The Division of Behavioral Health & Recovery (DBHR) is responsible for ensuring that children, adolescents, and adults throughout Illinois have access to comprehensive substance use and mental health services. Our statewide system supports prevention, intervention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery services for individuals, families, and communities through a combination of state and federal funding. The system includes community-based mental health and substance use services delivered through partners and inpatient mental health services through 27 community hospitals with psychiatric units and seven state-operated hospitals. DBHR is also responsible for regulating all substance use intervention and treatment providers in the state of Illinois to ensure safety and quality of care.
DBHR focuses on improving outcomes, expanding access to care, reducing stigma, and providing coordinated care for people with behavioral health needs. Our work is grounded in compassion, collaboration, and respect for each person's journey. We aim to create a more connected, responsive, and effective system of care through partnership with communities and providers.
Vision, Mission and Values
Vision
Resilient people in thriving communities across Illinois.
Mission
We advance health and wellness for all people of Illinois through a comprehensive system of prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery services.
Values
- Collaboration - We work as a team with each other and our partners; generously providing and openly receiving feedback, communicating clearly and often, being honest and dependable, going the extra mile, and sharing in our successes.
- Dedication - We are united in our shared commitment to serving others; centering individual and community outcomes in our decision-making and holding ourselves to the highest standards in the service and stewardship of the people of Illinois.
- Kindness - We care about the well-being of people; treating one another with genuine warmth, dignity, and grace, offering the same compassion to our colleagues as we do for those we serve.
- Innovation - We develop creative, effective solutions in the face of challenges; improving outcomes and processes by thinking expansively, solving problems creatively, making the most of the available resources, adapting to changing circumstances with resilience, and fostering an environment where it is safe to explore new possibilities.
Leadership
