Mental Health Services

Mental Health Service provides staff support to Evanston residents experiencing crisis through the Emergency Assistance program and Victim and Youth Services programs. Staff can provide residents with Information and referrals to local agency services, and other mental health programs. Short-term intervention and case management are made available for people in crisis. Assistance is provided to individuals to find whatever services are needed, whether in Evanston or through programs in other communities.

In the Summer of 2021, City Council codified the Social Services Committee (SSC) and made it responsible for developing recommendations for the use of federal Community Development Block Grant funding public Services category (CDBG-PS) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and the City's Human Services Fund (HSF) revenues allocated to external organizations to address the needs of the City's at-risk residents. The SSC is accountable for allocating, monitoring, and evaluating the use of local tax dollars to purchase broad based human services, for both mental health and general social service issues, for Evanston residents.

Service and Emotional Support Animals ( Housing):  

Under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), housing facilities must allow service animals and emotional support animals if having the animal is necessary for a person with a disability to have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy the home. 

 For more information, please visit the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.  

https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/assistance_animals

After Hours Communication

For after hours communicable disease or bioterrorism emergencies, please call 847-866-5000.