It all comes thanks to a federal grant to Cook County School District 130, which includes schools in Blue Island, Crestwood, ...

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Nichole Buatala joins Washington County's Mental Health Advisory Council; new crisis telecommunicator position funded.

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It all comes thanks to a federal grant to Cook County School District 130, which includes schools in Blue Island, Crestwood, and Alsip. As Noel Brennan reports, those schools have now added mental ...