Pritzker Signs Law Extending Grant Program for Behavioral Health Services wkms.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wkms.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The program will focus on 24-hour crisis support and evidence-based care.
Illinois must develop a plan to continue a grant program for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics by January 2022.
Governor JB Pritzker signed the legislation, which will extend a grant program that provides funding for behavioral health providers. Some providers have already begun to been receiving CCBHC funding through federal grants.
Anne Tyree, regional COO of Centerstone, said the program also focuses on the connection between mental and physical health and streamlining access to care. For people with serious mental illness, it introduces a model that integrates primary care with behavioral health. Because we know that people who have a serious mental illness die 20 years sooner than everybody else. So by working through community based services to address primary care needs, we are able to identify physical issues sooner and help them link to our medical providers and get treatment, she s
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