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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 49 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
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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 about 6,000 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. Thresholds serves those with the most severe mental illnesses, affecting 8-15 million Americans!
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.
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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 Stories
Read about our members, their families, and how Thresholds aids in the recovery process. |
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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.
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Goal Areas
A good home A good job Academic success Good friends & loving familiesOptimal healthStaying out of crisis & the hospital
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Fees
Thresholds accepts private pay and insurance. Some programs are funded by the Illinois Department of Mental Health, the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
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