Why I Love Thresholds: Scarleth Lever-Ortiz

It’s February, the month when people want to express who and what they love. This year, our supporters shared with us “Why I Love Thresholds”, their personal stories of what helping to further our mission means to them. Here’s Scarleth Lever-Ortiz , a Threshold Board Member and the Director of the Office of Diversity & […]

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Thresholds Statement on Governor Pritzker’s State of the State

In his State of the State address yesterday, Governor JB Pritzker highlighted many of the major accomplishments of his first year in office. These included passing a balanced budget that significantly increased funding for mental health and substance use treatment, raising the minimum wage to put workers on more solid economic ground, a commitment to […]

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Thresholds Named A Chicago Tribune Top Workplace for 6th Consecutive Year

Chicago, IL – Thresholds, the largest provider of community mental health services in Illinois, has been named a Top Workplace 2019 by the Chicago Tribune. Awardees were chosen based entirely on anonymous employee survey results that measure workplace factors such as culture, alignment, execution, connection, and more. This is the sixth year in a row […]

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Statement on Mayor Lightfoot’s Budget and Mental Health Plan

Chicago, IL – Today, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot delivered a budget address in the midst of a challenging $838 million gap in the city’s budget. She outlined broad goals for addressing Chicago’s mental health infrastructure, affordable housing, and much more. We applaud the increased focus given to this pressing issue. Mental health and substance use […]

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Mental Illness Awareness Week: Jerry’s Story

For Mental Illness Awareness Week, we are highlighting members of Thresholds’ Peer Success program. In this program, staff who are in mental health recovery provide services and outreach to Thresholds members. Their first-hand experience with the same struggles our members are going through helps them build stronger social bonds and offer more effective service to […]

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