Press & Media
Every day, the media publishes stories about mental health, developmental and intellectual disabilities and substance use. Here, we share stories about our communities.
DuPage & Cook County
Vermillion County
Illinois
Wheeling
Advocate for 708 hosts open house fundraiser to support the creation of 708 community mental health boards in Illinois.
Join fellow advocates at an open house fundraiser hosted by Advocate for 708, Together we will celebrate the nine 708 Community Mental Health Boards we helped create through successful township tax referendums from 2017-2023 and raise funds to support referendum advocacy campaigns planned for 2024 and beyond for townships in Cook, DuPage, and Lake Counties.
The open house fundraiser will be held from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the Family Life Center of Trinity Lutheran Church located at 405 S. Rush Street in Roselle. It will feature short educational presentations from community leaders and mental health professionals plus an assortment of delectable treats generously provided by The Sweet Spot Bakery in Lisle.
Vermillion County 708 Board held a Community Health Assessment stakeholders meeting. They reviewed current Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN) goals, heard from priority workgroups, reviewed a recent community assessment survey and community data, and selected the top four priorities for the next three-year period to focus on.
The fentanyl crisis has resulted in a more than 2,700 percent increase in deaths in Illinois over the past decade. Last month, DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgenson said fentanyl was involved in 75 fatal overdoses in 2021, calling it a "major drug" when it comes to overdose fatalities.
Advocates for mental health float a proposal to create a 708 Board in Wheeling Township.
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Advocate for 708 presented to the Buffalo Grove Village Board on the value of having a 708 board in our community.
Naperville
Roselle
April 18, 2022 - 'Everybody struggles': Neuqua Valley students discuss mental health with surgeon general, Underwood
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy appeared Monday at the Naperville school via Zoom while a dozen Neuqua Valley students and U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood participated in a discussion about youth mental health struggles. Underwood, a 2004 Neuqua Valley graduate, organized the event only a few months after two Neuqua Valley students died by suicide.
The League of Women Voters held a panel discussion titled, 708 Boards for DuPage County, A Panel Discussion.
