Braden Counseling Center Opens A New Office In Oregon, IL
SYCAMORE, IL / ACCESSWIRE / January 18, 2021 / Braden Counseling Center, a clinical program for those suffering from substance abuse, chemical dependency, and other ailments affecting mental health, is now open in Oregon Illinois. The new office provides the same services as its other locations in Bartlett, Geneva, Elgin, Rochelle, and Sycamore, except for DUI services which are pending licensed approval from the state of Illinois.
The center offers services for domestic violence counseling, DUI counseling, substance abuse treatment, C.A.L.M., driver s license reinstatement, individual counseling, family counseling, and couples counseling. It also offers additional counseling services for ADD/ADHD, addictions, anger/conflict, anxiety, behavior problems, bipolar disorder diagnosis and treatment, depression, divorce, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, grief, job issues, obsessive-compulsive divorce (
West Side Show Room receives grants
Rockford Register Star
ROCKFORD The West Side Show Room was recently awarded grants to offset class fees and ensure its Equity Diversity Inclusion Workshops are accessible to everyone in the Rockford area arts community.
The Show Room has used the COVID-19 downtime to develop an educational program to benefit the community. EDI Workshops For The Arts gives local arts leaders and participants a common language to help address racial and social inequities in the arts.
Locally, the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois and Rockford Area Arts Council have both awarded grant money for the workshops. A statewide Healing Illinois Grant, developed through a partnership between the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Chicago Community Trust, was also received. The Show Room is one of only a few from the stateline area to receive a Healing Illinois Grant.
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Monica Haslip, at left, Robin Rue Simmons and Michael Nabors are taking part in a panel discussion Tuesday titled “Racial Healing and Reparations: Two Steps Toward Transformation.” (via YWCA Evanston/NorthShore)
EVANSTON, IL In recognition of the National Day of Racial Healing, which occurs the day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, YWCA Evanston/North Shore will host a virtual panel discussion that is free and open to the public.
Titled Racial Healing and Reparations: Two Steps Toward Transformation, the panel discussion will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time on January 19.
YWCA Evanston/North Shore is encouraging area residents to attend this free event by registering via YWCA s website: www.ywca-ens.org.
In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd and subsequent uprising, many have grappled with the question of how to address systemic racism in substantive ways. Last fall, the state launched the Healing Illinois initiative. The goal is to prompt ideas and activities that help build a bridge toward a racially equitable Illinois, according to the Illinois Department of Human Services, which oversees the program and $4.5 million in total funding. The funds are meant to address racial injustice and promote dialogue, education and healing. Organizations that applied were able to request up to $50,000. The Illinois Public Health Association in Sangamon County, in partnership with Black Lives Matter Springfield and Memorial Health System, was awarded $40,000 to expand the Healing Ambassadors program and a storytelling project. Both initiatives are designed to address community trauma.
SPRINGFIELD â Illinois Department of Veteransâ Affairs Director Linda Chapa LaVia resigned Monday, more than two months after an outbreak was first reported at the LaSalle Veteransâ Home that has killed more than a quarter of the facilityâs residents.
Chapa LaVia is the second high-profile departure related to the outbreak at the LaSalle home in the aftermath of the deadly outbreak. LaSalle Veteransâ Home Administrator Angela Melbrech was fired on Dec. 7.
Chapa LaViaâs resignation came after a House Civil Judiciary committee hearing on Monday morning during which members questioned her handling of the outbreak at the LaSalle home, where 36 residents have died of COVID-19 since Nov. 1.