>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES I'M JOINED ON THIS TONIGHT IS THE LATEST IN OUR SERIES WTW NEWS.

A SAFER CITY.

WE'RE DEVOTING OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM TO THE ISSUES OF PUBLIC COMMUNITY SAFETY.

>> WE'LL ALSO REPRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR ONLINE COVERAGE ON TONIGHT'S PROGRAM.

>> THIS HAD PROCESS AND LEARN HOW TO WALK ALL OVER AGAIN.

>> FIRST, WE EXPLORE THE MANY CHALLENGES FACING SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM ON THEIR JOURNEYS TOWARDS WE KICK OFF THOSE CONVERSATIONS NEXT.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO VOICES HE'S MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> CHICAGO, TONIGHT'S COVERAGE OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS SUPPORTED BY THE SOO LEE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INITIATIVE FOR REDUCING VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

>> GUN-RELATED HOMICIDES OFTEN DOMINATE THE HEADLINES WHEN TALKING ABOUT VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

BUT GETTING LESS ATTENTION ARE OFTEN THE SURVIVORS OF SHOOTINGS, SOME OF WHOM ARE LEFT TO COPE WITH PHYSICAL INJURIES AND LONG-TERM DISABILITIES.

AND ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY BY ACCESS LIVING THE PHYSICAL NEEDS OF THE SURVIVORS ARE NOT BEING MET.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE LESLIE HOME CAP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STRAIGHTENING CHICAGO'S YOUTH PROGRAM AT LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND WITH VIOLENCE INTERVENTION MANAGER AND AND THE GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVOR AND MICHELLE GARCIA MANAGER OF ORGANIZING IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT ACCESS LIVING.

AND JOINING US VIA ZOOM IS ERICA WILKINS FOUNDER BROKEN WINGS IN A GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVOR.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.

MICHELLE, I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CRITICAL GAPS MISSING IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF NEWLY DISABLED GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS IN CHICAGO?

SO ONE OF CRITICAL NEEDS THAT WE HAVE SEEN GAPS THAT WE HAVE SEEN OUR >> MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DISABLED, WE HAVE BECOME DISABLED BUT NOT ONLY FOR THEM, BUT FOR THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE BECOMING MENTALLY DISABLED REALLY CRITICAL CHANGE FROM YOU KNOW, BEING WELL OR NORMAL AS THEY WANT TO CALL IT TO NOT HAVING THE 3.60, CHANGE SO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IS CRITICAL SO THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHANGES IN THE PROCESS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING STEP BY STEP.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CHANGES MAINTAINED ALSO PEER SUPPORT.

PEER SUPPORT IS ONE OF COMPONENTS HAS ACCESS LIVING.

WE HAVE IN COMPONENTS SUPPORTS THAT WE.

>> FOR AND CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND THE PEER SUPPORT IS CRITICAL.

WHEN YOU ARE BECOMING NEWLY INJURED AS WELL.

YOU NEED THAT SUPPORT FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS GONE THROUGH WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO THAT YOU CAN RELATE INSANELY OVER SOME.

THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO WAS GOING THROUGH WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH AND THEY CAN GET THAT SUPPORT FROM THAT PERSON.

SUPPORT IS A REALLY BIG AND I WANT TO BRING ERIC IN HERE >> YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE STUDY WHICH STATES THERE HAS BEEN MORE THAN 37,000 NON-FATAL SHOOTING IX INCIDENTS IN CHICAGO.

ERIC WISER, SUCH A BIG GAP BETWEEN WHEN TALKING ABOUT SURVIVING GUN VIOLENCE.

>> WELL, AS ENVIRONMENT VIOLENT GUN BUYERS CHICAGO WHERE IT'S IT'S JUST EVERY DAY IS EVERY DAY ESPECIALLY AS MIGHT BE A LITTLE WORSE DIFFERENT AREAS.

I WOOD BUT IF YOU DO SAY WHEW.

YOU YOU'RE LIKE, WANT TO WANT TO SO CALL LUCKY OR BUT I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS IS SURVIVING COMBINED.

>> IN ERIC, YOU WERE SHOT AND BECAME PARALYZED AT THE AGE OF 28.

CAN YOU TELL ME SOME OF YOUR BIGGEST CHAP BIGGEST CHALLENGES WHEN YOU WENT BACK HOME?

>> THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WAS REALLY JUST GOING BACK TO A COMMUNITY BEING A FATHER, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE EU.

SOMEBODY OWNS AND STAND STAND IN THE HOSPITAL.

YOU KNOW, YOU SPACE IS BECOMING ROOM.

YOU KNOW THE ACCESSIBILITY WILL SEE THEM.

YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE COME OUT OF 5 SO FELT A PRISON MOSTLY STAYED IN MY ROOM BUT INTO A BIG QUESTION.

>> IS THAT WE WHY YOU WOULD SAY YOU STARTED BROKEN WINGS.

>> OH, YEAH.

I STARTED.

I STARTED BROKE THE YEAH, BECAUSE DAY AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WE WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, REALLY WAS IN NO GUYS WHO LOOK LIKE ME OR GUYS WHO GET HURT FROM STREETS.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKED ON GANG MEMBER OR YOUR YOUR BROW, YOU HAD TO BE DOING SOME LONG.

AND SO THE DIFFERENT PEER GROUPS THAT WAS SET UP, WE'RE SET UP MORE PEOPLE IN PA OR MAYBE PEOPLE MIGHT BUNGEE JUMPING PEOPLE THEIR LIVES IN LOCKER ROOM BACK TO BROWN BASE.

>> AND GET MORE.

WANT TO GO TO YOUR ALSO GUN VIOLENCE.

SURVIVOR YOURSELF.

CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR STORY AND WHAT WERE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES SO I I REALIZE THAT I A SURVIVOR VIOLENCE AT AN EARLY AGE WHEN I NOTICED IT AT HOME.

BUT THEN AT THE AGE 5TH GRADE WENT AND THAT WAS THE EMOTIONAL SIDE, RIGHT?

BUT 5TH GRADE MY BEST FRIEND AT SCHOOL GOT KILLED, GOT SHOT IN THE HEAD AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS IN THE PROGRAMS THAT THERE IS NOW.

SO BACK TO WHERE IS YOUR HOMEWORK?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

AND YOU 85TH IN 5TH GRADE.

HOW GET THE TIME.

10, YEARS OLD.

>> GIVE OR TAKE 10 YEARS ON.

BUT CHALLENGE THAT HAD BACK THEN WHICH CREATED ANGER RIGHT?

IT TOOK ME INTO ANOTHER PASS OF LIFE AND THAT GETTING SHOT BY THE AGE OF 13 MY KEYS IN BETWEEN THAT AGE AND 20?

2 YEARS OF AGE GOSH, GUN PUT TO MY HEAD SHOT.

GRACE ON THAT ARE DEAD.

BUT IN BETWEEN I GOT STABBED, I WANT TO WEAKEN A WEEK LATER AND A STEP 4 MORE TIMES MULTIPLE DIFFERENT VIOLENT AND EVENTUALLY I FIGURED OUT THAT I WAS IN MY PAST STARTED MY TRANSITION.

AND BEEN ON THIS FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS THAT READY.

WOULD YOU SAY >> DO LEAD LEAD YOU TO IN LHASA, CORRECT?

DEFINITELY.

AND AND MULTIPLE LAYERS, RIGHT?

I STARTED AS A VERY LOW AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POLL.

>> DOING AN INTERNSHIP WITH AN AMERICAN ART PROGRAM.

JOINING IN NONPROFIT AGENCY CALLED BUILD TO THAT LET BE 2 DIFFERENT LEVELS OF LIFE AND EVENTUALLY BACK INTO MY OWN COMMUNITY BECAUSE I STARTED DOING WORK OUTSIDE OF OF MY OWN COMMUNITY AT DON'T STUFF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL BUT EVENTUALLY CAME BACK HOME TO MY COMMUNITY WHERE I'M AT NOW.

WELL, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE ALL THE OBSTACLES YOU FACE.

AND LESLIE, I WANT TO SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE SHOT, THEY DON'T HAVE.

>> HEALTH INSURANCE, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO HEAL AND SURVIVE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE?

IT WILL BIGGER LAYER OF TO GETTING THE CARE THAT YOU NEED.

YOU MIGHT GO.

>> WITH UNMET NEED TO MIGHT SEEK HEALTH CARE OR YOU MAY NOT HAVE PRIMARY CARE AND TO ADDRESS ANY NEW HEALTH NEEDS THAT ARISE AND THAT CAN HAPPEN ACROSS THE LIFESPAN AND COMPLICATE QUALITY OF LIFE.

THERE'S A LOT THAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET THOSE UNMET NEEDS.

BOTH MEDICAL MENTAL HEALTH AND THEN POST FROM THE HOSPITAL.

WE CAN DO REALLY GREAT MEDICAL CARE WITH AND WITHOUT INSURANCE.

BUT WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE SUPPORTS AND FINANCING FOR SUPPORTS POST.

YOU MENTIONED DATA.

IS THERE ENOUGH DATA OUT THERE RIGHT NOW?

I THINK A LOT OF THE GAPS THAT WE'VE HEARD ERIC SPEAK ABOUT AND SURVIVORS EARLIER EARLIER TODAY AT THE AXIS REPORT RELEASED IS THAT WE LACK A LOT DATA ON NON FATAL FIREARM INJURIES.

WE DON'T HAVE A FEDERAL DATABASE OF THOSE INJURIES.

SO WITHOUT DATA, WE CAN'T HAVE A ROAD MAP TO KNOW WHERE ARE THE SURVIVORS?

WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS AND WHERE DO WE NEED TO INVEST MORE RESOURCES WEEK SHOULD ABSOLUTELY PAIR THAT DATA WITH ALL OF THE STORIES WE'RE HEARING TODAY.

AND I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO LIGHT.

IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT GAP THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

WE'VE HAD NEARLY 25 YEARS WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WASN'T INVESTING IN RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE IT MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THAT FOCUS.

AND MICHELLE, THE REPORT FINDS THAT THE MOST COMMON EXPERIENCE PARTICIPANTS SHARED.

>> AFTER BEING SHOT WAS FEELING CRIMINAL, A FEELING OF CRIMINALIZATION.

I KNOW WE ERIC TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN YES.

SO INTERVIEWS WE INTERVIEWED OVER 100 PEOPLE.

>> MANY OF THE INTERVIEWS IT THE CONSTANT THEME WAS PEOPLE THEY THOUGHT CRIMINALIZED, THAT WHEN THEY SHOT AND TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, THE FIRST INSTANCE WAS LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, THEY MUST HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME TYPE OF SITUATION AND THEY WERE BEING CURRENTLY IS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR SITUATION.

INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING TREATED.

SO THAT'S KIND THAT TO A PATH OF WE KNOW WHY I'M JUST NOT GOING TO BE TREATED JUST, YOU KNOW, GO MY OWN WAY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO FROM A TREATMENT AFTERWARDS OR IS THIS SOME OF INSTANCES WE HEARD ABOUT WHERE LIKE THEY GOT TREATED TO BEGIN WITH LAKE TO BE OUT OF LAKE THAT EMERGENCY SITUATION, BUT ANY OTHER SUPPORT NEEDED AFTERWARD, THEY WERE NOT PROVIDED ANY SUPPORTS LAKE THERE'D BE OR AND LIKE MEDICAL SUPPLIER, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEEDED.

THAT WAS NICE SAID TO THEM LIKE THE IT'S AVAILABLE BECAUSE AGAIN, CRIMINALIZING OR A MEDICAL RACIAL PROFILING HAPPENS A LOT, EVEN HAVING ACCESS TO YES, AND I'M GOOD MOMENT TO BRING YOU IN.

HOW ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN SHOT A VULNERABLE TO REOCCURRING INCIDENCE OF GUN VIOLENCE?

I MEAN, YOU JUST SHARE YOUR STORY.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, GOES BACK TO THAT EMOTIONAL, A PIECE TO WRITE AND FEELING LEFT OUT.

ALL THESE THIS INVESTMENTS THAT THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES, FROM HOSPITALS TO THERAPY TO PROVIDES A LEVEL OF ANGER AND ONCE YOU'RE MAD, YOU'RE A LOT EASIER JUST TO RETALIATE OR STAY IN YOUR FEELINGS ON MANY OF INDIVIDUALS THAT I KNOW MEDICATING THEMSELVES AND GO A DIFFERENT PATHAN.

FORTUNATELY.

BUT IT'S A LOT HAS TO DO WITH THAT.

THIS INVESTMENT WILL SINK OR REVISE ALL THE TIME.

WE HAVE THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT THANK >> OF COURSE.

>> AND 5 YEARS AGO, CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER DERRICK JONES JUNIOR WENT FROM RESPONDING TO CALLS ON THE JOB TO BECOMING A VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE HIMSELF.

NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME PUBLICLY, HE'S SHARING HIS STORY ABOUT WHAT LIFE IS LIKE AS A SURVIVOR.

>> JUST KEEP GOING NO MATTER WHAT.

NO.

YOURSELF, MOTIVATE YOURSELF.

INSPIRATION.

USE IT RIGHT.

JUST.

>> KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

TRY TO STAY IN THE ABSOLUTELY.

CAN STUCK LIFE CONTINUES TO MOVE FOR.

SO SHOULD YOU.

THERE WAS A TIME 30 YEAR-OLD DERRICK JONES JUNIOR DEPENDENT ON A WHEELCHAIR TO GET AROUND USING THE TECHNIQUE.

WHAT THE THERAPIST HUM.

>> STATEMENT I AND I TRY TO AVOID SWING MY HOUR.

AND JUST TRY TO BE A STRATEGIC AS POSSIBLE.

WALKING UP THE STAIRS.

NOTICE.

>> YOU KNOW, DO THAT SEVERAL TIMES GOING UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS UNTIL YOU FELT MORE WITH IT, YOU KNOW.

I SELL STRUGGLE.

THE FIRST.

>> IT'S THE FIRST TIME JONES SHARES HIS STORY PUBLICLY RECOUNTING THE TRAUMATIC MOMENTS THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE.

NEARLY 5 YEARS AGO.

HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD.

>> I WAS ONE TIME IN THE ONE.

BULLET FRAGMENTS STILL IN IN MY BRAIN TUESDAY.

WELL, SHOT AT 22 TIMES IN JUNE 2019 JONES FINISHED A SHIFT AT THE 6TH POLICE DISTRICT IN GRESHAM.

>> HE HAD BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 2 YEARS.

>> I WAS DATING A GIRL AT THE TIME.

I DECIDE TO GO SEE HER LIKE I USUALLY DO HAVE TO WORK ON CERTAIN DAYS.

AND THAT I WANT OUR HOUSE.

>> AND >> I IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE AND WE JUST TALKED TO GP LIKE WE USUALLY DO.

>> JONES SAYS HE REMEMBERS DRIVING BACK FROM A STORE IN BRONZEVILLE WITH HIS THEN GIRLFRIEND AND NOTICING A VEHICLE FOLLOWING HIS CAR.

>> PASS AND THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS AT THIS POINT ON 35TH.

AT THE TIME WAS A THINK I COULD EASILY WON TO THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND SAY I THINK VEHICLE IS FOLLOWING ME.

AT THE TIME WAS, I BECAUSE I THOUGHT NOBODY WAS.

OUT TO GET ANYTHING.

I'VE TURNED DOWN.

I WANT TO SAY MICHIGAN.

AND THEN I WANT 37 ON HER BLOCK.

I MADE ANOTHER TURN.

THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING HAPPENED.

>> NEXT THING HE RECALLS IS WAKING UP IN A HOSPITAL AFTER BEING IN A COMA.

>> I REMEMBER SCANNED MY BRAIN FROM SURGEON.

IT WAS LIKE MILLIMETERS AWAY FROM MY BRAIN STEM.

HAD A HIT.

MY BRINGS WE WANT HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

DESPITE SEVERAL LEADS IN THE CASE, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

>> FOR HIS FATHER, DERRICK JONES, SENIOR, A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER.

IT'S A CALL NO PARENT WANTS TO HE'S A STRONG KID.

>> YOU KNOW, NOW 30, YOU 25 YEARS OLD WHEN IT HAPPENED.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, A YOUNG AGE LIKE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, YOUTH HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM, KNOW, THEY DIDN'T LET THAT SHOW YOU.

AND WITHOUT.

MY HAND, BRACE.

THIS IS HELPING TO KEEP OPEN FOR NOW.

>> IRIS.

HE SAYS IT'S BEEN A PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY TAXING ONE THAT DEREK CREDITS HIS FAMILY AND HIS FAITH WITH GUIDING HIM THROUGH.

>> YOU DON'T WANT TO GET AS MUCH AS YOU PUT INTO IT.

SO.

AND ALSO MY DAYS AS MAIN FACTOR, A KEY MISSING MY DAD BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE.

BUT HE WAS THE MAIN CONTRIBUTING TO MY RECOVERY.

FAR ESPECIALLY MY ARM STUFF LIKE YOU NEVER GIVE UP ON YOU STILL BELIEVE AND I NEEDED THAT.

>> WITH TIME, JONES HAS STARTED TO GAIN MORE MOBILITY.

HE'S BACK WORKING AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TAKING ON SMALLER TASKS AND PUSHING HIMSELF TO TRAVEL.

>> WATCH HIM OVERCOME A PROUD OF THEM.

AND WHAT I WANT FOR HIM IS TO CONTINUE.

HE'S WORKING ON HIS MASTER'S DEGREE.

>> DEREK SAYS HE'S READY TO SHARE HIS STORY IN HOPES OF INSPIRING OTHER SURVIVORS A PIECE.

>> OF I HAVE MY DAYS, BUT IS THIS?

WET MAN?

WHY OR A CERTAIN SONG A SCENE IN THE MOVIE PLAY.

AND THAT'S ONE OF REMINISCING MY MY.

I'M NOT UPSET WITH THE SITUATION I HAVE TO BECOME A PIECE WITH THAT BECAUSE IT DRIVE ME CRAZY ATLANTA FOR YOU.

>> AND HE ALSO SHARE THE ONE OF HIS INSPIRATIONS.

I GOT HIM THROUGH TOUGH TIMES.

IS KOBE BRYANT AND HIS MAMBA MENTALITY FOCUSING ON THE PROCESS AND TRUSTING IN THE HARD WORK WHEN IT MATTERS.

MOST.

AND NOW, AS WE'VE JUST HEARD, MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES CAN PLAY A BIG ROLE IN A SURVIVOR'S RECOVERY.

BUT NAVIGATING THAT JOURNEY ISN'T THE SAME FOR EVERYONE.

FINDING THE RIGHT CARE CAN BE DIFFICULT AND OFTEN INVOLVES UNPACKING COMPLEX TRAUMA.

DESPITE THE CHALLENGES, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS SAY GETTING THE RIGHT CARE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IS KEY.

NOT ONLY FOR HEALING, BUT ALSO FOR STOPPING FUTURE VIOLENCE.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE AFTER A LITTLE CARDIO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION AT THE BRIGHTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL.

AND I WOULD NOT IS CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL SAID THAT.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

I WANT TO START WITH WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES WITH TRAUMATIC INCIDENTS.

CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CENTER'S APPROACH WHEN A SURVIVOR ENTERS THE PROGRAM AT CENTRAL TONIGHT.

>> YEAH, I THINK AGAIN FOR HAVING ME FOR SOME REASON THAT WE PROVIDE A LONG-TERM APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE, COUPLED WITH INDIVIDUAL GROUP AND CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT AS WELL.

SO ISN'T THIS A THAT IT GETS US UP READING HIGH QUALITY CARE THAT INTEGRATES A LOT, OF COURSE, BECAUSE BECAUSE OF HIGH, THE HIGH, A HIGH QUALITY CARE AS WELL PRACTICES IS.

THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES WHEN SURVIVOR DOES COME IN.

>> AND IS NOT REALLY SURE ABOUT HOW WOULD THINK ABOUT THEIR >> USUALLY ME FOLKS AT SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT A BUS THAT WAS INTERESTING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FOLKS HAVE SUPPORTED THEM.

SO THE VICTIM ADVOCATES, THE CHURCH.

>> ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS READ GATHERED OUR SERVICES AND OUR RESOURCES IN AS PART OF OUR APPROACH THE SUN AS AS NOT ONLY ONE-STOP-SHOP RATE.

BUT IT'S ALSO APPROACH TAKING A LOT OF CULTURE COMMUNITY AND THAT PRESSURE AS WELL.

>> AND THAT NEW YORK ARE SOME PEOPLE STILL HESITANT TO FIND MENTAL HEALTH CARE?

>> WELL, WE'VE SEEN IN OUR RESEARCH IS ACTUALLY THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES, RIGHT?

THERE MAY BE SOME HESITANCY, BUT THE BIGGEST BEARS ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO ACCESS CARE, RIGHT?

WE KNOW THERE'S WEIGHT THIS.

OUR RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES, NEIGHBORHOOD COMPARED TO A FLUID NEIGHBORHOODS.

COUNTRY'S OF COLOR HAVE A AVERAGE OF 2.1 THERAPIST PER RESIDENTS COMPARED TO 4.5 THEIR PEERS FOR ONE DOESN'T MEAN WHETHER IT'S MORE FLUENT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE WAY LISSA SOMETHING ELSE AND THAT HAS A SPECIFIC IS ONE OF THE THINGS OFTEN TIMES SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE ENCOUNTER SPECIALLY DESIGNED THAT WAY US.

>> SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO BE LIKE, YEAH, SOMEBODY FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

BUT THERE'S ALSO A 15 MONTH LATER.

THAT'S A LONG TIME AND WE OFTEN GET A CHANCE I CAN GET.

CAN I JUMP AWAY THIS?

IT'S REALLY BETTER BASELINE.

A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS IDENTIFY WITH COMPLEX TRAUMA, WHICH IS 90% OF POPULATION.

THE PROGRAM THERE.

I'M SO USED TO SEEING AROUND 40 PEOPLE OR A REGULAR BASIS AND THAT YEARLY.

AND RIGHT NOW THERE ARE WITNESSES AROUND CLOSE TO 500 PEOPLE AT THIS POINT.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMEONE FOR THAT IN THE YEAR?

YEAH.

I KNOW IT'S A YEAR FOR A FOUR-YEAR.

SO TRAUMA IS NOT JUST A ONE-TIME MOMENT.

IT'S A COMPLEX HISTORY NOT ONLY FROM CHILDHOOD.

THE HILLS OF FROM YOUR DOG OFTENTIMES WILL BE FINE.

IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY HOMICIDE AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE CENTER FOR CHILD EXPERIENCES NOT THE FIRST TRAUMA.

SO WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT A LONG-TERM APPROACH THAT TAKES A YEAR.

IT TAKES.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN A LOVED ONE THAT IS RIGHT?

YOU KNOW, THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

>> THEY KNOW AS WE KNOW, WE CAN GO TO SOME MENTAL CLINICS IN YOU.

THE THERAPIST CAN ONLY HAVE TENNESSEE, ONE PERSON A MONTH NOW.

>> AND SO ARE OUR PUSH DIFFERENT APPROACHES AROUND RELEASE ENTERING THE FAMILY, RELEASE INDIVIDUAL AND OFFERING MULTIPLE SESSIONS.

SO ARE OFFERING OKAY.

SO THAT'S A LOWER COMPARED TO WHAT THE SITUATION STANDARD, WHICH IS ALSO A COMMUNITY FOR COMMUNITY WANTS COMMUNITY WANTS CONSISTENT, LONG-TERM FORMS OF CARE, WHICH MEANS LONGER WAIT TIMES AND LONGER AND THE ABILITY ACTUALLY GO TO THE UNDERLYING ROOTS OF TRAUMA AS WELL.

>> AND TALKING ABOUT RESEARCH.

YOU'VE DONE RESEARCH ON THE RESPONSE.

PEOPLE WANT DURING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

WHAT DID YOU FIND?

>> YES, WHAT WE KNOW THAT THE AFTER CARE IS VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGING A CRISIS WORKER ARE PROBABLY AT THAT MOMENT.

FINALLY READY TO TALK AND SO AS WE JUST HEARD BEING ABLE TO GET SOMETHING CONNECTED SERVICES, THE FOLLOW-UP CARE WITH A SERIOUS SUPER CRITICAL.

NOW WHEN THINGS THAT SENTENCE AND THAT IS DOING IS PROVIDING ON SPACES FOR HEALING, WHICH IS CRITICAL.

IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO OPERATE IN A VACUUM.

NOT OPERATE SWEAR THE PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS.

WE'RE CLOSE RIGHT TO BACK OF THE ART CENTER'S WAS ONE OF THOSE RESOURCES THAT COULD HAVE PROVIDED A FOLLOW-UP CARE.

AND AS A RESULT, RIGHT, WE'RE OPERATING IN THIS MENTAL HEALTH DESERT WHERE A AND I KNOW HAS TO CARRY THE LOAD IS THAT THAT IN 40 I WAS LEFT WITH THE PUBLIC WITH A SENATOR CLOSE >> AND AND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.

YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING MORE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES BEHIND BRING THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY.

>> SO OUR OUR CAMPAIGN TREATMENT IS FOCUSED ON CREATING A SYSTEM OF CARE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO THAT IS OPERATED BY THE CITY ITSELF, RIGHT?

WE NEED TO BUILD A LASTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

ONE THAT DOESN'T ONLY RELY ON OUR PROFITS, BUT INSTEAD CAN HAVE THE PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS, WHICH CAN CREATE SPACES FOR HEALING FOR ONGOING SUPPORT, AS WELL AS BEING A HOME BASE FOR CRISIS RESPONSE WORKERS TO GET INTO THE COMMUNITY TO GAUGE PROACTIVELY TO IDENTIFY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO NEED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY WERE HARASSED AT SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST DEALING WITH A BAD.

SITUATION, RIGHT.

WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE CARE THAT IN REAL TIME RIGHT BEFORE CRISES ESCALATE.

SO FOR US CRUDE INTO THE CRISIS RESPONSE, COMMUNITY CARE CORE THAT CAN BE BASED PUBLIC IS AN OBLIGATION OF THE CITY CAN FULFILL THIS ADMINISTRATION.

WHAT I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT WHAT'S WHAT TRY TO DO THIS WORK WITH YOUR PASSION BEHIND THIS WORK?

>> AND CAN BE VERY HEAVY WORK.

>> YEAH, I THINK FOR FOR ME SPECIFICALLY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR 12 YEARS, SPECIFICALLY READY TO QUIT FOR HOMICIDE VICTIMS THEIR FAMILIES.

I THINK WHAT GETS AND THAT IS THEIR STORIES AND THEIR COMMITMENT ALSO CHANGE SYSTEM IS WHEN YOU ACTS SURVIVORS SENATOR VOICE THE SAVE HUNDREDS OF WHAT THEY WOULD PUSH SYSTEMIC CHANGE THAT.

BUT ALSO HOW THEY WOULD WANT TO BE SUPPORTED AS WELL.

WHAT I WILL GET YOU STARTED TO DO THIS WORK.

IT WAS THE DEATH OF A LOVED WAS MY BROTHER AND ALSO HAVE THE HOWARD FAMILY NAVIGATED 34 NOW I WAS 15 AT THAT POINT TO THE STILL ASPECT OF COMMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE AN ACT IN A SIMILAR LOST HER BROTHER YEAH.

AND SO YES, THAT'S THAT'S A PIECE OF MY FAMILY'S HISTORY.

BUT THIS WHOLE TRAUMA AND THIS WHOLE GRIEF WORKS GETS PERSONAL.

YOU UNDERSTAND IT SAYS SOME FAMILIES GO THROUGH.

IT'S A PERSONAL, BUT ALSO IT'S NOT A IN A PUSH UNPACKS MY OWN IT'S ENTERING OTHER FOLKS AS PAIN BECAUSE MY PAIN IS DIFFERENT PRODUCTS.

IT'S ABOUT SENDING COMMUNITY VOICES CENTERING SURVIVORS AND THAT BEINGS BEFORE SOLUTIONS ACTS OF EVERYDAY REALLY ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S MORE LONG-TERM, SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY CENTER'S A VOICE PERSON AND THAT IS ABOUT THAT.

WE WISH YOU COULD BE MORE PREVENTATIVE IN NATURE.

WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVE RESPOND TO COMMUNITIES IN AS A RESULT SUMMIT.

ALASKA'S MENTIONING THAT WE NEED A MORE DIVERSE SET OF FUNDING.

ENOUGH PROFIT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT WITHOUT MORE SENATE APPROACH TO OUR HEALTH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND AGAIN, EVERYONE, SURE NEW SO DIFFERENT THAT IN QUESTION FOR YOU WOULD DRIVE DO THIS WORK.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WE SEE SOME WITHIN THE WE ENVISION A BETTER SYSTEM, A BETTER SOCIETY IN WHICH PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH IS TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT IN A PREVENTIVE WAY WITHOUT ALLOWING THINGS TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE CRASHES OCCUR OR PEOPLE OR INSTITUTIONAL AS A RESULT OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED WILL GET YOU STARTED TO DOING THIS SO I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN WHEN THOSE COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAS NO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, FOUND OUT THAT THE PUBLIC WITH U.S.

SENATORS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO CLOSED, RIGHT?

SO, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP, I REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM IT TO HEALTHCARE IN A WAY THAT IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE TO ME, I WOULD BENEFIT MYSELF OR MY FAMILY, BUT IT WASN'T THERE.

AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I BECAME A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL MYSELF.

THAT REALLY IS WHILE THIS IS A BIG NEED AND WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE AND THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COULD PROVIDE.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, JUST LIKE FUN POLICE, WE CAN COMMITTEE COMMISSION TALKING ABOUT THE CITY.

DOES A CITY HAVE A ROLE IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE?

ABSOLUTELY.

AS DIRTY AS THERE WAS ONCE A TIME WHERE THERE'S 19 PUBLIC MENTAL CENTER'S.

THERE WAS ONCE A TIME IN WHICH COMMUNITIES MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS WHERE A HUB FOR FOR MANY COMMUNITIES THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO MANY WOULD SAY WE HAVE NOW.

WELL, CURRENTLY HAVE 5, 5 YEAH.

YOU'RE GOING TO SOMETHING I'M A INTERSECTS WITH WITH OUR COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY WE OFTEN ARE.

>> ADDRESSING IT INSURANCE TAXES.

SO MARTHA, NOW WORKING WITH FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, SO HAVE THE SAME ACCESS THAT YOU WOULD AS A SIMILARLY, IF YOU ARE IN A MORE APT COME IN AND HAVE IT A BILL COSBY PLAN RIGHT?

IT WOULD HAVE GETTING IN THERE.

AND SO SO SO HARD.

HE'S REALLY UNDERSTANDING.

YEAH.

LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S SOME CLINICS THAT TAKE PPO OR TAKE HMO MEDICAID.

>> SO THAT A PERSON JUST IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE.

WHERE CAN I SEE A SPECIFIC PERSON IS NOT ALWAYS A PARADE, WITCH.

TYPICALLY THEY WOULD BE THE ONES THAT DON'T HAVE INSURANCE OR HAS IT.

IN TERMS ACTUALLY IT'S YOUTH HAVE MEDICAID, WHICH AND I SAY IT'S A PERFECT SYSTEM, BUT IT'S INSURANCE ACCESS POINT.

WE'RE OFTEN TACKLING FOLKS THAT TYPICALLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE BE SEEN, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INSURANCE THAT DON'T INSURANCE.

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PLATE.

YOU'RE DOING REALLY IMPORTANT WORK.

THANK YOU.

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