CESSA Region 1 Regional Advisory Committee March 19, 2025

Community Emergency Services and Support Act (CESSA)

Region 1 Regional Advisory Committee March 19, 2025 @ 9:00am

  1. Open Meetings Act
    • These meetings will be subject to the Open Meetings Act.
    • A copy of the agendas and meeting minutes will be posted to the Illinois Department of Human Services/Division of Mental Health Open Meetings Page.
  2. Call to Order/Approval of Minutes
    • Meeting called to order at 9:05am by Stacie Kemp.
    • Motion made by Deanna Cada to approve the 2/19/25 meeting minutes. Joan Lodge seconded the motion. Meeting minutes were approved for 2/19/2025.
  3. Members Present: Stacie Kemp, Heather Butler, Jason Holcom, Deanna Cada, Nicole Weathersby, Dane Johnson, Brandon Lieber, JoLynn Marcum, Joan Lodge, Mary Trujillo, Bridgette Maurino, and Brittany Carls.
  4. State Updates:
    • Mandatory training for RAC members must be completed by the end of December 2025
    • Department of Behavioral Health and Recovery - July 1, 2025
      • Merger of two departments for mental health and substance use.
      • The effective title will be The Department of Behavioral Health and Recovery.
    • Introduced State budget FY2026
    • 988 Updates
      • Verizon and T-Mobile went on-line with geo locating in the fall of 2024.
        • Now have the ability to route people not to their precise location, but closer to the county level, so it gets them close to the 988 centers.
      • AT&T - As of about two weeks ago, is now on geo routing.
    • All three major carriers are in effect with Geo routing.
    • The state is preparing to begin managing text and chat for 988 in state.
      • Before now, it was mainly handled on a national level, so Centerstone and Path are gearing up for being able to handle those sorts of communications.
    • DHM hired Allie Lichterman as their new administrator of crisis services.
    • Total response Pilot Update
      • All 9 pilot sites have officially launched as of late February.
      • Touch base meetings
        • PSAP Administrators (weekly)
        • 988 Centerstone (bi-weekly)
        • MCRT Project Directors (bi-weekly)
      • Discussion opened up about scripts and protocols for 988 calls to 911 centers.
    • Next Steps
  5. No public comment
  6. Meeting adjourned at 10:01am.

Next meeting: April 16, 2025, 9:00AM