The new Collaborative Bridges program, funded by the Illinois Department of Health and Family Services, bridges gaps in mental health care in Chicago.
A new program being funded by the state bridges the gap between crisis care and long-term mental health care on Chicago's West Side.The state of Illinois is funding a first of its kind program aimed at improving mental health services support on the West Side of Chicago that will start seeing patients in just one week."I felt hopeless, I felt small, and I basically felt like I didn't have a voice," she said.
"It was a lot of run around. So within that time, there is no help. So you have to dig yourself out of your own ditch," Bell said. Collaborative Bridges is a combined effort between hospitals and community organizations on the city's West Side which deal with crime, low income and a lack of resources, to help bridge the gap between hospitals and long-term care services. The program is funded by the Illinois Department of Health and Family Services.
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