By Peter Nickeas, Chicago Tribune, September 20, 2019
In and around Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, long-standing causes of friction like gun violence and poverty have for some families combined with newer fears of immigration crackdowns and deportation of loved ones — and mental health professionals hope to address toxic stress that can have long-term effects on the lives of very young children.
Aiming to rectify the shortage of mental health care available to infants and children younger than 5 in Little Village and Lawndale, the Erikson Institute, an early childhood graduate school, has opened a new clinic there, its first free-standing health center outside its River North home base.
An opening reception was held this month, though the clinic has been operating since May, and social workers had started doing visits in the area for 18 months leading up to that.
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