Now with 750 employees in Illinois, Chestnut has a statewide impact on the health and welfare of Illinois citizens, operating from more than two dozen offices and treatment centers throughout Chicago, Joliet, Bloomington-Normal, Decatur, Belleville, Granite City, Maryville and elsewhere.
Chestnut Health Systems served more than 31,000 individuals in fiscal year 2010 across all of our programs.
During our nearly 40 years of continued growth and expansion, we have maintained our commitment to our mission - Making a Difference: Improving Quality of Life Through Excellence in Service while expanding our range of services that now include:
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Chemical dependency prevention and treatment for adolescents and adults;
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Mental health treatment for the chronically mentally ill;
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Housing for the mentally ill and substance abusing women with children who have no safe and secure living accommodations;
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Employee assistance and workplace services through Chestnut Global Partners;
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Applied behavioral research, training and publishing through Chestnut's Lighthouse Institute;
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Credit counseling for individuals under financial stress due to credit card or other debts.
Chestnut's FY 09-10 Year in Review highlighted some of our accomplishments and described our programs and our commitment to using evidence based practices and solutions.