Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday plans to release a comprehensive report about improving behavioral health care for children in the state — penned largely by a Chapin Hall child welfare expert with research from multiple state agencies and more than 700 stakeholders.
on Friday plans to release a comprehensive report about improving behavioral health care for children in the state — penned largely by a Chapin Hall child welfare expert with research from multiple state agencies and more than 700 stakeholders.
The initiative’s director, Dr. Dana Weiner, in 2019 also helped conduct a six-week review of an embattled Illinois Department of Children and Family services that found a lack of collaboration between investigators and case managers and a gap in historical information about allegations."Hopefully this plan will make it easier for families to access care for young people," Weiner said of the new initiative. "It will be easier to know where to go.
"Multiple state agencies operate programs that provide services to support children’s behavioral health, but there is minimal systematic coordination and no holistic, developmentally informed approach to meeting youth needs," Weiner wrote in the 92-page report. Weiner has recommended that the state create a statewide resource referral database that can be used on mobile devices so that anybody who comes into contact with a family member can provide a quick referral to services — including clinical services, mentoring or recreational services.
"Certainly the isolation and missed opportunities for social and academic interaction during the pandemic didn’t make things better," Weiner said. "But I don’t think the pandemic is the sole reason for the increase in behavioral health problems among kids. … No doubt young people, people of all ages, are still in the process of recovering from the pandemic."
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