In April 2012, Chicago’s former mayor Rahm Emmanuel closed half of the city’s 12 public mental health centers. The closures affected mostly Black and lower income locals, who…

The need for mental health counseling often increases during the holiday season. The Encompassing Center, a mental health facility located 3019 W. Harrison St., helps address that need in this community through…

Jennifer F. Smith, licensed clinical professional counselor and program director for the Encompassing Center of the West Side Expanded Mental Health Services Program, sees its history and role as crucial during the…

About seven years after former Mayor Rahm Emanuel shocked mental health advocates and those needing help by closing half of the mental health centers in the city, West Side residents have…

The opening of the Encompassing Center last month has given Garfield Park and North Lawndale residents have access to a new mental health service option. Located at 3019 W. Harrison St., the Encompassing Center was…

“A lot of people said we couldn’t get it done on the West Side. And some great people proved them wrong,” Rev. Larry Dowling said…

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — There was a grand opening ceremony Tuesday for a new mental health center on the West Side and advocates said it’s badly…

The Encompassing Center will provide mental health services to East and West Garfield Park, North Lawndale and the Near West Side….