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The Marshall county Behavioral Health Task Force (MCBHTF) is sponsored by the Marshall County Board of Health and is a group of Marshall County citizens working collaboratively with the Marshall County Health Department and other service agencies to address mental health needs throughout the Marshall County Community. 

 

Proposed Mission statement:  The Marshall County Behavioral Health Task Force, composed of citizen members and service provider representative members, will work as a coalition to improve mental wellness by increasing awareness of mental health, advocating on behalf of individuals experiencing mental illness, and promoting access to appropriate needed mental health care services. 

 
General Goal areas:
  1. Improve and promote access to services, increase number of services and linkages to varied behavioral health related support services to citizens of Marshall County
  2. Continue to involve Task Force membership and include diverse needs across life span of citizens in Marshall County
  3. Provide and support educational and advocacy activities and programs concerning mental wellness and related issues being held throughout Marshall County
  4. Promote development of a consumer based recovery support system in Marshall County
 
Public e-mail access for communication with  MCBHTF Facilitator or Leadership Committee can be made by the following: marshallcountymentalhealth@gmail.com.
(Emergency and more urgent contacts should be made to designated service contacts, emergency response sytems or police.  The identified e-mail contact is for informational contact general purposes and will generally be responded to within several days.)
 
RESOURCE DIRECTORY LINKAGE:  A Marshall County Citizen based  Resource Directory is provided as a link to this web-page (version 2010.1)
 
 
Agencies currently pariticpating in the MCBHTF Leadership Committee are:
          Marshall County Health Department(309)246-8074
          North Central Behavioral Health System (815)224-1610
          Mental Health Association of Illinois Valley (309)692-1766
          Freedom House for Domestc Violence (815)872-0087
          Youth Service Bureau (815) 433-3953 Ext 4060
          Marshall County Sheriff's Department (309)246-2115
          Illinois Department of Human Service (217)786-6866
          Faith based Community Leadership members
          School District Staff of Marshall County programs
          Center for Prevention of  Abuse (800)559-7233
          Other affiliating agency and staff....
 
 
History:  The  Marshall County Behavioral Health Task Force was initiated by action of the Marshall County Board of Health to provide needed follow-up  for two research projects conducted by Peoria County Health Department graduate students circa 2006 and 2008.  A  Marshall County Board of Health appointed member maintains 'coordinative' role as facilitator of the Task Force and reports on activity directly to the Marshall County Board of Health. The Task Force has been in formation and active in sponsoring community activies related to mental wellness issues since 2008.  Activities include:
  • Sponsorship of three community forum events to gather information direct from residents of Marshall County pertaining to mental health needs
  • Collaborative sponsorship with North Central Behavioral Health of 'Mental Health First Aid Training' (2008) 
  •  Participation in community health events including the Marshall-Putnam County Fair
  •   Community Meetings highlighting particular service agencies presently involved in Marshall County
  •    Project work of school based activities including collaborative sponsorhip with Mental Health  Association of Illinois Valley of  'Question, Persuade and Refer' Training Program in school districts based in Marshall County
  •   Completion and distribution of a MARSHALL COUNTY RESOURCE DIRECTORY which highlights services and resources related to Mental (Behavioral) Heatlh for Marshall County Citizens
Organization:  The Marshall County Behavioral Health Task Force conducts community meetings, trainings and small group networking throughout a broad based citizen network let by a volunteer facilitator with collaboration of mental health related service providers engaged in activities within Marshall County.  A Leadership  Committee has been established with all meetings open to the public of  involved service provider agency representatives and members of the Commnity based Task Force.  These meetings are typically convened every 2-3 months at this time as extensive travel for providers residing outside of Marshall County is considered.  Current task force projects include (but are not limited to):

              1. Distribution and publicizing of materials related to the 'MARSHALL COUNTY RESOURCE DIRECTORY' including linkages to the RESOURCE DIRECTORY VIA MARSHALL COUNTY WEBSITE in near future.

              2. Support and participation of MCBHTF members in the Aunt Martha's Organization Grant Application process

              3.  Continued work on Goals/Objectives for Task Force/Organizational framework and memoranda of understanding with participating service agencies and development of strategic plan for the MCBHTF

(NOTE: This site is maintained by volunteer member(s) of task force and will be updated as possible.  Most recent revision being February 25,2010)

 

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