Community Concerns Resources

Library Database for ALL topics

Gale Research in Context

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=MSIC&u=norm30333

*password = remote

*tip = limit your search results to Illinois

Mental Health

McLean County Center for Human Services

http://mcchs.org/

* check out the News and Announcements link for Pantagraph articles, too

Mental Health First Aid Collaborative

https://health.mcleancountyil.gov/606/Mental-Health-First-Aid

Chestnut Health Systems

https://chestnut.org/Life-Concerns

Advocate Bromenn Medical Center - Behavioral Health

https://www.advocatehealth.com/bromenn/health-services/behavioral-health-care/

“OSF HealthCare Launches Free Digital Mental Health Services” --Pantagraph Article

https://www.pantagraph.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/osf-healthcare-launches-free-digital-mental-health-service/article_6659c398-930d-5b7e-8cf4-c7cba379ef91.html

Drug/Substance Abuse

Drug Prevention - Project Oz

https://www.projectoz.org/prevention-and-education/

Chestnut Health Systems - Addiction Treatment

https://chestnut.org/Substance-Use-Concerns

Prevention First

https://www.prevention.org/

“Fight Drug Abuse by Returning Meds, Officials Say” - The Pantagraph

https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/fight-drug-abuse-by-returning-meds-officials-say/article_ecb4568e-6386-5aff-9898-eaa03eb5ca97.html

“Editorial: Combatting illinois’ Opioid Crisis” - The Daily Vidette

http://www.videtteonline.com/viewpoint/editorial-combating-illinois-opioid-crisis/article_46262304-b4f1-11e7-92e9-a73a39cde998.html

Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery

http://www.addictionrecov.org/

Bullying & Cyberbullying

Bullying Prevention - Illinois State Board of Education

https://www.isbe.net/Pages/Bullying-Prevention.aspx

Not in Our Town - Bloomington-Normal

https://niotbn.squarespace.com/2018/1/17/jeti0hcejdfbl3bv1tasvnr1q3w1cn

“BN Teens, Counselors Sound Off on Blocking Cyberbullying” - The Pantagraph

https://www.pantagraph.com/lifestyles/family/b-n-teens-counselors-sound-off-on-blocking-cyber-bullying/article_7f8dcaf2-c448-5d6e-b94d-847153324c5c.html

“How Smartphones are Making Kids Unhappy”--National Public Radio article

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/07/542016165/how-smartphones-are-making-kids-unhappy

“Unit 5 Launches Bullying Reporting Service”--Pantagraph article

http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/unit-launches-bullying-reporting-service/article_93e86e12-8446-11e1-8548-0019bb2963f4.html

Illinois State University Campus Safety and Security-- “Cyberbullying”

https://security.illinoisstate.edu/prevention/cyber/bullying/

Gaggle--Bloomington-based K-12 Cybersecurity Company

https://www.gaggle.net/

Working Poor

Community Health Improvement Plan

http://www.uwaymc.org/sites/uwaymc.org/files/Final%202017%20-%202019%20McLean%20County%20Community%20Health%20%20Improvement%20Plan%201-31-17_1.pdf

MidCentral Community Action

http://www.mccainc.org/clarion_rocket/

Midwest Food Bank

https://midwestfoodbank.org/home

West Bloomington Revitalization Project

http://www.westbloomington.org/

Salvation Army McLean County / Bloomington

http://www.sabloomington.org/bloomington

McLean County Health Department--Reports, Data, Statistics

http://health.mcleancountyil.gov/595/Reports-Data-and-Statistics

Habitat for Humanity McLean County

http://www.habitatmclean.org/home

Income┃United Way of McLean County

http://www.uwaymc.org/income

Technology Overuse

PATH Crisis Center / Bloomington

http://www.pathcrisis.org/

Filling Gaps:  Mental Health in McLean County (Pantagraph articles)

http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/mental_health/

More Technology Use Linked to Mental Health Issues

https://today.duke.edu/2017/05/more-technology-use-linked-mental-health-issues-risk-adolescents

Technology Addiction

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/technology-addiction