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Uplifting Voices to Create New Alternatives: Documenting the Mental Health Crisis for Adults on Chicago’s Southwest Side
This report was put together through the collaborative contribution from community-based organizations, community leaders, community residents, and students. This report was produced without any funding, an accomplishment that…
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We Gotta STOP Crimininalizin’ Mental Illness: Experiences with Mental Health Crisis Response in Chicago
From July through October 2023, a team of sociologists from the University of Illinois at Chicago interviewed 23 residents of Chicago about their experiences with mental health crisis…
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Photovoice Project: Mental Health Access for the Chicago Latinx Community in the time of COVID-19
A community-based photovoice project As part of a larger study about the experiences of Latinx and Muslim community members during the Trump administration, this project involved a partnership…
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911 Behavioral Health Call Rates Across Chicago’s Wards: Understanding Call Rates in the Context of Disinvestment in Public Mental Health Services
Using publicly available data through The City of Chicago’s Office of the Inspector General, we plotted 911 behavioral health call rates per 100,000 residents between January 1, 2019…
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Mental Health Service Access in Chicago: Community Survey
Drawing on the wealth of experience in quantitative research methods and survey design among our membership, the CCW’s Research Working Group collectively designed a community survey to assess…