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Our Mission
Helping
people help themselves through
exceptional human service and
community collaboration.
Our Vision
HRC is the premier provider of
comprehensive behavioral healthcare in east central Illinois. HRC is a highly
valued collaborator and a powerful agent for positive community change,
recognized for its ethical and professional staff, therapeutic environment,
innovative treatment approaches, and commitment to individual empowerment,
growth, and recovery.
Company Profile
The Human Resources Center is a 501[c]3 not-for-profit agency which operates without discrimination as to race,
sex,, disability, or national origin in the employment and promotion of staff, delivery of services, and the selection of
board
members. HRC receives funding from the
Illinois
Department of Human
Services, the Community Mental Health Act (708), the United Way of Edgar County, Inc., various grants, and service fees. For more information contact
Ken Polky at 217-465-4118.
The Human Resources Center was established in 1970 as a community
center dedicated to helping the citizens of Edgar & Clark
Counties. For over thirty years, HRC has served the businesses and
citizens of East Central Illinois and West Central Indiana and has offered
a wide variety of rehabilitative services geared toward the issues and
challenges that face our rural communities.
Message from the Executive Director
Kenneth A. Polky
"When there is nothing left to
burn…"
In
the song “All Summer Long,” Kid
Rock glorifies drug abuse
(“smoking funny things”),
underage drinking (17-year olds
“sipping whiskey out the
bottle”) and teen sex (“making
love out by the lake”). As an
added insult, the song appears
on the album entitled “Rock N
Roll Jesus.” While it certainly
doesn’t rank among the most lewd
or irreverent songs currently on
the radio today, its snappy
melody and “summer anthem”
status gave it plenty of air
time in 2008.
When I am thinking “prevention”
I find Mr. Rock’s song troubling
and fret over the cumulative
impact of the “party all night
long” messages bombarding youth
from every direction. When I am
thinking “mental health”
however, I am much more
concerned about the growing
anguish and fears associated
with the collapse of our
economy, the state budget
crisis, drastic cuts to human
services funding, and local job
losses.
I don’t know of any up-tempo
feel-good songs about
foreclosures, homelessness, and
starvation, but I do know our
youth are feeling and expressing
fears related to these tragic
circumstances. I recently
stumbled across a song (by
“Stars”) my18 year-old son
downloaded to my IPod that
begins with an eerie voice
commanding “when there is
nothing left to burn you must
set yourself on fire.” The
unfortunate power of this phrase
is it has transcended it
original context to become a
metaphor for the economic
strife, pain, and anarchy so
many youth and families are
experiencing.
Youth violence, self-harm,
mental health crisis calls, and
delinquent acts are on the rise
within several of the
communities HRC serves.
Increasing unemployment,
political scandals, and family
strife are only making the
challenges facing our at-risk
youth worse at a time when most
Illinois behavioral health
providers are being forced to
reduce services. Fortunately,
with the support of CAMA Inc.
and Senator Richard Durbin, HRC
was awarded a federal grant
through the Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency
Prevention (OJJDP), enabling the
development of HRC’s Enhanced
Youth Services (EYS) initiative.
(See next page for more details)
Thank you to the many
organizations, community
partners, and volunteers that
have collaborated with and
supported HRC during a very
challenging year. With your help
HRC has continued to address the
most urgent behavioral health
needs of the two-county area
with innovative approaches such
as EYS, even when it seemed
there was “nothing left to
burn.”
2007
Annual Report
Contact Information
Paris
Marshall
Telephone
Telephone
217.465.4118
217.826.6212
FAX
FAX
217.463.1899 217.826.3682
Postal Address
PO Box 1118
Paris, Illinois 61944
Physical Address
118 East Court Street
1006 South
6th
Paris,
IL
61944
Marshall, IL 62441
Electronic mail
General Information: Kenneth
Polky, Executive Director
Client Support: Starr
Nelson, Director of Operations
Billing Questions: Rita
Haupt, Data & Billing
Manager
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