Volunteer Efforts

The CRHSSD has four non-funded projects.  They are listed below:

Southern Illinois Behavioral Health Consortium

• CRHSSD leads a consortium of regional behavior health organizations, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Illinois State and Regional mental health agencies, substance abuse treatment agencies and hospitals.  The consortium discusses funding issues, over-coming personnel shortages, new developments and improvement in service coordination as well as policy issues.
  

Community Training Program

• The Community Training Program was created to fill training and educational gaps for the rural health and social service providers in the southern Illinois region. Two subcommittees composed of regional representatives from community, colleges, health and social service organizations, and businesses direct the efforts of this program. Conferences, workshops, and trainings are coordinated and developed as regional needs are assessed.
  

Connect SI Health Outcomes

• Connect SI Health Outcomes involves facilitating efforts with SIH and a group of public health agencies in the southern Illinois region to improve the health outcomes of community citizens through strategies implemented to reduce cardiovascular disease.
  

Project Angel Food

• Project Angel Food is a non-funded community-based project developed by the CRHSSD as a service to Southern Illinois. The project involves a collaboration of various organizations designed to assist in alleviating the ever present need for baby food, diapers, and other baby related supplies by child day care centers and food stock items by area food pantries in Southern Illinois.