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Krissy Dixon, Director of the county’s Mental Health Action Program, says the program helped the most clients ever last year, and more than half were students.
“I do think it’s a combination too of the environment we’re living in nowadays, with technology advances, and social media and all of those pressures. The busy lifestyles that we live these days definitely contributes as well.”
And she blames at least some of that increase on COVID.
“The isolation and uncertainty surrounding all of that definitely peaked a lot of the anxiety the kids being remote learning for so long. And unfortunately not all kids have a great home environment so we did see the effects of that.”
Looser-Flake Foundation
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Referrals for the Mental Health Action Program come from school counselors, police, and DCFS, plus it welcomes walk-ins. The grant has also allowed the program to work with more families to insure their children receive mental health services.
The estates of two sisters, who were life-long residents of Mercer County, established the Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation which serves charitable causes in Mercer County. It’s administered by the Quad Cities Community Foundation.
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