Domestic Violence/Substance Abuse Interdisciplinary Task Force

 

Task Force Members

Leslie Balonick, Interventions
Stacy Balonick, Gateway Foundation
Crystal Bass-White, Neopolitan Lighthouse
Larry Bennett, Chair, University of Illinois at Chicago
Vernie Beorkrem, Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts
Tricia Bowdidge, IDHS, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Angie Bowman, Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association
Carol Brigman, IDHS, Office of Prevention
Beatris Burgos, Chicago Abused Women Coalition
Robert Campbell, Chicago House
Mary Coleman, IDHS, Office of Employment and Training
Becky Douglas, University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
Kevin Downey, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities
Mike Feinerman, Haymarket Center
Florence Forshey, Des Plaines Valley Community Center
Margaret Francis, IDHS, Office of Prevention
Judy Fried, Northern Illinois Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Karen Gill, PHASE, Inc./WAVE
Pam Goodman, IDHS, Office of Prevention
Jame Hahs, Nameoki United Methodist Church
Walonza Hall-Lee, Women's Treatment Center
Christine Kahl, Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities
Jeb Kresge, PHASE, Inc./WAVE
Leslie Landis, Chicago Mayor's Office On Domestic Violence
Barbara Lokaitis, Community Behavioral Healthcare Association of Illinois
Lou Ness, Turning Point
Jennifer Orban, Illinois Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association
Peggy Powers, IDHS, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Jamie Shawgo, Triangle Center
Beverly Solon, IDHS, Office of Prevention
Charles Tucker, IDHS, Office of Prevention
Lajuana Weathers, LifeLink/Bensenville Home Society
Randall Webber, Lighthouse Institute/Chestnut Health Systems
Melanie Whitter, IDHS, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Pam Wiseman, Safe Passage, Inc.
 

We would also like to acknowledge the following people for their involvement in producing this document:

Christine R. Call, Christine R. Call & Associates
Stephanie Dingman, Chestnut Health Systems
Debi Edmund, Editor
C.J. Endicott, Mid-America Behavioral Healthcare
Sharon Spinks, IDHS, Office of Prevention
 

Field Reviewers for Best Practices Document

Patricia Bland, New Beginnings
Janice DiGirolamo, Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts
Maya Hennessey, IDHS, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Catherine McNeilly, Department of Children and Family Services
Patricia 0'Brien, University of Illinois at Chicago
Marianne Piet, Aurora University
Kim Riordan, Chicago Abused Women Coalition/HCIP
William L. White, Lighthouse Institute/Chestnut Health Systems
Theresa Zubretsky, New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence