In October 2020, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that the city was awarding a total of $8 million in grant funds to 32 
private non-profit providers to support their delivery of mental health services. To understand the real-world accessibility of mental health services available through these private non-profit providers, the Collaborative for Community Wellness undertook a systematic assessment of the private non-profit providers who received grant funds through the city. The aim of this assessment was to gain a comprehensive understanding of the services that these organizations provided and to explore the extent to which they addressed commonly cited access barriers related to cost, insurance coverage, geography, and organizational infrastructure and capacity.