Take A Stand for Mental Illness

Thresholds

The Faces of Thresholds
Look at the faces of Thresholds members, and read their quotes throughout our website. You’ll see and feel what inspired the Thresholds vision and led to an agency that has become a recognized and respected leader in helping people with mental illnesses.Thresholds creates the opportunity for people with mental illness to live with dignity and independence. For 45 years, Thresholds has developed innovative programs that:

 Give people with mental illnesses the tools they need to live with
dignity
 Help people with mental illnesses live independently
 Provide wellness services for recovery from mental illness

The Agency
One of the nation's largest non-profit providers of mental health services, Thresholds provides a comprehensive program of therapeutic support, case management, education, job training and placement, and housing. With 30 service locations and more than 75 housing developments in the Chicagoland area, Thresholds serves more than 5,000 people with mental illness each year. Thresholds is also an innovator in the mental health field. Throughout its history, the agency has developed programs that serve as models for others. Several agencies around the world have replicated Thresholds’ model.One in four Americans--people of all races, incomes and social strata--will suffer from some form of mental illness in their lifetime. Patients with mental illnesses fill more hospital beds per year than patients with heart disease, lung disease, and cancer combined. Thresholds has never been a more important resource.

Our Members
We do not have clients or patients at Thresholds. We have members. By definition, members belong. Thresholds members have come to rebuild their self-esteem and self motivation. They are partners with our staff in developing and implementing a personal rehabilitation and recovery programs.

Thresholds Voices: Hear Our StoriesRead about our members, their families, and how Thresholds aids in the recovery process.

Mission Statement
Thresholds assists and inspires people with severe mental illnesses to reclaim their lives by providing the supports, skills, and the respectful encouragement that they need to achieve hopeful and successful futures. We strive to be the provider of choice, employer of choice, and a world leader in the development and evaluation of rehabilitation and recovery services.

Goal Areas
Prevent unneccessary hospitalization
Independent living
Social rehabilitation
Vocational rehabilitation
Academic preparation
Promote physical well being

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