Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families

Illinois 

McHenry County Child/Adolescent Recovery Experience

CARE is the system of care for McHenry County youth with serious emotional disturbance.  All provided services will be made accessible and culturally inclusive.  The program will put special focus on the rapidly expanding Latino population. 

Lisa Rubenstein
Grantee Project Officer
1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 6-1050
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 240-276-1927
Fax: 240-276-1990
E-mail: lisa.rubenstein@samhsa.hhs.gov 

Peter Nierman
Principal Investigator
Illinois Department of Human Services
160 North LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone: 773-794-4881
Fax: 773-684-4847
E-mail: dhs0299@dhs.state.il.us 

Sharon Zahorodnyj
Project Director
Illinois Department of Human Services
401 South Clinton Street
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone: 773-794-4881
Fax: 773-684-4847
E-mail: dhse046@dhs.state.il.us 

System of Care-Chicago 

System of Care-Chicago (SOC-C) advances a school-based approach to developing a system of care involving parents, youth, mental health and other child serving entities and stakeholders. The goals of this project are to strengthen collaborations and develop system-of-care infrastructure; to provide a broad array of coordinated services to meet children's individualized needs; to implement evidence-based practices and to identify emerging practices/interventions that meet the requirements of evidence-based approaches; to support the development of parent/youth participation and organization; and to develop evaluation mechanisms and processes to document the evolution of the system-of-care infrastructure and outcomes. By helping parents and youth to organize in their local communities, SOC-C creates new opportunities for the establishment of much needed parent and youth presence and participation in designing the structures and support they desire. The project builds information system linkages critical to collaboration among the multiple partners required for Chicago's system to optimally function. Through technical assistance, consultation and training, organizational structures will be redesigned, and parents and professionals will develop new skills and policies that will support innovation.

Lisa Rubenstein
Grantee Project Officer
1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 6-1050
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 240-276-1927
Fax: 240-276-1990
E-mail: lisa.rubenstein@samhsa.hhs.gov 

Peter Nierman
Principal Investigator
IDHS/Office of Mental Health
4200 North Oak Park Avenue Annex
Chicago, IL 60634
Phone: 773-944-4847
Fax: 773-794-4881
E-mail: dhs0299@dhs.state.il.us 

Darnell Cunningham
Co-Program Director
IDHS/Office of Mental Health
4200 North Oak Park Avenue/Annex
Chicago, IL 60634
Phone: 773-794-4847
Fax: 773-794-4881
E-mail: soccdxc1@aol.com 

Karen Douglass
Project Director
4200 North Oak Park Avenue/Annex
Chicago, IL 60634
Phone: 773-794-4910
Fax: 773-794-4881
E-mail: socckad@aol.com 

Colette Lueck
Clinical Director
4200 North Oak Park Avenue/Annex
Chicago, IL 60634
Phone: 773-794-4918
Fax: 773-794-4881
E-mail: soccclu@aol.com 

Madelyn Cunningham
Lead Parent
4200 North Oak Park Avenue/Annex
Chicago, IL 60634
Phone: 773-794-4916
Fax: 773-794-4881
E-mail: soccmcc@aol.com 

Patrick Williams
Youth Coordinator
4200 North Oak Park Avenue/Annex
Chicago, IL 60634
Phone: 773-794-4907
Fax: 773-794-4881
E-mail: soccpaw@aol.com 

Anita Rico
Youth Resource Developer
4200 North Oak Park Avenue/Annex
Chicago, IL 60634
Phone: 773-794-4907
Fax: 773-794-4881
E-mail: soccanr@aol.com 

Catrina McFarland
Administrative Assistant
4200 North Oak Park Avenue/Annex
Chicago, IL 60634
Phone: 773-794-4913
Fax: 773-794-4881
E-mail: socccmc@aol.com