Last night on August 28, ONE Northside leaders, allies and elected officials gathered in Uptown to celebrate victory for the Mental Health Justice Team! Help spread the word by sharing our victory post on Facebook! For the last year, the Mental Health Justice Team has been fighting to increase the personal needs allowance (PNA) given to […]
Last week, many of you received an email celebrating the Mental Health Justice Team and our significant victory of raising the monthly personal need allowance in IL through a budget measure (more at this link). Today, we call on Governor Rauner to sign SB1353 and make this victory permanent! For the last year, the Mental Health Justice […]
The Mental Health Justice Team at ONE Northside is fighting to end the stigma of mental illness and to create more dignity and independence for people living with mental illness through raising the personal needs allowance (PNA) for people living in Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Facilities (SMHRF) and Institutes for Mental Disease (IMD). The PNA has been […]