Kennedy Forum Illinois

About

Kennedy Forum Illinois is a broad-based, united campaign to advance mental health and addiction policy, improve access to services, and combat stigma.

Story

Just as President Kennedy rallied the nation to dream big and set audacious goals 50 years ago, The Kennedy Forum in Illinois is working toward lasting change in the way mental health and addictions are considered and treated.

OUR VISION: A future where all persons are treated with dignity and receive the person-centered mental and physical care and support they need to thrive and achieve their goals; with a health system that fully recognizes that the brain is part of the body.

OUR MISSION: End stigma against mental health and substance use disorders. We are focused on changing both attitudes and practice.

OUR WORK

• Elevate and improve the quality of the public
discourse and mass media coverage of mental
health and addiction;

• Ensure equal access and coverage of mental
health and substance use disorder care;

• Advance integration and coordination of
behavioral health care and prevention into the
general primary care medical system;

• Leverage innovation and technology to advance
and improve mental health/addiction interventions
and integration;

• Give children the best chance to succeed in life by
addressing brain health at an early age.

Mission

End stigma against mental health and substance use disorders. We are focused on changing both attitudes and practice.

Impressum

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