Evanston Public Library offers a variety of programming related to health and wellness such as conversational events covering mental health topics, HIV testing, and screenings for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Evanston Public Library offers a variety of programming related to health and wellness such as conversational events covering mental health topics, HIV testing, and screenings for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

NAMI Chicago provides the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), an 8-week wellness class for people with mental health symptoms and conditions. All wellness classes are free, safe, and confidential places to talk things through with others who understand, and are led by people who have had similar experiences too.

Offers educational programs that help raise awareness and provides support for suicide prevention. Educates the public about mood disorders and suicide prevention. Promotes policies and legislation that impact suicide and prevention. Provides programs and resources for survivors of suicide loss and people at risk. Also provides in-person and online support group referrals for survivors. For a comprehensive list of resources visit www.afsp.org/suicide-prevention-resources/ *Does not provide its own crisis hotline service.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) offers both in-person and online support groups in addition to providing information about mood disorders and suicide prevention. The website offers links to other resources, including treatment options, clinical trials, and brochures in English and Spanish which may be downloaded for free.

Courses are taught by NAMI family members, trained mentors or peer teachers, topics includes listening and communication techniques, problem solving techniques, coping mechanisms, community resources, medication use in the treatment of mental illness in children and adults, relapse prevention information, recovery, rehabilitation and the self care skills needed to deal with a loved one's mental illness as well as its impact on the family.

A workshop to engage students, parents, faculty and staff about mental illness and mental health through education, awareness, increased peer support and access to treatment.

Provides mental health information/education.

Offers a confidential monthly support group for family and friends supporting a loved one with a mental illness. The group is led by two facilitators who are experienced with taking care of a family member with mental illness. *Also offers virtual monthly support group in Spanish via Zoom.

White Crane's Health Outreach Program strives to provide a comprehensive, holistic, community-based approach to chronic disease prevention in order to reduce the incidence of risk factors for preventable disease (stroke, heart disease, cancer, hypertension, diabetes, pneumonia, flu, osteoporosis, mental illness); to motivate and educate seniors to take control of their health; and to make health care services accessible to low-income, disadvantaged, immigrant, refugee, and minority at-risk elderly.

School-Based Counselors are master's level clinical social workers that provide comprehensive, destigmatized mental health services to youth and families, with a focus on addressing risk factors and enhancing coping, problem-solving, and communication skills. They work with teachers, administrators, and other school staff as well as parents and other family members to build the support networks that are key for long-term youth development.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Chicago provides Family to Family a free 8- or 12-week educational course designed for family members looking to develop skills to support their loved one living with a mental health condition. This group class is led by trained family members with experience supporting a loved one on their mental health journey.

NAMI Reads is to partner with libraries to promote discussions about mental health. This Public Education program invites the patrons of individual community libraries and local individuals to engage in informed non-stigmatized guided discussions about mental illness with a particular author or professional on various topics.

**Support groups will be held online via Zoom (video conferencing).** Offers general information, resources, and educational sessions related to different mental health topics, including: - Mental health for military service members - Classes for mental health professionals - Presentations for all ages - Mental health in African American communities - Network for all congregations of faith

Health Screening and Evaluation: Services provided to assist individuals to secure and maintain a favorable condition of health by helping them identify and understand their physical and mental health needs and to secure and utilize necessary medical treatment. The focus of this service is on identifying and evaluating the health needs of older persons and linking them to the health care system, not on diagnosis, monitoring and treatment.

Mental Health: Helps consumers stay on track by focusing on independent living skills, peer to peer interaction and support, advocacy and information and referral. Educational materials, a lending library, mental health literature, and information on area mental health services are also available.

Offers a confidential monthly support group for family and friends supporting a loved one with a mental illness. The group is led by two facilitators who are experienced with taking care of a family member with mental illness. *Also offers virtual monthly support group in Spanish via Zoom.

Provides information to improve individual's understanding of mental health/illness and help people make choices. Also, promotes personal mental health, takes advantage of opportunities for early detection, develops an awareness of available treatment options and supports ability to deal with mental health problems when they arise.

Mental Health: Helps consumers stay on track by focusing on independent living skills, peer to peer interaction and support, advocacy and information and referral. Educational materials, a lending library, mental health literature, and information on area mental health services are also available.

The LoSAH Center of Hope/Centro de Esperanza provides mental health care to community residents of Logan Square, Avondale, & Hermosa in Chicago. Because they are taxpayer-funded, they can only serve a specific area of the city. The LoSAH Center offers bilingual individual, couples, & family therapy to individuals with a variety of insurances, as well as uninsured individuals.

Offers training course teaching individuals how to support someone experiencing a mental health issue or crisis. Offered as a blended course with portions of the training taking place online and in-person.

Association House of Chicago offers Mental Health First Aid, a nationally recognized training that teaches participants how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness in their family, friends, community, and workplaces.

The Circle Resource Center specializes in serving women from lower socioeconomic groups. The center offers women a number of resources, including psychotherapy in English and in Spanish and a variety of workshops and programming to enrich the women's lives, provide education, social opportunities, and fun for the community.