Johnson campaign promise to reopen mental health clinics and enact ‘Treatment not Trauma’ non-police response gets boost
Organizer Any Huamani, right, greets a colleague during a Treatment Not Trauma campaign summit at First Presbyterian Church in the Woodlawn neighborhood on July 22, 2023, in Chicago.
“That’s the goal of this administration. Treatment Not Trauma is the way in which we truly create a better, stronger, safer Chicago,” Johnson said at a Saturday summit organized by the activist coalition in Woodlawn. “My administration is going to reopen the mental health clinics that are publicly funded and publicly run.
On Monday, Rodriguez Sanchez presided as Johnson’s new handpicked chair of the committee and held a one-minute moment of silence for those killed by Chicago police during high-profile mental health crises such as Laquan McDonald, Quintonio Legrier and Bettie Jones. “We commit very sincerely to be a partner with this new mayor, with the chairwoman, folks in this room to get this done. To get Treatment Not Trauma done,” Richards said. “... You have our commitment that we are going to be a practical partner to help make this happen.”But as Arwady — whose 2019 confirmation was briefly held up over her refusal to bring back the shuttered mental health clinic — continues to lobby for keeping her job, it was Reinhart who kicked off Monday’s testimony.
Progressives and mental health advocates have complained of CARE’s rollout being too slow and too limited, with the “alternate response teams” that do not summon Chicago police to the scene only debuting in the city last summer on the Southwest Side.
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