# Event Details - **Event Name**: Housing and Youth Mental Health: Building an Optimal System of Care - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 22 Jul, 2025 at 11:30 am – Tue, 22 Jul, 2025 at 01:30 pm - **Event Description**: A conversation and strategy session on HOUSING/in-patient services as a strategy to build an optimal youth mental health systems of careAbout this EventHousing, Supported Living and Inpatient Services to Improve Youth Mental Health: Building an Optimal System of CareDates: Tuesday, July 22Time: 11:30 am to 1:30 pmLocation: Brooke Road Community Center (lower level), 1404 Brooke Rd, Rockford, IL 61109. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.Who should attend: Anyone who has participated in the past YMHSOC listening sessions or data reveal, any individuals or families with experience with youth mental health, and mental health or human service providers who support youth and their families.Details: You are invited to share your wisdom and experience to inform the next steps and implementation planning for the Youth Mental Health Systems of Care (YMHSOC) in Winnebago and Boone Counties.You may recall that past conversations featured discussions on community strengths and challenges, envisioning what an ideal system of care would look like. Members of the YMHSOC spent several months collecting information during community conversations and listening sessions about mental health services in the community. These listening sessions helped to identify system gaps and advance efforts to create an efficient, effective, and comprehensive mental health system for youth and young adults.The 2024 Listening Sessions Report share the results of that process, and the data collected suggests we focus detailed planning on 2-3 key areas that will be most impactful in ensuring an optimal system of care. Please join us as we take a final deep dive into the last of these three areas; Mark your calendar for a July 22 discussion on Housing Support Services – Ensuring coordinated and comprehensive services and supports that foster stable, adequate, and affordable housing for youth and their families, including adequate inpatient and supportive living services for adolescents.Past conversations: Community Collaboration (May 13) – Ensuring that services are coordinated and collaborative in their efforts; efficiently assisting families in navigating the system of care instead of expecting them to “figure it out.”; Education and Training (June 10) - Ensuring the community is well-educated about housing concepts and services and resources available to them, ensuring availability of accessible and affordable education and training for families and youth, and ensuring professionals are trained and ready to meet the mental health needs of youth and their families. Please join us, and please share this invitation with peers and other mental health and human services providers. Finding the right path forward requires strong community engagement.Goals of this work: The goal of this work is to establish area best practices with a focus on creating an optimal mental health treatment system as a whole, that is affordable, comprehensive and accessible, for all area youth and their families or caretakers.Visit www.ymhsoc.org to learn more about the work of the Youth Mental Health System of Care. Email the event organizer, NICNE, at bcallahan@niu.edu with questions. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/fc58dc00-57e3-11f0-9830-cdf20e546bdf-rimg-w1200-h300-dcffffff-gmir.jpg About the Youth Mental Health System of Care (YMHSOC): Visit www.ymhsoc.org to learn more. In 2018, a community planning team worked in collaboration to submit a grant proposal to the Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation to improve the youth mental health system of care in Winnebago and Boone Counties. This team included representatives from Rosecrance, Youth Services Network, Children's Home and Aid, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Winnebago County Health Department, Rockford Regional Health Council, Crusader Community Health, MercyHealth, Carrie Lynn Children's Center, Rockford Public Schools, Easterseals Metropolitan Chicago, and the 17th Judicial Circuit Court. The team was one of eight finalists but did not receive this grant. The team continued to meet, engage in preplanning work, and pursue future funding opportunities. In 2020, the group received a 4-year planning and implementation grant from the Children's Mental Health Foundation with a targeted focus on deep engagement of people with lived experience, heighted collaboration and coordinated care among partners, and community-based organizations through the creation of a professionals Community of Practice, and capacity building for mental health service providers through workforce development and training. Our mission is to create a coordinated and comprehensive system of care addressing the mental health needs of children and adolescents in Winnebago and Boone Counties. Our vision is to see a comprehensive, coordinated, equitable, and evidence-based youth mental health system of care affordable and accessible for all children, youth, and adults ages 0-21 in Winnebago and Boone Counties. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/fcd7a8f0-57e3-11f0-84c9-0b5385eecad1-rimg-w1200-h300-dcffffff-gmir.jpg About NICNE: The Northern Illinois Center for Nonprofit Excellence (NICNE) has been strengthening nonprofits since August 2004 by providing capacity building, training, technical assistance, resource support and initiative leadership to nonprofit organizations in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. NICNE believes in investing in people and organizations that make communities in our area safer, healthier and more vibrant. We do so by providing training opportunities, which help nonprofits successfully achieve their missions. As the region’s primary resource for nonprofit capacity and movement building, NICNE encourages collaboration and best practices that result in a strong, vibrant nonprofit sector to demonstrating significant social impact. NICNE Mission: Promote, model and grow innovation, excellence and social impact.Please email questions to CEO Pam Clark Reidenbach at pclark1@niu.edu. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/rockford/housing-and-youth-mental-health-building-an-optimal-system-of-care/100001429080120109 - **Event Categories**: health-wellness, mental-health, workshops, calendar - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Rockford - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: 1404 Brooke Rd - **lat**: 42.2306148 - **long**: -89.07457459999999 - **full address**: 1404 Brooke Rd, 1404 Brooke Road, Rockford, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Housing and Youth Mental Health: Building an Optimal System of Care - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/46caa95f35738d8ef2780815f52df17e2155be7f92e0ded68a59d933be8413e1-rimg-w1200-h600-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1751608202 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Housing and Youth Mental Health: Building an Optimal System of Care being held? - **A:** Housing and Youth Mental Health: Building an Optimal System of Care takes place on Tue, 22 Jul, 2025 at 11:30 am to Tue, 22 Jul, 2025 at 01:30 pm at 1404 Brooke Rd, 1404 Brooke Road, Rockford, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Housing and Youth Mental Health: Building an Optimal System of Care? - **A:** Housing and Youth Mental Health: Building an Optimal System of Care is organized by Northern Illinois Center for Nonprofit Excellence (NICNE). - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Housing and Youth Mental Health: Building an Optimal System of Care is ideal for learners, working professionals, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Rockford, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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