Step Up For Mental Health

09/15/2026

Now is a great time to join Step Up For Mental Health as a Champion Ambassador. You can support our community by creating a peer-to-peer page to help raise funds for our mission before Dec 31, 2026. Join our Giving Forward Campaign today! Visit our website to learn more:

Become a mental health Champion Ambassador for Step Up For Mental Health® and Families. Share your story. Give Back. Advocate.

08/02/2026

Passing along some Back to school community news: National Night Out! Backpack Giveaway! Join Humans at Help Foundation and Embrace Relief at Skokie National Night Out for our FREE Backpack & School Supplies Giveaway!

07/22/2026

Why Your Voice Matters–Take our Survey!

We are creating a Mental Health Toolkit—a curated collection of resources, strategies, and support systems designed to help our community navigate their mental health and we don’t want to build it alone. We know that sharing thoughts on mental health requires a high level of trust. That is why our survey is 100% ANONYMOUS. It will take 2-5 minutes to complete. Thank you for your support!

At Step Up For Mental Health, our mission has always been about meeting people exactly where they are. But “where people are” changes. The stresses of 2026 look different than they did a few years ago, and the ways we cope need to evolve, too. Why We Need You We are thinking about creating a Men...

07/05/2026

David Bromstad from HGTV talks about his mental health and substance use journey.

HGTV's David Bromstad Won't Be Designing For An Audience Again Any Time Soon: 'I Have Nothing To Prove'

David Bromstad said he likely won't do a public design job again, but he didn't allow that pressure to affect how he designed his Florida home for HGTV.

06/03/2026

Mental Health In the News:
Families are suffering during wait time approval for SSI/SSIDI benefits. Researchers who found terminally ill clients dying before paperwork clears.
https://fortune.com/2026/06/02/social-security-ssa-disability-claims-drop-trump-performance-dispute/

The administration touts a 73% drop in call wait times. Researchers who found terminally ill clients dying before paperwork clears.

06/02/2026

Happy Pride Month! 🌈 🩷 💜 🩵

Whether you are celebrating out loud or quietly embracing who you are, please know that you are not alone, and your life matters deeply.

Let's make this month a reminder to support one another, and protect our mental health and community.

05/04/2026

Walgreens Closing in Southside neighborhoods to family without access.

Many seniors and people with disabilities on the Southside will lose access to medications close to home.

City leaders are expected to share thoughts Monday on the latest Walgreens store to close on the Chicago's South Side.

04/22/2026

A good article on the Millionaire Giving Pledge and what the common person can do to give back to their community.

https://joangarry.com/richest-man-alive-says-generosity-hard-not-buying-it

We’re being told it’s “hard” for billionaires to give away their wealth. But across this country, people with far less are giving more, building more, and holding communities together every single day. Something about that story doesn’t sit right.

04/12/2026

We love this idea!!? 🎉

04/12/2026

Very interesting read on midwifery in the state of Georgia.

Black women in Georgia turn to midwives for safer births – so why does the state criminalize many of them? | Georgia | The Guardian

A new lawsuit seeks to decriminalize the work of midwives banned from providing care amid a worsening maternal health crisis