SEL/Mental Health Resources

Barrington Youth & Family Services (BYFS) is a community-based, nonprofit social service agency. The goal of BYFS is to build healthier families by providing counseling and preventative programming to children, teens, couples and families. Their approach focuses on supporting the social, psychological, and emotional well being of all they serve. Click here to visit the BYFS website!

Broncos Committed is Barrington High School's Life of an Athlete program, developed by John Underwood from upstate New York. Broncos Committed is not a club - it's a lifestyle that raises the bar of excellence for both the athlete and the non-athlete. It asks BHS students to commit to a 100% drug and alcohol free lifestyle, and it provides scientific rationale for all things related to optimal performance. Broncos Committed is every bit as much about character and not only committing to one's own excellence, but to one's team, school, and town. 

BStrong Together has been created to support parents, children and youth, community members and others impacting the lives of Barrington area children in our shared goal of raising happy, healthy, resilient, and adaptable children capable of successfully navigating the world of today and the future.  We are a coalition of community groups, educational entities, healthcare organizations, and community members.  To accomplish our goals, BStrong Together will plan speaker events, parent coffees, and educational opportunities for parents and community members; develop programming for children and youth of all ages; and host a robust website with resources on a wide variety of subjects designed to support and provide resources for parents, youth, and community members.  Learn more about us at bstrongtogether.org

Barrington 220 believes that a student's right to feel safe in school is paramount and contributes significantly to his or her capacity for learning.  All Barrington 220 schools have a protocol for reporting harassment and bullying. In general, students are encouraged to approach staff and describe the incident. However, we recognize that a significant amount of harassment and bullying may not be reported using these traditional channels of communication.  In response to this concern, we have developed an online method to report harassment and bullying.

Resources for Drug and Alcohol Abuse

• Opioid Prevention/Abuse
• The Opioid Crisis in IL
• Substance Abuse Hotline

Hospital Resource List
*Several local area hospitals will provide a drug and alcohol assessment. 

• FAIR Counseling - Families and Adolescents in Recovery (FAIR)
• Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital Center for Addiction Medicine
• Rosecrance
• Gateway/Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation
• Child, Adolescent, and Family Recovery Center

Erika's Lighthouse is a Chicago-based organization whose goal is educating communities about mental health issues. One of their initiatives is creating clubs in area schools and training club members through their teen panel program. The program is a peer-to-peer depression education program, where students learn to speak to their classmates about depression, the warning signs and how to get help to their peers.

• Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)
  24-hour Child Abuse Hotline at 800-25-ABUSE (800-252-2873 or TTY 1-800-358-5117)
• Children's Advocacy Centers of Illinois - 217-528-2224
• ICASA (Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault) - 217-753-4117
• Prevent Child Abuse Illinois - 217-522-1129
• Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center - 847-872-7799 (24 hour support line)

The Healthier Barrington Coalition is a partnership of 25 area groups, working together to improve the local quality of life. The coalition brings community leaders, organizations and interested individuals together in order to make the Barrington area and component communities healthier places to live, work and play through collaborative action. This resource website was developed for the Barrington Area to assist community members to easily and quickly identify local mental health and substance abuse treatment, counseling and support programs. The goal of the website is to increase the percentage of Barrington Area residents who “know where to go” to seek help for mental health and substance abuse issues.

The META app is a free mobile app that connects students directly to their school counselors via voice or video chat during the school day. Parents can download the secure app for K–5 students, while middle/high school students can download the app on their own phones. For instructions on how to download the app: Click here for English  or Click here for Spanish.

• Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital
• Northwest Community Hospital
• Streamwood Hospital
• Centegra Health System

Community Agencies and Additional Resources

• Barrington Youth and Family Services
  
• FAIR Counseling - Families and Adolescents in Recovery (FAIR)
• Family Service Association of Greater Elgin Area
• Hospice of Northeastern Illinois/Center for Loss & Hope
• Shelter, Inc.
• National Alliance on Mental Illness/Illinois
• OMNI Youth Services
• Samaritan Counseling Center of the Northwest Suburbs
• Barrington Adult Counseling Service
• Willow House

Text-A-Tip allows teens to find anonymous, immediate help if they are struggling with drug or alcohol abuse, depression, difficult family situations, or any of the many challenges they face today. The service is available 24/7, is completely anonymous, and is staffed with local counselors to support teenagers (and others) who have a concern or crisis.

How It Works: Anyone who texts “BRONCOHELP” and a brief message to 844.823.5323 will receive an immediate text response from a trained, professional counselor. Students may also download Lake County Help from the app store to connect to the Text-A-Tip Hotline. 

Thanks to a system that routes incoming calls through a cloaking server, texters are completely anonymous, allowing teens freedom to reach out for help without fear. 

Who Should Use Text-A-Tip? Text-A-Tip is available for communication of any kind of concern, though it is primarily intended for youth to use when they need immediate mental health assistance or have a drug/alcohol abuse concern for themselves or a friend during non-school hours.