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LSSI writes press releases for the media and shares occasional informational updates and articles relevant to our work, which are consolidated here for reference.
Media Contact: Barb Hailey, 847.635.4686, Barb.Hailey@LSSI.org
The Welcoming Center
Individuals experiencing a mental health crisis often turn to hospital emergency rooms for care. And while they may find ...
Books Brighten Children’s Christmas
In Dixon, IL, Carolyn Chin and her late husband, Larry Dunphy, cofounded Books on First in 1998, a bookstore to help build ...
A Foster Care Family Affair in Northern Illinois
Solange and her husband, who live in Northern Illinois, had five biological children when they agreed to provide foster care ...
Caring for Teenage Girls in Foster Care
Becky is a dedicated foster parent in Whiteside County who has worked with LSSI since 2005. In that time, she’s fostered at ...
Foster Parents Welcome Seven Children through Adoption
Amanda Rushing Holbrook remembers vividly the day she and her husband, Daniel, journeyed down a path to become foster ...
Donald, Community Support Teams
LSSI’s Community Support Team (CST) and Community Case Management (CCM) staff provide essential case management services for ...
Alisha, Screening Assessment and Support Services
Alisha Denis, LCSW, one of LSSI’s Screening Assessment and Support Services (SASS) Counselors at the Portage Cragin ...
Karen, Step-Up School-Based Counseling Program
Karen, a counselor in LSSI’s Step-Up School-Based Counseling Program, has some great resources to help parents talk about ...
Michelle, Project IMPACT
On a normal day working for LSSI’s Project IMPACT, a behavioral health crisis program in 4 Chicago hospital emergency rooms, ...
Decades of Support for LSSI
Luther Memorial Church, Chicago, has been committed to LSSI’s mission since their pastor was named to the LSSI Board of ...
Reaching Out to Community
Four years ago, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Aurora, signed a contract with LSSI to allow the use of their former parsonage ...
Hope Moves
What began as a modest undertaking three years ago by a small group at Northeast Christian Church, Rockford, has turned into ...
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