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Increasing access to high-quality mental health services and prevention programming for children and youth throughout Illinois and nationwide.
6,500+
Adults trained in early childhood settings
900+
K-12 Illinois schools served by the REACH Statewide Initiative
500+
School mental health clinicians trained in evidence-based interventions
Resilience-Supportive Schools Illinois (RSSI) is a free and voluntary support that uses school-specific data to connect educators with evidence-informed tools and resources to improve the mental health and well-being of their school communities. RSSI is led by a collective of experts and practitioners, including the Center for Childhood Resilience at Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital, Partnership for Resilience, Stress & Trauma Treatment Center, Illinois State Board of Education and regional SEL Hubs throughout the state.
Since our start in 2004, CCR's mission has evolved alongside a growing national understanding of children's mental health.
CCR is part of a $3 million federal grant from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to expand trauma-informed policies and practices in school communities nationwide.
CCR works in collaboration with a consortium of national experts as part of the National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety (NCHBHS), administered by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and the Office of Head Start (OHS).
