The establishment of a Crisis Stabilization Unit for Lake County, the need for a mental health clinic in schools and the need for a $1 Billion in the State of Illinois capital budget for affordable housing are discussed in this newsletter. Clicking the title of this Recent News item will take you to the full article.

By: Richard Townsell, Aliya Husain, Kelly Collins and Rabbi Ari Margolis

For lack of better alternatives, write the authors, police often detain and jail people suffering a mental health crisis. As an alternative to beds in jails, as seen in this photograph, Illinois should create crisis stabilization centers, which are like emergency rooms for the mentally ill.

In his first few weeks as governor, J.B. Pritzker will have to take a swing at a lot of tough pitches, but one important issue looks to us like an easy fastball over the middle of the plate.

Lake County United, United Power for Action and Justice, DuPage United and Fox River Valley Initiative hosted an action with the 10 candidates in the primary for Illinois State Attorney General on March 12, 2018. This short video (2 minutes, 33 seconds) will give you a sense of our commitment to having a dialogue with elected officials. The link below is to the full length video of that event.