{"id":75517,"date":"2019-02-03T21:44:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T03:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=75517"},"modified":"2019-02-03T21:45:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T03:45:48","slug":"everyone-running-for-mayor-wants-to-fix-chicagos-mental-healthcare-system-but-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/everyone-running-for-mayor-wants-to-fix-chicagos-mental-healthcare-system-but-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone running for mayor wants to fix Chicago’s mental healthcare system. But how?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Carly Graf<\/strong>
\nMedill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n

With the 2019 mayoral election fast approaching, what to do about the vast numbers of Chicagoans lacking adequate access to mental health treatment remains a huge question for candidates.<\/p>\n

Since the City Council voted to close six public mental health clinics in 2012 as part of budget austerity measures, the Chicago Department of Public Health has reported an uptick in the number of hospitalizations due to behavioral mood disorders. Research by Saint Anthony\u2019s Hospital in North Lawndale demonstrated that a majority of residents in Chicago\u2019s South and West Side neighborhoods who seek mental health care find it to be too costly or must wait for upwards of six months for an appointment. One in three inmates at Cook County Jail suffers from mental illness, according to reporting in The Atlantic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an ever-present crisis that speaks to underlying themes of inequity and disinvestment in minority neighborhoods. While the City Council\u2019s recent decision to create an exploratory task force marks a first step, it\u2019s hardly comprehensive. The next mayor will set the economic agenda and decide how much (or little) to devote in reform.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a rundown of each candidate\u2019s plans based on our interviews, their campaign websites and our scraping of major Chicago media.<\/p>\n

1. Gery Chico<\/h4>\n

Formerly served as Chief of Staff to Mayor Richard M. Daley, president of Chicago Board of Education, president of Chicago Park District and board chairman of City Colleges of Chicago<\/em><\/p>\n

The crux of Chico\u2019s mental health platform lies in dismantling one of Mayor Rahm Emanuel\u2019s most notable pet projects.<\/p>\n

In December, Chico announced, if elected, he\u2019d shut down the City Infrastructure Trust, an Emanuel-era initiative to attract private investment in city projects. It\u2019s widely agreed to have underperformed. Chico would put that money\u2014an estimated annual $1.6 million in taxpayer dollars\u2014towards services for mental illness.<\/p>\n

2. Bill Daley<\/h4>\n

Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Chief of Staff to former President Barack Obama and son of former Mayor Richard M. Daley<\/em><\/p>\n

Daley calls the decision to close clinics\u2019 doors a \u201cdevastating blow to the Chicagoans who depended on them.\u201d He casts some blame on the Illinois government for consistently spending less on mental health programs than other states.<\/p>\n

With pronounced fundraising expertise, Daley plans to increase state and city partnership on investment in mental health. He\u2019ll also create the Mayor\u2019s Office of Violence Prevention and Reduction, tasked with deploying tactics like counseling and life-coaching to at-risk young people and former inmates re-entering society.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must do better by these communities and pull together the requisite resources to bring services to our neighborhoods that need the most,\u201d Daley said when asked about the challenges facing minority areas.<\/p>\n

3. Amara Enyia<\/h4>\n

Community organizer and director of the Austin Chamber of Commerce<\/em><\/p>\n

Enyia found a powerful partner on her mental health agenda in Chance the Rapper, a Chicago hip-hop musician turned activist who gave $1 million to mental health community programs last year.<\/p>\n

A main objective for her as mayor would be to build a bridge between the police and public health departments, she said. To do so, she\u2019s proposed establishing an emergency protocol that \u201cdiverts disabled citizens from criminal justice consequences to public health assistance, when appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond reopening closed clinics and building more, Enyia stresses education reform, demanding government equip every public school with the sufficient nurses and counselors to help students process their neighborhood trauma.<\/p>\n

\u201cChicago isn\u2019t broke,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is a matter of prioritization.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Protesters in 2014 were unsuccessful in their fight to keep North River Mental Health Center in North Park open. (\/Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4. Bob Fioretti<\/h4>\n

Former 2nd Ward Alderman<\/em><\/p>\n

While serving as alderman to the 2nd ward, Fioretti publicly voiced concern about the 2012 budget that would shudder the clinics. However, when the time came to vote, he rubber-stamped the resolution.<\/p>\n

As a candidate, however, Fioretti plays the other side. H\u2019s called for freezing the city\u2019s expansive TIF program, a disputed property tax policy meant to encourage development that critics say has drained blighted neighborhoods of funds for social services. According to his website, Fioretti would halt TIF, evaluate where the money\u2019s being used and send unused existing funds towards projects like re-opening mental health clinics.<\/p>\n

5. La Shawn Ford<\/h4>\n

State representative and former CPS schoolteacher<\/em><\/p>\n

Growing up in Chicago\u2019s most infamous public housing project Cabrini Green, Ford witnessed firsthand the destruction that untreated trauma, addiction or other mental illness brings.<\/p>\n

The schoolteacher turned state senator believes safer communities require expanded mental health services, according to his website. On the state level, he\u2019s advocated aggressively for restorative justice programs, endorsed a West side ballot referendum to increase property tax to fund community-run mental health clinics and spearheaded state-level efforts to integrate mental health care and Medicaid.<\/p>\n

6. Jerry Joyce<\/h4>\n

Lawyer and son of longtime 19th ward alderman and state senator, Jeremiah Joyce<\/em><\/p>\n

During a mayoral roundtable with the Chicago Tribune editorial board earlier this month, Joyce diverged from his fellow candidates on how to swiftly abate Chicago\u2019s crime problem. In the short run, he said, he\u2019d hire more cops to avoid overworking detectives rather than fortifying social services.<\/p>\n

The crime attorney also said he would work to strengthen neighborhoods in the long run, but his website\u2019s suspiciously quiet on how.<\/p>\n

7. John Kozlar<\/h4>\n

Lawyer with two aldermanic race losses under his belt<\/em><\/p>\n

Despite running on an unabashedly anti-establishment platform with a progressive tilt, Kozlar\u2019s website includes no direct mention of mental health, and he\u2019s been tight-lipped on the issue in Chicagoland media.<\/p>\n

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Rallies after Decynthia Clements, a 34-year-old black woman, was shot and killed by an Elgin police officer in March 2018. The investigation is pending, but witnesses say Clements was experiencing a mental health episode when she was shot.(\/Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

8. Lori Lightfoot<\/h4>\n

Former president of Chicago Police Board and co-founder of Chicago Police Accountability Task Force<\/em><\/p>\n

Lightfoot\u2019s plans to combat the crisis closely intertwine with her ideas for improving public schools and addressing crime.<\/p>\n

If elected, the former President of the Police Board would create a Mayor\u2019s Office of Public Safety, charged with, among other things, leading a committee devoted to rebuilding community-based public and private mental health facilities, de-stigmatizing mental illness and supporting those who closely experience violence.<\/p>\n

Lightfoot also proposes staffing public schools with experts trained in trauma-informed care and youth mental health.<\/p>\n

9. Garry McCarthy<\/h4>\n

Former Superintendent of Chicago Police Department\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Many contend the embattled former Chicago Police Superintendent, who oversaw the department when Laquan McDonald was killed and was subsequently fired, entered the race simply to unseat his onetime boss Emanuel.<\/p>\n

However, once Emanuel announced he wouldn\u2019t seek re-election, McCarthy\u2019s fiery focus shifted, his sights set on undoing Emanuel\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n

That includes opposing the construction of the $95 million new police academy, which McCarthy called a \u201cshiny object\u201d for \u201cpolitical purposes, not functional purposes,\u201d in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times last summer. In that same interview, he said he\u2019d reallocate some of those funds towards putting mental health centers back into the communities that need them, key, in his view, to long term crime reduction.<\/p>\n

10. Susana Mendoza<\/h4>\n

Illinois comptroller and former Chicago city clerk<\/em><\/p>\n

Like many of her competitors, Mendoza believes that solutions to Chicago\u2019s rising rate of mental illness among minorities and the devastatingly high number of the sick who end up incarcerated lie at the intersection of law enforcement, violence reduction and social services.<\/p>\n

Following the footsteps of major metropolitan areas like Houston, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, one of Mendoza\u2019s hallmark initiatives is a co-responder program in which mental health specialists respond alongside police officers to designated incident calls. As described on her website, upon arrival, the two would work together to link needy individuals to treatment services rather than to the criminal justice system, where applicable.<\/p>\n

11. Toni Preckwinkle<\/h4>\n

President of Cook County Board and five-term 4th ward alderman<\/em><\/p>\n

The five-term alderman who now serves as Cook County Board President believes that providing mental health care is a crucial step in addressing Chicago\u2019s gun violence pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who don\u2019t have access to mental health services end up in the county hospital, in the emergency room or in jail because they acted out,\u201d Preckwinkle said in an interview with The Washington Post.<\/p>\n

Although specifics to Preckwinkle\u2019s plans are lacking, she was one of five mayoral-hopefuls who pledged to reinvest at least $25 million into expanding mental health services, prioritizing care resources and re-opening clinics at a forum earlier this month.<\/p>\n

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When City Council voted on closing clinics in 2012, protesters showed up at City Hall to voice their opposition.(\/Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

12. Neal S\u00e1les-Griffin<\/h4>\n

Tech entrepreneur, CEO of Code Now and lecturer at Northwestern University and University of Chicago<\/em><\/p>\n

The bright-eyed South Side local enters the race as the only true outsider. He\u2019s never served in public office; instead making his name in tech entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

He has deep ties to the nonprofit and advocacy communities and remains closely connected to his roots on the South Side, which informs his viewpoint on the collision of mental health and violence prevention.<\/p>\n

In addition to exploring re-opening mental health clinics and bulking up staff resources at existing providers, S\u00e1les-Griffin wants to ramp up services available over the phone or online, according to his website. He also believes that normalizing mental health support is crucial, particularly in those communities most impacted by violence.<\/p>\n

13. Paul Vallas<\/h4>\n

Former CEO of Chicago Public Schools followed by superintendent roles in Philadelphia and New Orleans school districts<\/em><\/p>\n

Vallas wants to go big, constructing a community-owned, city-funded clinic in every police district\u2014totaling 22\u2014that provides treatment for illness, support for neighborhood-specific needs like affordable housing, personal finances or nutrition and works in tandem with law enforcement on training and crisis intervention.<\/p>\n

Sound expensive?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve suggested that any revenue from the legalization of cannabis is allocated to the centers,\u201d he said. \u201cI also support considering a citywide referendum to put before tax payers a .25% property tax special levy to be used exclusively for [this].\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, the former CEO of CPS believes that mental health treatment needs to begin at a very young age, so he\u2019d institutionalize these services in high schools and elementary schools.<\/p>\n

14. Willie Wilson<\/h4>\n

Founder and CEO of Omar Medical Supplies<\/em><\/p>\n

During a WLS radio interview last year, Wilson attacked Emanuel\u2019s decision to close mental health clinics and introduced race into the debate, saying the mayor has a \u201cmental health problem\u201d of his own.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I closed 48 schools and were mayor today in a white community, what do you think would happen?\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n

Citing private conversations with police or fire responders, Wilson asserted in a Chicago Sun-Times questionnaire that more than half of emergency calls involve mental health issues. The first step to addressing crime, then, is to keep vulnerable citizens from turning to medication and instead allow them to turn for help. Like the other candidates in the field, Wilson wants reopen community health clinics and provide support for distressed communities more directly.<\/p>\n

Photo at top: The outcry over the number of people incarcerated with mental illness has become a focal point of this year’s mayoral race.(\/Flickr)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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