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We’re excited to welcome Commissioner Rachel Arfa as the presenter for our May 27 Disability Rights Consortium session.

Commissioner Arfa will share updates on the work underway at the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, including current initiatives, programs, and resources available throughout the City of Chicago.

May 27 | 9:30–11:00 a.m. CT | Zoom
1.5 CLE credits available for Illinois attorneys. CART and ASL provided.

Register here: https://bit.ly/EFEMOPD

Chicago’s expansion of the CARE program is an important step toward a more humane and effective response to behavioral health crises in our communities.

We’re grateful to Mayor Brandon Johnson, advocates, organizers, clinicians, and community members who pushed this expansion forward and helped keep this issue front and center.

Programs like CARE matter because people experiencing mental health crises often need support, treatment, de-escalation, and connection to services — not criminalization. Sending trained behavioral health professionals and EMTs to appropriate nonviolent crisis calls can help reduce unnecessary police involvement while connecting people to the care they need.

Mayor Johnson expands alternate response effort for mental health emergencies For now, Mayor Brandon Johnson is using $31 million from the final chunk of federal stimulus funding delivered to Chicago during the pandemic to check another key item off his progressive to-do list. After that, the mayor is counting on revenue from his controversial social media tax.