Is It Time to Reopen Chicago’s Closed Mental Health Clinics?
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The debate over reopening the city’s six shuttered mental health clinics.
As a candidate for mayor, Lori Lightfoot campaigned on a promise to reopen the six mental health clinics closed in 2012 by her predecessor. But her nominee for public health commissioner may have other ideas to address mental illness -- and it’s upsetting some members of City Council.
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Is It Time to Reopen Chicago’s Closed Mental Health Clinics?
Clip: 10/8/2019 | 10m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
As a candidate for mayor, Lori Lightfoot campaigned on a promise to reopen the six mental health clinics closed in 2012 by her predecessor. But her nominee for public health commissioner may have other ideas to address mental illness -- and it’s upsetting some members of City Council.
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