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Freedom Behavioral Health Collaborative (FBHC) is a community-based behavioral health initiative operated by Freedom International Outreach Ministries (FIOM), a faith-based nonprofit with deep, multi-generational roots on Chicago’s West Side. FBHC serves as a faith-informed entry point for mental health and substance use care, designed to dismantle systemic barriers to access and cultivate stigma-reducing trust, reaching residents who may otherwise remain wary of formal clinical systems.
Click here to view photos from our July 18th ribbon cutting.
Freedom International Outreach Ministries, Inc. is a funded partner of the Healthy Chicago Mental Health Collective (HC-MHC), a citywide initiative led by the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) that expands access to mental health care through a coordinated network of CDPH Mental Health Centers and community-based providers. Together, HC-MHC partners work to strengthen Chicago’s mental health safety net and improve access to care across communities.
Our Mission:
Our Mission:
To connect individuals and families to coordinated behavioral health care, supportive resources, and community partnerships that empower them to live healthy, stable, and productive lives.
Our Vision:
Our Vision:
Thriving communities where equitable access to mental health care and supportive services allows every person to live with dignity, stability, and purpose.
Our Work:
Our Work:
As a Healthy Chicago Mental Health Collective (HC-MHC) provider, Freedom Behavioral Health Collaborative is dedicated to serving residents in Austin, West Garfield Park, East Garfield Park, and North Lawndale — providing
compassionate, quality care that is accessible regardless of immigration status, insurance coverage, or ability to pay.
Using a Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model, care will be routed through three pathways:
Using a Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) model, care will be routed through three pathways:
1: Screening & Assessment
1: Screening & Assessment
Walk-in universal screening for mental health and substance use concerns. For clients who screen positively, more in-depth assessment(s) are recommended for level of care recommendations, and when appropriate, diagnostic information.
2: Early Intervention & Case Management with Freedom Behavioral
2: Early Intervention & Case Management with Freedom Behavioral
3–4 brief counseling sessions (Motivational Interviewing) for early intervention with clients at higher risk for substance use and/or mental health concerns. Case management, weekly support and psychoeducation groups, and linkage to housing, SNAP, and social services.
3. Referral to Treatment with our Collaborative Partners
3. Referral to Treatment with our Collaborative Partners
For clients requiring more structured clinical care, warm hand-offs to the Collaborative's clinical partners for in-person and telehealth individual and group outpatient therapy, intensive outpatient (IOP), residential treatment, and psychiatric evaluation and medication management.
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