Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker releases a report about improving behavioral pediatric health care in the state.
a comprehensive report about improving behavioral health care for children in the state on Friday, 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, also helped conduct a six-week review of an embattled Illinois Department of Children and Family services in 2019 that found a lack of collaboration between investigators and case managers and a gap in historical information about allegations. In some cases, parents have chosen to give custody of their children to the state in an attempt to secure residential placement or payment for psychiatric services, notes Weiner, a senior policy fellow at Chapin Hall, an independent, nonpartisan policy research center at the University of Chicago.
Pritzker's proposed 2024 budget contains a $22.8 million request related to the initiative, including $10 million to expand a program that provides 24/7 services to youth who have been "locked out" of their homes by parents, run away from home or are beyond the care of their parents and are in immediate danger. It also includes $8 million for a resource referral tool, $2 million for pediatric mental health training and $1.
Mental health problems for children were already on the rise when the pandemic hit. And Illinois is, indeed, experiencing a youth mental health care crisis, the report says, with 40% of young people in Illinois who experienced major depressive episodes unable to receive mental health care.
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