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 | Too many people who are homeless are also battling mental illness with no professional or community assistance. The Thresholds Mobile Assessment Unit (TMAU) was established in 1989 to provide assertive outreach, psychiatric care, and resource referral to homeless persons with serious mental illness. TMAU employs the skills of licensed clinical social workers on the streets, in the shelters, and any other location where people who are homeless may be found. We are Chicago's only city-wide mental health outreach program, and our primary goal is simple: to get people with mental illness off the street and help them regain control of their lives.
We believe it's not enough to simply be available to the people who need our services – we need to bring our services to them. Everyday, TMAU workers can be found traveling in a van in search of people who may need our services, or dashing through the park system on bikes in response to radio-dispatched crisis calls. After initial contact, the TMAU team can hospitalize people in need, help provide temporary shelter, or connect them to long-term support programs. Each year TMAU works with 800 - 1,400 people on the streets throughout the greater Chicago metropolitan area.
The Thresholds Mobile Assessment Unit is available Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with additional weekend hours on a limited basis. If you know someone on the streets who needs our help, please call 877-725-0572 (North Side) or 866-712-1100 (South, West Sides).
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Mental Health / Recovery Professionals
Thresholds provides the following services:
Mental health evaluationsReferral, transport, and linkage to appropriate community servicesInitiate involuntary psychiatric hospitalization, when appropriateLimited physical health serviceSafe Haven housing program
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