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    Chicago Mayor Johnson's campaign promise to reopen mental health clinics and enact ‘Treatment not Trauma’ nonpolice response gets boost

    by Alice Yin, Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune Jul 24, 2023 4 minutes
    Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, center, waits to be introduced during a Treatment Not Trauma campaign summit at First Presbyterian Church in the Woodlawn neighborhood on July 22, 2023, in Chicago.

    CHICAGO — A proposal to reopen the city’s mental health clinics and expand non-police responses to 911 calls — signature pieces of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s progressive platform — received a symbolic boost at a City Council committee hearing Monday in a long-awaited first step following frequent roadblocks under previous administrations.

    The Health and Human Relations committee hosted hours of presentations from city officials and advocates from the “Treatment Not Trauma” coalition whose clamors for expanding mental health services without law enforcement were embraced by Johnson as a central campaign theme and inaugural pledge. The resolution is non-binding; a future vote on its implementation is the movement’s next objective.

    Over the weekend, Johnson gave his latest endorsement of the Treatment Not Trauma

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