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Say It Out Loud Grant Program
A key element of the Illinois Children’s Mental Health Partnership’s plan to create a comprehensive and coordinated children’s mental health system was stigma reduction. Therefore a strategic plan priority was the development of a public awareness campaign to reduce stigma and promote the importance of investing in children’s social and emotional development and mental health.
ICMHP along with its partners - including the Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health -collaborated to develop and implement a public awareness campaign called Say It Out Loud. It is a multi-year statewide campaign designed to promote good mental health for everyone, reduce the barriers that prevent too many people from seeking or offering help and support, and build a stronger base of support and network of services for people with mental health challenges.
One strategy for implementing the Say It Out Loud Campaign was providing mini-grants of $10,000 to a variety of community-based groups to allow the groups to take the campaign message and materials and tailor it for use in their communities. The groups have targeted different audiences throughout the state including parents of young children, high school and college students, faith-based leaders, medical professionals, and middle school students. They have used a variety of engagement activities including radio shows, parades, health fairs, and speaker’s bureaus. The mini-grant portion of the Campaign is entering it's fourth year. Visit the News/Events page to download the Request for Proposals.
As communities all around Illinois are Saying It Out Loud, the SIOL campaign’s messaging and materials for use in school, agency or any community setting is available at www.mentalhealthillinois.org. For more information, please contact Alicia Diebold at adiebold@voices4kids.org.
Say It Out Loud Grantees - FY 2011
Aurora University, Aurora
Teri Tomaszkiewicz, ttomaszk@aurora.edu
Community Counseling Center, Alton
Karen Sopronyi Tompkins, atyree@cccnmc.org
Community Elements, Inc., Champaign
Sheila Ferguson, sferguson@communityelements.org
Korean American Community Services, Chicago
Janet Martinez, jmartinez@kacschgo.org
Loyola University, Chicago
William Sellers, ors@luc.edu
Polish American Association, Chicago
Marta Buchanan, marta.buchanan@polish.org
Prairie Center Against Sexual Assault, Springfield
Shelly Vaughan, development@prairiecasa.org
Sinnissippe Centers, Inc., Dixon
Amy Adams, amyadams@sinnissippi.com
Southern Illinois Regional Social Services, Inc. (SIRSS), Carbondale
Kathryn Sime, ksime@sirss.org
Transitions Mental Health Services, Rock Island
Gary Weinstein, gweinstein@transmhs.org
Say It Out Loud Grantees - FY 2010
Adler School of Professional Psychology, Chicago
Kate Lux, klux@adler.edu
Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois, Chicago
Margo Sutorius, msutoriu@childrenshomeandaid.org
Community TV Network, Chicago
Michael Chandler, Michael@ctvnetwork.org
Corazon Community Services, Cicero
Mary Johnson, amalonso@corazoncs.org
Equip for Equality, Chicago
Melissa Picciola, Melissa@equipforequality.org
Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, Chicago
Shannon Sullivan, shannon@illinoissafeschools.org
Mental Health Association of Illinois Valley, Peoria
Katie Jones, mhaiv@mhaiv.org
Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois, Springfield
Cindy Kiriakos, kiriakos.cindy@mhsil.com
Redeem Church of God in Christ, Joliet
Chrysann Moore, contactus@redeemcogic.org
Rural Health, Inc., Anna
Marcena Berbling, mberbling@ruralhealthinc.org
Say It Out Loud Grantees - FY 2009 The University of Illinois, Chicago
Luis Vargas, mmalcome@pysch.uic.edu
Radio Arte, Chicago
Naomi Echeandia, naomi@radioarte.org
Whiteside County Community Health Department, Rock Falls
Lynne Schweppe, lschwepp@idphnet.com
The Helen Wheeler Center for Community Mental Health, Kankakee
Jackie Haas, hwcjackie@ameritech.net
Child Abuse Council, Rock Island
Pam Hauman, pamh@childabuseqc.org
Bridgeway, Inc., Galesburg
Rhonda Nelson, rhondan@bway.org
Homework Hangout Club, Inc., Decatur
Keith Anderson, homeworkhangout@comcast.net
Youth Service Bureau, Springfield
Kathleen Wright, kw@ysbi.com
St. Clair County Mental Health Board, Belleville
Debbie Humphrey, danar@stc708.org
NAMI Illinois, Springfield
Jane Roennigke, Thomas.lora@sbcglobal.net
Youth Service Project, Inc., Chicago
Stephanie Wilmoth, kmocasio@youthserviceproject.org
Bridges to a New Day, Lockport
Carolyn Khan, Carolyn@bridgestoanewday.org
Community Resources & Counseling Center, Inc., Paxton
Jeff Reynolds, jreynolds@4crcc.org
Transitions of Western Illinois, Quincy
Barbara Baker Chapin, bchapin@twi.org
Egyptian Health Department, Eldorado
Angie Hampton, ahamp@egyptian.org
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