Criminal Justice Action Committee

The Criminal Justice Action Committee meets the first Wednesday of every month, from 7 to 8:30 PM at Alexian Center for Mental Health, 3350 Salt Creek Lane-Suite #114, Arlington Heights. We are part of the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Barrington Area NAMI Barrington Area (NAMIBA) is a not-for-profit organization that offers programs and services primarily for those in the suburbs near Barrington, Illinois, but we welcome anyone, regardless of where they live or work. NAMI Barrington Area is an affiliate of NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Please join us on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. If you have any questions, please call Joseph M. Jason at (847)537-3009 or e-mail him at jmj2400@yahoo.com.
The goals of the Criminal Justice Action Committee are: assisting families in crisis with best practice methods of dealing with having a loved one in the legal system, advocating for CIT Training in police departments, educating prosecutors, judges, and public defenders about organic brain disorders, advocating for more mental health courts in Illinois, advocating for proper step down programs(This includes housing and medication, visiting jails/prison in Illinois and seeing firsthand how the mentally ill are treated and give reports), advocating for juvenile justice. This includes adoptive families who make up a disproportionate number in the juvenile courts.

Help us make a difference and join the committee.