Attend this fascinating day!

IL Mental Health and Justice 2011-conference flyer

NAMI CCNS Cordially Invites You To:

“New Hope for Those With a Mental Illness: Mental Health Courts”

Meet Albert J. Pizza, of TASC (Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities), who is clinical supervisor for the Cook County Illinois Mental Health Court Program. He will discuss and answer your questions about:

• What a Mental Health Court is.
• Who can participate in the Mental Health Court Program.
• How the Mental Health Court Program’s medical treatment and counseling has succeeded in graduating individuals who have become responsible and self-sufficient.
• The money governments save by sending individuals to Mental Health Courts.

Monday November 8, 2010 (7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.) This program is free and open to the public.

Kenton-Knox Conference Center (at NorthShore University HealthSystem)
Directions from the intersection of Golf Road and Skokie Blvd. in Skokie, Illinois: Go east on Golf to the first street (Knox Ave.) and turn left (north). Go past the stop sign. Stay on Knox. To your right is the building at 9701 N. Knox. Park in the parking lot on the left side of the street. Enter the building through the revolving door and follow the signs to the Conference Center.

NAMI CCNS (National Alliance on Mental Illness − Cook County North Suburban) is the Nation’s Voice on Mental Illness. For additional information about this program and/or NAMI CCNS, call NAMI CCNS at (847) 716-2252 or visit us at namiccns.org.