Volunteers are needed on Thursdays from 3:45-5:00 p.m. at Perspectives Charter School, 8131 S. May St., Chicago. These mentoring sessions include a coordinator from the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, so you can learn how to mentor better if you are interested, but don’t know where or how to start. There are opportunities to...
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Mentoring Program Looking for Some Big People
Residents concerned as more mental health clinics are in jeopardy
Story by: Sarah Riordan
April 29, 2009 – Englewood resident Rachel Fallon has easy access to something she calls “a true blessing.” With a mother who suffers from dementia, Fallon said the nearby Chicago mental health clinic is irreplaceable.
“It was just a year ago that I realized I couldn’t take care of my...
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City continues with plan to close mental health clinics
March 11, 2009 – Mental-health advocates and community activists made a last attempt yesterday to gain support from the City Council’s Health Committee to stop the closure of four Southside clinics.
The Back of the Yards’, Beverly/Morgan Park, Greater Grand/Mid-South and Woodlawn clinics will be closed on April 7 because of a $1.2 million cut...
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