Children's Mental Health Partnership

Board and Commission Details

Website

Contact Name

Allison Nickrent

Contact E-Mail

Allison.Nickrent@illinois.gov

Function

To develop and monitor a Children’s Mental Health Plan containing short-term and long-term recommendations to provide comprehensive, coordinated mental health prevention, early intervention, and treatment services for children from birth through age 18.

Term

For new appointments made pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, members shall be appointed for one-year, two-year, or four-year terms, as determined by the Governor, with no more than 9 of the Governor's new or existing appointees serving the same term. Those new appointments serving a one-year or 2-year term may be appointed to 2 additional 4-year terms. If a vacancy occurs in the Partnership membership, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the term. The members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for 4 years with one opportunity for reappointment, except as otherwise provided for in this subsection.

Senate Confirmation

Compensation

Expenses

Composition

The Children's Mental Health Partnership shall be comprised of the following members: (1) The Governor or his or her designee. (2) The Attorney General or his or her designee. (3) The Secretary of the Department of Human Services or his or her designee. (4) The State Superintendent of Education or his or her designee. (5) The Director of the Department of Children and Family Services or his or her designee. (6) The Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or his or her designee. (7) The Director of the Department of Public Health or his or her designee. (8) The Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice or his or her designee. (9) The Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development or his or her designee. (10) The Director of the Criminal Justice Information Authority or his or her designee. (11) One member of the General Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the House. (12) One member of the General Assembly appointed by the President of the Senate. (13) One member of the General Assembly appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. (14) One member of the General Assembly appointed by the Minority Leader of the House. (15) Up to 25 representatives from the public reflecting a diversity of age, gender identity, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and geographic location, to be appointed by the Governor. Those public members appointed under this paragraph must include, but are not limited to: (A) a family member or individual with livednexperience in the children's mental health system; (B) a child advocate; (C) a community mental health expert, practitioner, or provider; (D) a representative of a statewide association representing a majority of hospitals in the State; (E) an early childhood expert or practitioner; (F) a representative from the K-12 school system; (G) a representative from the healthcare sector; (H) a substance use prevention expert or practitioner, or a representative of a statewide association representing community-based mental health substance use disorder treatment providers in the State; (I) a violence prevention expert or practitioner; (J) a representative from the juvenile justice system; (K) a school social worker; and (L) a representative of a statewide organization representing pediatricians.New composition is effective 1/1/23.

Chair

Two co-chairs appointed by the Governor, one being a representative from the public and one being a representative from the State.

Authority

405 ILCS 49/5

Member Names

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Name	Member Expiration	Member Since	Appointed By	Position	Title	County
Argue-Mason, Kristine	12/14/2025	12/14/2023	Governor	Member		Cook
Betz, Lisa			Statute	Ex-officio, DHS Secretary or designee
Bruhn, Christina M.	01/27/2029	05/17/2013	Governor	Member	Associate Professor of Social Work/Co-Director of Assessment, Aurora University	McHenry
Burnett, Tiffany			Statute	Ex-offcio, State Superintendent of Education or designee
Cicchetti, Colleen	07/28/2027	07/28/2023	Governor	Trauma, K-12 Education	Executive Director, Center for Childhood Resilience, Lurie Children's Hospital	Cook
Clark, Betsy	02/03/2025	02/01/2004	Governor	Member, Statewide Juvenile Justice Organizations		Cook
Cohen, Wendy		01/08/2010	Statute	Ex-officio, Attorney General or designee
Cole, Shawn			Statute	Ex-officio, Director of DHFS or designee
Connor, Raymond	08/25/2024	08/25/2023	Governor	Member, Statewide Mental Health Organization	Board President, Mental Health America of Illinois	DuPage
Davis, Will			Speaker of the House	Member	Representative	Cook
Desai, Reshma			Statute	Ex-Officio, Illinois Violence Prevention Authority
DeWitte, Don		09/16/2019	Senate President	Member	Senator
Durbin, Andrea		01/01/2018	Governor	Member, Child and Family Providers
Fine, Sen. Laura	01/08/2025	08/25/2023	Senate President	Member	Senator
Freel, Karen	06/16/2025	06/16/2023	Governor	Member, Statewide Early Childhood Organization	Vice President, Ounce of Prevention	Cook
Gall, Carol	01/27/2027	01/02/2021	Governor			Cook
Gieske, Gaylord		09/01/2003	Governor	Member, Statewide Children and Family Advocacy	Voices for Children	Cook
Goodman, Cynthia	10/13/2027	10/13/2023	Governor	Member, school social worker		Cook
Griffin, Eugene		10/08/2010	Governor	Statewide Mental Health Organizations	Northwestern University	Cook
Guerrero-Cuellar, Rep. Angelica		09/03/2021	Speaker of the House	Member	Representative
Higgins Alderman, Heather	01/27/2027	04/08/2021	Governor	Member		Cook
Humphrey, Deborah	07/07/2025	07/03/2013	Governor	Member		Madison
James, Alexa		07/30/2020	Governor	Member, Community Mental Health Representative		Cook
Jaworski, Jennifer			Statute	Ex-officio, Director of Department of Juvenile Justice or designee
Lightner, Shannon			Statute	Ex-officio, Director of IDPH or designee
Mann, Kim			Statute	Ex-officio, Director of DCFS or designee
Meyer, Ginger L.	01/23/2024	07/20/2020	Governor	Member		Union
Pinkwater, Jennie	10/13/2028	10/13/2023	Governor	Member,		Cook
Rallins, Quinn		07/27/2020	Governor	Member		Cook
Ripley, Carla	04/07/2027	04/07/2023	Governor	Member		DuPage
Rubin, Joel L.	06/05/2027	06/05/2023	Governor	Member		Cook
Satchwell, Mary	01/23/2029	07/14/2013	Governor	Member		DuPage
Syverson, Dave		09/16/2019	Senate President	Member	Senator
Tapia, Nneka		04/23/2021	Governor	Member		Kendall
VACANT			Governor	Member
VACANT			Governor	Member, Statewide Mental Health Organization
Villivalam, Ram		09/16/2019	Senate President	Member	Senator
Vohra, Sameer,	08/11/2027	08/11/2023	Governor	Chair		Sangamon
Welter, David		07/26/2019	Speaker of the House	Member	Representative
White, Marlita	04/07/2027	04/07/2023	Governor	Member		Cook
Windhorst, Patrick		07/26/2019	Speaker of the House	Member	Representative
Wolff, Paula	01/30/2025	02/01/2004	Governor	Member, Juvenile Justice Organization	Metropolis 2020	Cook

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