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Chicago Public Library’s Blackstone Branch Library, located at 4904 S. Lake Park Ave. in the Hyde Park neighborhood, Oct. 14, 2020.

Chicago Public Library’s Blackstone Branch Library, located at 4904 S. Lake Park Ave. in the Hyde Park neighborhood, Oct. 14, 2020. Health officials say a library program to make mental health resources more accessible will continue in four locations.

Pat Nabong

Chicago Public Library’s Blackstone Branch Library, located at 4904 S. Lake Park Ave. in the Hyde Park neighborhood, Oct. 14, 2020.

Chicago Public Library’s Blackstone Branch Library, located at 4904 S. Lake Park Ave. in the Hyde Park neighborhood, Oct. 14, 2020. Health officials say a library program to make mental health resources more accessible will continue in four locations.

Pat Nabong

Chicago libraries now offer mental health help

Clinicians take walk-ins and appointments at some local libraries. The service is open to all Chicagoans, regardless of insurance or ability to pay. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Shannon Heffernan

Chicago Public Library’s Blackstone Branch Library, located at 4904 S. Lake Park Ave. in the Hyde Park neighborhood, Oct. 14, 2020. Health officials say a library program to make mental health resources more accessible will continue in four locations.

Pat Nabong

   

Clinicians take walk-ins and appointments at some local libraries. The service is open to all Chicagoans, regardless of insurance or ability to pay.

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