The Task Force is committed to educating the local community about the experience of living with mental illness and the need for supportive housing and services in Arlington Heights and the surrounding communities. From time to time we will be posting  the recent news and research about housing  and hosting community events which are open to the public.

February 2011 - The Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies publishes information on the cost effectiveness of permanent supportive housing.

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The Nation's Largest Mental Health Provider: Housing with Services is the Cost-Effective Solution

Education Programs for the Public

Thursday, August 19, 2010, 7:30 PM

St. Edna's Catholic Church, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Rd.

Note: These programs are not an open forum to debate the merits of any one particular proposal.  It will be a presentation about mental illness, the needs for various community resources, and recovery.

 If you missed our July, 2010 mailing to the neighbors, a copy can be found here. Please sign up to be included in our upcoming education programs.
Neighbor Letter – July, 2010

The Task Force has partnered with The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to offer a wide range of mental health education programs to schools, educators and the community of Arlington Heights and surrounding suburban areas.

Each of these programs is designed to give a better understanding of the experience of living with serious mental illness and a range of treatment options that promote recovery. To schedule a program for your group, click on one of the links below.

Parents and Teachers as Allies– an in-service mental health education program for school professionals.

In Our Own Voice– a presentation by mental health consumers that creates awareness about what in involved in recovery from serious mental illness.

Ending the Silence  - a program taught in high schools as part of the required health curriculum. This one-class seminar covers serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression and ADHD, the onset of which often occurs in this age group. This program alerts students to the signs and symptoms as well as the value for seeking early treatment through involvement with parents, teachers and mental health care providers.

Ending the Silence is taught throughout DuPage County, Illinois in public high schools and recently at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois. If you are an administrator or advocate who can assist us in scheduling Ending the Silence in the local high schools, please contact The Task Force.

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