Community Mental Health Council, Inc., (The Council) a community-based organization providing comprehensive mental health services in the Metro South and Metro West networks, and to the Chicago metropolitan area.

The Council also faces the challenge of bridging the widening gap between the need for services, the reduction of available funds from local and state government and the delivery of care to a segment of the population that is already experiencing many societal ills, including: unemployment, homeless-ness, substance abuse and poverty. In fact, the majority of the people we serve are indigent. The average income of our clients is only $5,000 annually.

For our agency, the solution lies in a strong community-based approach. The same approach that the CEO/President, Dr. Carl C. Bell, a governing volunteer Board of Directors and staff of caring professionals, has supported since The Council was founded in 1975. 

Through intervention, prevention, emergency care, individual /group counseling, and medication, our mission is clearly defined to make quality mental health care accessible to those traditionally under-represented and overburdened, who would otherwise go untreated.

At The Council client services are sensitive to the cultural needs of the individual and are designed to allow individuals to function at their highest level and given by trained, experienced professionals whose combined talents support the operation of the organization to ensure that The Council maintains its position in the forefront of mental health agencies.