The Kedzie Center

12/03/2025

From all of us at EMHS — The Kedzie Center and LoSAH Center of Hope — thank you for being part of our community. 💚

Thank you for believing in community mental health.

Thank you for helping us provide healing and support when it matters most.

Our End of Year Giving Campaign runs through December 31, and every donation helps ensure that crisis response, therapy services, and community programs remain accessible for neighbors facing fear, instability, and stress this season. Every donation will be matched up to $10,000, so you can double your impact.

✨ Thank you for standing with us — for quality care, connection, and one another. ✨

🔗 Donate today: https://expandedmentalhealthservicesofchicagonfp.networkforgood.com/projects/260952-emhs-crisis-fund

12/02/2025

Today, we launch our Giving Tuesday + End-of-Year Campaign with a shared belief: Together, we can meet the mental health needs of our communities.
Over the past several weeks, our neighbors have faced fear, instability, and sudden crises. And through it all, our community continues to show up. 💚

Thanks to our supporters, frontline workers, volunteers, and neighbors: we are standing with families who need us most.

Join us as we work toward a $25,000 year-end goal, including a $10,000 match that doubles your impact.

Your support provides crisis care to our communities.

Donate today through Dec 31 at the link below or on our website! 💚
https://expandedmentalhealthservicesofchicagonfp.networkforgood.com/projects/260952-emhs-crisis-fund

12/01/2025

Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, and we’re launching our End of Year Campaign to strengthen the EMHS Crisis Fund — with a generous $10,000 match to double your impact.

Your gift will help provide:
• Emergency relief for neighbors facing displacement and family separation
• Crisis-responsive therapeutic care for individuals and families under acute stress
• Support groups, workshops, and stabilization services for youth, parents, helpers & community leaders

✨ With your help, our neighbors can access care, connection, and safety — even in unstable times.

11/22/2025

All evictions paused.

11/19/2025

Giving Tuesday is two weeks away, and our team is preparing to meet the growing needs of our neighbors. We are working alongside our partners and community partners to provide care for those directly impacted by the recent ICE presence and detentions—families who are navigating fear, disruption, and uncertainty every day.

In response, our clinicians and community engagement team are facilitating support groups for those affected and for frontline helpers, offering crisis funds and emergency referrals, leading workshops, facilitating workshops, and providing trauma-informed therapeutic services for our communities. We remain committed to showing up with compassion, reliability, and culturally responsive care, even in moments of heightened distress.

As we approach December 2nd, we invite you to stand with us. Your support strengthens our capacity to care for those who need it most when they most need it. Stay tuned for ways you can join our Giving Tuesday efforts and help ensure our neighbors are safe, supported, and not alone.

10/31/2025

It's not too late to take our survey or sign up for a focus group! All participants will be entered to win a $50 gift card from a local business.
For 10 years, we've worked closely with the North River community to address the needs of parents, families, children, and residents of all ages. We know that mental wellbeing and connection with community is central to how we heal. Help us continue our work by letting us know what you need.
Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsFpFwsXDrjCtMdpoFYXKlbX_QSCZ2fxDVZAaKgsdD42aE5w/viewform?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEwbXkyZ1ZmNEZQVFV3U2czaAEeM7S_7FYqH4_q8vz8xv2WpQRajjBmyhOBT4KsSn7hrGv9wcwZXT9wBaQjIWw_aem_aASqgKlbVVsYMBUe_wHS2g&pli=1

Focus group sign-up: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=su3HdssIQEKBKyjZNV0ppli3TM2w1z1PnAQgFz9o_I5URDlJWEtQSjRDSVBWRktDN1M1VFZFMlFMTSQlQCN0PWcu&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEwbXkyZ1ZmNEZQVFV3U2czaAEeHZBE4xdL3gu2BNCWGO4ElWWQ6mTBQZ7gCpGS0eI85nCkS9gCY92Mkc__Cwg_aem_-5U41UXrEdZJsbmKAWcLdQ
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¡No es demasiado tarde para tomar nuestra encuesta o inscribirte en un grupo de enfoque! Todos los participantes serán inscritos para ganar una tarjeta de regalo de $50 para un negocio local.
Durante 10 años, hemos trabajado estrechamente con la comunidad de North River para atender las necesidades de padres, familias, niños y residentes de todas las edades. Sabemos que el bienestar mental y la conexión con la comunidad son fundamentales para cómo sanamos. Ayúdanos a continuar nuestro trabajo haciéndonos saber lo que necesitas.
Encuesta: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_Pv3-7lLF3Rtebl-RxBMgCy1ixW52YYdRuuhcq53neupP2w/viewform

Grupo de enfoque: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=su3HdssIQEKBKyjZNV0ppli3TM2w1z1PnAQgFz9o_I5URDlJWEtQSjRDSVBWRktDN1M1VFZFMlFMTSQlQCN0PWcu&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEwbXkyZ1ZmNEZQVFV3U2czaAEeHZBE4xdL3gu2BNCWGO4ElWWQ6mTBQZ7gCpGS0eI85nCkS9gCY92Mkc__Cwg_aem_-5U41UXrEdZJsbmKAWcLdQ

10/17/2025

Help shape the future of mental health in our neighborhood — and help us reach our goal by the end of the month!

The Kedzie Center is conducting a community needs assessment to ensure our programs and services reflect the real needs of our neighbors.

💬 If you live in Albany Park, Irving Park, North Park, or Sauaganash, fill out our short survey today and be entered to win a $50 gift card to local favorites like Backlot Coffee, El Tezcal, Kale My Name, ALDI, Something Sweet, and Pizza Pan Pa Ya!

🫶 Please share with your friends and neighbors — every response counts, and we’re so close to our goal!

📋 The survey is available in English and Spanish. English survey link in bio.
La encuesta está disponible en inglés y en español. Enlace de la encuesta en inglés en la biografía.
Encuesta en español:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_Pv3-7lLF3Rtebl-RxBMgCy1ixW52YYdRuuhcq53neupP2w/viewform

10/14/2025

10/10/2025

Grateful for this resource. Today and always, we honor your mental health.