not
just
about
in
one
applicant.
It's
about
all
of
the
applicants
that
missed
the
deadline
and
what
our
process
is
moving
forward.
P
So
if,
for
this
year
the
board
decided
to
waive
the
deadline,
it
would
be
open
and
to
all
applicants
that
missed
and
those
applicants
would
be
you
did,
they
would
need
to
be
reviewed
at
another
public
meeting,
ideally
before
our
allocation
meeting,
unless
allocated
assuming
that
could
work
out.
Unless
we
pulled
up
the
allocations,
you
know
which
we
think
it's
tough
with
the
holidays.
So
I
don't
want
to
hold
us
to.
P
R
P
L
H
A
A
P
A
E
Yes,
yes,
I
just
proudly
stand
here
as
a
partner
too,
if
it
won't
press
Society
on
behalf
of
our
network
of
Evanston.
They.
The
program
itself
is
a
very
well
established
community
based
program
which
I'm
sure
you
all
are
already
convinced,
but
I
wanted
you
to
know
that
the
CNE
felt
that
very
strongly
about
that
they
keep.
They
keep
families
connected
and
they
care
for
babies,
and
they
really
change
the
future.
U
A
similar
comment
having
been
executive
director
of
a
small
nonprofit
for
two
and
a
half
years,
I
know
how
hard
it
is
to
keep
all
the
balls
in
the
air
and
make
sure
they
all
land
exactly
when
they're
supposed
to
we,
unfortunately
missed
the
mandatory
meeting
last
year
in
the
board,
was
very
gracious
in
allowing
us
to
go
ahead
and
make
our
application
I
did
the
same
thing.
Stephen
did
and
came
and
made
this
request
and
promised
it
would
never
happen
again.
U
I
did
not
have
an
issue,
and
so
from
the
senses,
from
the
side
of
thinking
about
all
of
our
good
intentions
and
our
sometimes
we
make
mistakes.
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
graciousness
in
the
past
and
your
understanding
about
how
hard
the
work
is
and
would
definitely
encourage
the
reconsideration
of
the
two
people
who
missed
the
deadline.
So
thank
you.
A
P
P
City
funds,
as
a
guide
volume
should
not
exceed
30%
of
the
program
budget,
but
that
is
a
guideline
and
we
are
looking
at
equity
very
closely
here
at
the
city.
So
the
hope
is
city
funds
and
use
to
expand
the
program's
capacity
specifically
to
marginalized
populations.
Populations
have
been
hurt
by
institutional
reasons
and
specifically
and
finally,
grants
under
$10,000
award
amount
are
often
often
take
a
lot
of
administrative
work
on
each
agency's
part
to
administer.
P
P
If
they're
any
questions,
please
score
all
applicants
unless
you
need
to
rescind
to
recuse
and
then
just
don't
fill
in
anything
in
prior
years,
members
have
not
provided
award
amounts.
That
does
not
need
to
be
the
way
we
do
things
this
year,
but
it
would
certainly
be
in
keeping
with
the
way
we've
done.
Things.
R
A
A
R
P
B
A
A
L
D
O
P
The
twelth
is
regularly
scheduled,
so
we
can
have
the
thought
pen
we
could
or
we
could
have
to
vote
November
21st.
We
could
hear
applications
on
the
12th
and
then
move
into
the
allocation
meeting
and
another
gate
and
I
guess
I
mean
it
really
doesn't
have
to
be
December
if
this
gets
challenging
with
the
holidays
and
travel
schedules.
P
P
A
P
A
Now
I
know,
one
of
the
things
I
was
to
do
was
also
to
see
whether
or
not
we
needed
to
do
we
have
time
now
so
whether
I
need
to
well.
Let
me
just
put
this
out
there,
so
people
could
think
about.
We
will
need
at
least
two
people
a
subcommittee
if
you
will,
once
all
the
applications
are
in
if
that's
proper,
going
a
subcommittee
a
couple.
People
on
this
board
that
will
put
dollar
amounts
based
upon
the
applications
that
have
been
so
we
need
somebody
volunteers
to
do
that.
A
AA
Okay,
my
name
is
Jim
unit
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
the
Northwest
Center
against
sexual
assault.
We
are
a
comprehensive
sexual
assault
trauma
center
that
serves
all
north
northwest.
Suburban
Cook
County
also
attended
a
program
that
were
requesting
funding
for
is
our
sexual
assault
intervention
program
and
that
specifically
provides
services
to
victims
of
sexual
assault.
AA
AA
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
support
of
northwest
concept.
Our
location
we
have
three
locations,
one
is
Arlington
Heights
at
our
main
office.
We
have
an
office
in
Kennedy
because
we
serve
victims
of
sexual
assault
in
the
chair
and
then
we
have
office
right
here
just
down
the
hallway.
Here
we
have
three
offices
that
we
rent
from
city
of
Evanston,
and
this
is
what
we
provide
counseling
and
advocacy
services
on
site
to
the.
AA
While
we
so
appreciate
your
support,
we
try
to
get
support
funding
from
everyone,
and
one
of
our
primary
funders
is
the
Illinois
Coalition
Against
Sexual
Assault,
which
is
a
statewide
group.
That's
a
passed
through
for
a
lot
of
federal
state
money.
That's
targeted
for
our
services,
for
sexual
assault
victims
and
with
what's
important
about
AI
concept
is
that
they
have
standards
care,
and
so
we
have
to
meet
those
standards,
potentially
the
training
that
all
staff
has
to
provide.
AA
We
measure
almost
everything
we
do
in
ways
that
are
not
intrusive
to
our
times.
For
example,
every
six
months
we
asked
all
of
our
clients
to
complete
evaluations
of
their
counseling
experiments
and
they
report
that
amount
of-
and
we
do
this
twice
a
year
and
our
last
review
was
in
March
of
the
clients
who
responded.
AA
AA
Now,
with
our
advocacy
service,
so
it's
mostly
about
prices.
We
go
into
the
hospitals,
24/7.
The
agreements
with
that
incident,
st.
Francis
hospitals,
where,
as
soon
as
the
victim
comes
into
the
emergency
room,
they
contact
us,
we
send
a
person
out.
There
was
pain
in
the
whole
forensic
evidence,
collection
process
who
knows
the
victims
rights,
and
he.
D
AA
A
case
for
the
victim
in
that
whole
process
and
those
hospital
calls
can
last
three
or
four
hours
and
what
we
do
with
those
survivors
that
we
serve
is
six
months
later.
We
contact
them
partly
to
see
if
they
need
any
services.
Some
of
them
are
already
getting
services
for
us,
but
partly
to
ask
them.
How
did
we
do
six
months
ago
in
the
adversity
and
consistently
they
record
well
over?
Ninety
five
percent
feel
understood,
supported,
well
inform
of
the
process
they
went
through.
AA
AA
We
administered
that
when
a
counseling
client
first
comes
for
counts
and
it
gives
us
a
baseline
for
the
things
that
are
going
through
that
11
different
domains,
then
it
measures
each
one
and
it
gives
us
a
baseline
and
also
an
indication
of
where
the
individual
is
having
the
most
difficult
until
part
of
the
early
stages
of
treatment
really
are
to
discuss.
Rapport
and
some
of
the
symptoms
were
facing,
and
then
part
of
the
service
planning
is.
These
are
some
of
the
things
we
see
in
the
TSI
that,
let
me
bother
you.
AA
AA
Last
year
we
served
49
residents
of
Evanston
with
our
services
and
13
of
them
received
the
medical
advocacy,
the
subsequent
advocacy
after
that
sixteen
received
ongoing
trauma-informed,
counselor
15
were
received
crisis
intervention
and
then
for
Evanston
residents
were
involved
in
the
criminal
justice
process.
This
will
be
a
company
than
the
court.
We
interface
with
the
state's
attorney's
office
so
that
their
rights
are
protected,
but
they
feel
that
well
informed
and
they
we
generally
want
them
to
know
what
their
options
are
in
every
stage
of
that
process.
AA
We
have
18
staff
and
seven
of
those
staff
are
bicultural
bilingual
staff
because
we're
finding
that
there's
a
growing
need
for
spanish-speaking
services
that
all
prob
locations,
in
fact,
two
of
the
three
columns.
First,
that
work
out
of
this
office,
our
spanish-speaking
and
so
that's
a
much
needed
service
in
all
the
communities.
AA
We're
deeply
committed
to
better
serving
that
population,
we're
also
working
with
the
center
on
Halsted
to
receive
additional
training
on
how
to
work
with
the
LGBTQ
community
and
that's
area.
We
need
to
grow
we're
looking
at
our
website.
Our
business
cars
are
waiting
to
insure
that
they're
much
more
welcoming,
and
it
would
create
a
sense
of
inclusion
for
anyone
who
comes
to
us.
AA
AA
This
work
group
is
now
working
on
another
area
of
Aleutian
I.
Couldn't
tell
you
what
exactly
they
will
come
up
with
it's
a
staff
operation,
so
they
get
together
and
they
recommend
for
us
to
do
worthy
we've
committed
to
that
we're
also
developing
a
what
we
call
a
racial
justice
plan
and
our
operations
have
addresses
issues
related
to
our
volunteer
base.
Our
board
base.
Our
staff
is
to
ensure
fair,
non-discriminatory
and
open
to
all
survivors.
M
One
better
that
working
with
or
center
for
independent
features
we
have
national
studies,
show
between
90
to
95
percent
of
all.
Women
with
intellectual
developmental
disabilities
will
be
sexually
assaulted
and
the
work
your
staff
has
been
doing
with
our
staff
and
making
sure
that
your
approach
and
your
curriculum
is
accessible
to
people
with
intellectual
and
developmental
disabilities.
This
really
greatly
appreciated
what
your
staff
is
doing
with
us
on
that
too.
I
just
want
to
mention
how
you're,
looking
at
all
areas
of
diverse
diversity.