Priority Goals

The Partnership developed six core goals that identify key areas of need essential to reforming the Illinois Children’s Mental Health System:

• Develop and strengthen prevention, early intervention, and treatment policies, programs, and services for children.
• Increase public education and awareness of the mental health needs of children.
• Maximize current investments, and invest sufficient fiscal resources over time.
• Build a qualified and adequately trained workforce with a sufficient number of professionals to serve children and their families throughout Illinois.
• Create a quality-driven children’s mental health system with shared accountability among key state agencies and programs.
• Invest in research.