Resources in Bloomington/Normal, IL
1. MENTAL HEALTH RELATED RESOURCES
A. Heartland Christian Counseling
1520 E. College Avenue #M
Normal, IL 61761
(309) 261-6831
Services include: Individual (all ages), Couples, Family, and Biblically Based Counseling
B. Carrie Bussman, LCPC
1100 N. Beech
Building 13A
Normal, IL 61761
309-585-0241
C. Agape Counseling
211 N. Veterans Parkway Suite 1
Bloomington, IL 61704
Phone: (309) 663-2229
Fee: private insurance and sliding scale available
D. McLean County Center for Human Services (Community Mental Health Center)
108 W. Market Street, Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: (309) 827-5351 (24 hours a day); PATH (community service hotline service) answers the phones after regular business hours.
Fees: Medicaid/Medicare, some private insurance and a sliding fee scale. No cost for crisis services.
Crisis Services: Responds to mental health emergencies 24 hours a day via direct call to (309) 827-5351 or PATH (Providing Access To Help) (309) 827-4005. Staff will respond in person, via phone, or meet at an agreed upon location (hospital, police dept.). Staff will respond to any mental health emergency and access psychiatric in-patient treatment and outpatient treatment services. Crisis services cannot access substance abuse services without the individual willing to present and participate at a substance abuse treatment facility. Crisis services are the only way to access State of Illinois Mental Health inpatient services and inpatient services for the indigent population.
Outpatient Services: Individual counseling/therapy services for adults, adolescents, children, and family. CHS does not provide marriage, family, or couples counseling. Services provided for psychiatric/psychological issues including anxiety, depression, personality disorders, behavioral problems and more serious and persistent mental illness. Psychiatric services are available to established CHS psychotherapy clients. CHS has adult psychiatrists and very limited hours of a child/adolescent psychiatrist.
Outreach Services: A system of three programs providing services to adults with serious and persistent mental illness, including psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR), residential, supported living arrangements, and case management services. Children and adolescents can be served through an intensive outreach program.
E. PATH
201 E. Grove Street, Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: (309) 827-4005 or 1-800-570-7284
Provides 24-hour hotline services and crisis intervention services, through CHS, and non-emergency referrals to local resources. PATH has information for community support group services and all community services available to McLean County residents. PATH also provides services to area homeless, manages the Compassion Center (daytime drop in center for the homeless), provides case management services to seniors, and investigates elder abuse cases reported in McLean County.
F. Countering Domestic Violence—Neville House
1301 W. Washington, Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: (309) 827-7070
Neville House: The Neville House provides emergency shelter for women and children. Off-site arrangements are available for male victims of domestic violence. Neville House provides support groups for victims of domestic violence and their children, individual counseling, and legal advocacy.
Outreach Advocacy: Crisis follow-up advocacy provided through local police departments.
G. Advocate Behavioral Health
403 W. Virginia Avenue, Mercherle Hall, Normal, IL 61761
Phone: (309) 451-2910
Fees: private insurance
Advocate Behavioral Health provides individual, couple, marital, and family therapy on an outpatient basis for children, adolescents, and adults. Also provides services for individuals with sexual dysfunction. Advocate provides psychiatric services to children, adolescents, and adults from both adult and child psychiatrists on staff.
H. Catholic Charities
603 North Center Street/502 South Morris Street, Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: (309) 820-7616 (Counseling and foster care)
(309) 829-6307 (Center Street Business Office)
Fees: Sliding fee scale
Provides adoption services to families interested in adopting a legally free child. Also provides advocacy programming for youth involved in the legal system. Family preservation programming is provided through the Family Solutions and Family First programs. Mental Health Counseling is provided to individuals, couples, and families, regardless of race or denomination.
I. Chestnut Health Systems: Counseling, Psychiatric, and Family Services
1003 Martin Luther King Drive, Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: (309) 827-6026
Provides individual and group counseling in all areas, but specializes in marriage, family, and budget counseling.
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2. ALCOHOL AND DRUG RELATED SERVICES
A. Illinois Institue for Addiction and Recovery (Division of Proctor Hospital)
Virginia at Franklin Avenue, Normal, IL 61761
Phone: (309) 888-0993 or 1-800-522-3784
Emergency detoxification available 24 hours a day through Advocate Bromenn’s Emergency Department.
Hours: Admission appointments available 24 hours a day.
Fees: Private Insurance
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Illinois Institute for Addiction and Recovery provides chemical, gambling, spending, food, sexual, and Internet addiction treatment and chronic pain with addiction. The program runs an inpatient and evaluation of the need for medically supervised treatment. They provide group and individual counseling utilizing the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. These are adult services only.
B. Chestnut Health System—Lighthouse
1003 Martin Luther King Drive, Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: (309) 827-6026
Lighthouse is a comprehensive, non-hospital alcohol and drug rehabilitation center providing diagnostic evaluation and assessment, social setting detoxification, residential treatment, traditional and intensive outpatient counseling and aftercare. Services individuals aged 12-17 in the adolescent program and individuals 18 and older in the adult program.
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3. PREGNANCY RELATED SERVICES
A. Pregnancy Resource Center (Living Alternatives)
303 Landmark Drive Suite 1B Normal, IL 61761
Phone: (309) 452-
Fees: free
Provides free pregnancy testing as well as education regarding all options available to a woman who finds herself pregnant.
B. Planned Parenthood of East-Central Illinois
318 West Washington, 3rd Floor, Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: (309) 827-4368: Education, Teen Awareness Group—T.A.G. Hotline)
(309) 827-4014: Health Center
Fees: Maximum income guidelines apply. Sliding fees scale up to 250% of poverty level. Medicaid and private insurance accepted.
Planned Parenthood provides basic medical care relating to gynecological problems and pregnancy. If serious medical problems develop or pregnancy occurs, individuals are referred for more specialized care.
Services: Birth control, Child Sexual Assault Prevention training and consultation, medical services for women (reproductive health, hormone replacement therapy and Colposcopy and Cryotherapy for abnormal pap smears), medical services for men (testing and treatment for STIs and testicular cancer exams), pregnancy counseling and testing, and sex education.
C. The Baby Fold
108 West Willow Street, Normal, IL 61761
Phone: (309) 452-1170
Fees: No Fee
Provides pregnancy counseling to birth parents dealing with an unplanned pregnancy in the Healthy Start Program. This program also targets new parents and families that are at risk for child abuse and neglect. The Baby Fold also provides a Teen Pregnancy Prevention program for schools, churches, or other youth groups using the “Baby Think It Over” infant simulators.
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4. SPECIALIZED SELF-HELP SUPPORT GROUPS
A current listing of meeting times for support groups may be obtained through PATH by calling (309) 827-4005 or 1-800-570-7284.
A full range of support groups are provided within the community ranging from 12-step support groups, groups dealing with living with a disability, domestic violence, divorce, grief/loss, issues related to being gay, lesbian, and other groups related to living with an illness (HIV, cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, etc.).