Community Centers Get $8 Million Boost to Expand Trauma-Informed Mental Health Services on South, West Sides [blockclubchicago.org]
By Kelly Bauer, Block Club Chicago, October 6, 2020 The city is giving $8 million in grants to 32 community-based organizations to expand mental health care in parts of Chicago where it’s needed most. Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Dr. Allison Arwady, head of the Chicago Department of Public Health, announced the annual grants during a Tuesday news conference, saying the 32 centers getting the funding will work with city clinics to expand care to uninsured people and create more trauma-informed...