Trilogy News

Help make Trilogy’s new mental health center in Chatham a reality

Breaking Down Walls: 
Trilogy’s gala to expand services on Chicago’s South Side. Join us!

November 2, 2023

Venue West
221 N Paulina St.
Chicago, IL 60612

Sponsorships, Tables and Tickets NOW AVAILABLE  

5:30PM: VIP Cocktail Reception
6:30PM: 
Program and Dinner

Residents of Chicago’s South Side need more access to mental healthcare. YOU can make it possible.

Trilogy is opening a NEW 24,000 square foot mental health center in Chatham. We need your help now to finish essential renovations.

Please join us for an incredible and inspiring evening.

Questions? Please contact development@trilogyinc.org.

Learn more about Trilogy’s work to expand mental health services on Chicago’s South Side

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Eleos Health Partners with Trilogy, Adds COO to Customer Advisory Board

Jun 14, 2023

In partnering with Chicago-based integrated behavioral and community mental healthcare provider, Eleos offers the support of its impactful AI at a time when providers are fighting clinician burnout and attrition.

BOSTON and CHICAGO – June 14, 2023Eleos Health, the leader in CareOps Automation for behavioral health, today announced that it has entered a partnership with Trilogy. As part of the partnership, Trilogy is collaborating with Eleos Health on the development of Outreach, which supports field-based case managers and community outreach providers with their work in the community. Trilogy Chief Operating Officer Amanda Rankin will also join the Eleos customer advisory board. 

Mental health care is in high demand, and Illinois is no different. 1 in 20 suffer from a severe mental illness (SMI), and 403,000 throughout the state reported having an SMI in 2021. 38.5% of residents experience symptoms of anxiety and depression, and 28% are unable to get counseling or therapy. Those who do wait an average of 6 weeks for treatment. Community clinics desperately need powerful tools to help their staff manage heavy caseloads and keep up with administrative requirements while in the field. This was the inspiration for Eleos Health and Trilogy to team up and build Eleos Outreach, a new product offering launched in April of 2023

The early results include an 80% reduction in documentation time and a 64% improvement in timeliness of documentation. “I’ve been loving it. I don’t have to start from a blank screen in my EHR. It feels less overwhelming. It’s allowed me to get caught up,” said one Trilogy case manager. 

“In partnering with Trilogy, we’ve moved rapidly to address long-standing documentation challenges for field-based providers,” said Alon Joffe, Co-Founder and CEO of Eleos. “And by welcoming Amanda onto our customer advisory board, we not only strengthen our relationship with Trilogy, but gain Amanda’s detailed insights about what’s needed next in community behavioral health care.” 

Amanda brings 20 years of mental health and social work experience to the Eleos Board. Having spent the last four years at Trilogy, her behavioral health operations knowledge provides a unique perspective on the everyday needs of community clinics.  

Founded more than 50 years ago, Trilogy is a 501(c)(3) non-profit behavioral health organization focused on working with people who have SMI and other mental health care needs. In 2022, Trilogy helped more than 3,800 individuals move toward their mental health goals. 

“It has been one of my greatest joys to see Outreach move from ideation to fruition, watching the delight on our staff’s faces as they realized the impact of this product, and talking to other providers and seeing the hope for a real solution,” said Amanda. “The collaboration we’ve had with Eleos Health is truly remarkable and uncommon in behavioral health. As part of the Eleos Customer Advisory Board, I have the opportunity to be a part of the positive change that I’ve dedicated my career to achieving. We’ve already made huge strides forward with the release of Eleos Outreach, and that’s just the beginning of the great things I know we’ll do together.” 

Launched in 2022, the Eleos Customer Advisory Board gathers insights, feedback, and recommendations from top leaders in the field. This guidance ensures Eleos builds needed augmented intelligence offerings that have both immediate and long term impacts. When adding new Board members, Eleos seeks those who bring a diverse perspective, strong leadership qualities, and a passion for improving mental health care. As the board grows, it also gets stronger, making ideas about improving community behavioral health care into reality. 

The Eleos Health Customer Advisory Board now comprises Hattie Tracy, President and CEO of Coleman Services; Dr. Dale Klatzker, CEO of Gaudenzia; Susan Blue, CEO, President and owner of Community Services Group; and Amanda Rankin, COO of Trilogy.

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About Eleos Health

Eleos Health turns behavioral health conversations into documentation and intelligence that drives better care. Using proprietary, voice-based Natural Language Understanding (NLU) technology built by clinical experts to accurately interpret, analyze and document behavioral health conversations. Eleos reduces the operational burden on providers while unlocking objective insights into evidence-based care and the therapeutic alliance through augmented intelligence. Leadership teams can scale supervision and training while gaining unprecedented visibility into staff activity, caseloads and performance as well as population health. Eleos is the only technology of its kind that embeds seamlessly into electronic health records (EHRs), telehealth tools and existing provider workflows. With Eleos CareOps Automation, behavioral health providers and health plans are setting a new standard for care.

About Trilogy

Trilogy is a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive integrated care that enables people in mental health recovery to build meaningful and independent lives. For 50 years, Trilogy has supported people who struggle with significant mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorders, depression, and other issues, often in tandem with barriers like substance use or homelessness. Every day, Trilogy provides a full array of mental and behavioral healthcare to some of the most marginalized populations in Chicago. Last year, Trilogy helped more than 3,800 people move toward recovery. Learn more at TrilogyInc.org. (https://www.trilogyinc.org/) and our FAQ (https://www.trilogyinc.org/about/faq/)

Media Contacts

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Happy Pride!

Jun 9, 2023

June is LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, and Trilogy wishes you a very Happy Pride!

This month, and every month of the year, Trilogy celebrates and stands with the LBGTQIA+ community in the ongoing march toward visibility, inclusion, and equality.

This fight has been long. We want to acknowledge that, while Trilogy and other organizations are allies in supporting the mental wellbeing of LGBTQIA+ individuals, historically, the mental health institution as a whole played a role in creating challenges faced by these communities. For example, homosexuality wasn’t removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the DSM) until 1973. And it was another 40 years until being transgender was de-pathologized and the diagnosis Gender Identity Disorder was changed to Gender Dysphoria.

For many LGBTQIA+ people, socioeconomic and cultural conditions negatively impact mental health conditions. Many in the LGBTQIA+ community face discrimination, prejudice, denial of civil and human rights, and harassment and family rejection, which can lead to new or worsened symptoms, particularly for those with intersecting racial or socioeconomic identities. For example, the “lavender scare” was a moral panic about LGBTQIA+ people in the United States government which led to their mass dismissal from government service during the mid-20th century.

The unacceptable conditions that LGBTQIA+ people had been subject to contributed to the events at Stonewall in 1969, and to eventual change and progress towards the full recognition of the human rights of LGBTQIA+ people.

Although we’ve come a long way, we still have a long way to go. Today, violence and threats are regularly perpetrated against these communities, and there are currently 491 anti-LGBTQIA+ bills in legislative review. Trilogy is dedicated to the values of respect, compassion and inclusion for all. Regardless of how you identify, we wish you a safe and happy Pride!

Your support of Trilogy provides support for people in mental health recovery. Please make a tax-deductible donation today. You can easily make a one-time gift, or choose to spread your support throughout the year by setting up recurring gifts with just a few clicks.

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Trilogy celebrates AAPI Heritage

May 26, 2023

In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, Trilogy recently hosted an AAPI heritage celebration event. In partnership with CIRCA-Pintig, an AAPI-founded theater group, Trilogy staff and clients came together to celebrate at the Rizal Center. The celebration included a variety of performances from Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, including musical performances in both Tagolog and English, Korean drummers, and Hawaiian and Filipino dance. In addition, CIRCA-Pintig performed an excerpt from their play, “Daryo’s All-American Diner”. Guests enjoyed delicious traditional Filipino, Japanese, and Chinese food.

Thank you to Seoljanggu Drumming Ensemble from the Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago, Jerry Clarito of the Rizal Center, Halau i Ka Pono Hula School of Chicago, Leopoldo Catering, Lakan Bulaklakan, Karatong at Maglalatik of UIUC-PSA Barkada, performers Eljay Raya and Kayla Tejero, CIRCA-Pintig, Christina Pizzaro and Martin Nava, and Trilogy’s AAPI Employee Resource Group for a wonderful celebration of AAPI heritage!

To view more photos from the event, visit us on FacebookLinkedIn, and Instagram.

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Susan Doig Named Trilogy’s Next President and Chief Executive Officer

May 23, 2023

Contact

Jeff Fenwick, Development Director
jfenwick@TrilogyInc.org | 773. 837. 2916

Chicago, IL  –  Trilogy’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the selection of Susan DoigLCSW, LPHA, CADC, as Trilogy’s next President and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1. Susan has worked in integrated and behavioral health settings for more than 25 years, 17 of which have been with Trilogy. Susan has served as Trilogy’s Chief Clinical Officer since 2009 and as Interim President and CEO since last October. As Chief Clinical Officer, Susan designed clinical programs to best meet the needs of the community and expanded services at Trilogy to include intensive outreach services for people who have been left out of traditional case management models.

Susan’s passion for community mental health began when she was a student in Missouri, where she worked with adults experiencing mental illness who were institutionalized. That experience helped shape her desire to help people live in community settings. After returning to Chicago and receiving her master’s degree in social work from University of Illinois, Susan became part of a team dedicated to helping people with mental illness who were incarcerated in Cook County Jail as they returned to the community. 

Susan has years of experience in mentoring and developing a talented clinical work force and is proud of Trilogy’s culture of inclusivity, excellence, and compassion at Trilogy. Susan remains dedicated to mental health advocacy, to highlighting the need for mental health services, and to providing high quality behavioral health services to all.

“I’m excited for the opportunity to continue guiding Trilogy’s mission and programs to best support people in mental health recovery, and to increase services in communities in Chicago that have historically been underserved,” said Susan. 

Susan was selected from a large, diverse pool of highly qualified candidates after an extensive search in partnership with Kittleman & Associates that incorporated input from Trilogy staff. Trilogy’s Executive Search Committee sought a candidate with a deep understanding of Trilogy’s work who would put the well-being of clients and staff first and who would fit within and strengthen Trilogy’s mission-driven culture. Additionally, it was important that the selected candidate be someone who would prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels at Trilogy.

For more than 50 years, Trilogy has provided people across Chicago and beyond with support for mental health recovery and the journey toward stability. We provide our clients with an array of essential services and ongoing support so that they can live independently and thrive in our community. Trilogy’s mission is to provide comprehensive integrated care that enables people in mental health recovery to build meaningful and independent lives. We envision a society where everyone impacted by mental illness is valued, embraced, and supported holistically, systematically, and culturally; where the stigma of mental illness is eliminated; and where quality of care is not determined by socioeconomic status.

More information is at TrilogyInc.org.

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Join us for Community in Conversation: A Trilogy Open House & Panel Discussion on Alternative Crisis Intervention

Thursday, March 30
5:30 PM
1400 W. Greenleaf, Chicago, IL

One year ago, Trilogy launched the First-response Alternative Crisis Team (FACT), a mobile crisis response unit, to address the local need for mental health crisis intervention.

Join us for this panel conversation with community leaders as we discuss key findings from the first year of this community program — as well as what’s next. Learn more about Trilogy’s array of integrated programs that enable people in mental health recovery to build meaningful and independent lives.

Panelists:

Mayor Daniel Biss, Evanston, IL
Renee Labrana, Proprietor, R Public House
Evanston Police Department
Alderman James Cappleman, 46th Ward

This event is free with RSVP to Info@TrilogyInc.org.

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Susan Doig Appointed as Trilogy’s Interim President & CEO – An Update from Aimee Feuser, Board Chair

Oct 5, 2022

I’m pleased to share that Susan Doig, Trilogy’s Chief Clinical Officer, has been appointed by Trilogy’s Board of Directors to serve as Trilogy’s Interim President and CEO starting October 4th. Susan has been a key part of Trilogy for 17 years and has served as Chief Clinical Officer for more than ten. She has been instrumental in charting Trilogy’s course during her tenure and has played an integral role in focusing Trilogy’s mission, vision, and day-to-day operations.

Susan is taking the reins from Samantha Handley, who has moved on to a new opportunity after 15 years at Trilogy. We are extremely grateful to Samantha for her steadfast service to the organization and we wish her all the best in her new endeavor. Trilogy’s Board of Directors will continue to work closely with Susan and the Strategy Team to ensure a smooth transition during this period.

As a partner of Trilogy’s work, we thank you for your ongoing support of our mission to provide comprehensive integrated care that enables those in mental health recovery to live meaningful and independent lives. I look forward to providing updates on Trilogy’s search for a permanent leader in future communications.

Sincerely,  

Aimee Feuser, Trilogy Board Chair

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An Announcement from Aimee Feuser, Board Chair

Sep 20, 2022

It is with a mix of sadness and gratitude that the Board of Directors announces Samantha Handley’s departure as President & CEO of Trilogy, effective October 3, 2022. Since 2007, Sam has played a critical role in Trilogy’s development and success, and we will miss her inspiring leadership. We want to thank her for 15 years of dedicated service and wish her the best in her new endeavors.

The Board of Directors is working closely with the senior leadership team to ensure a smooth transition. We are also working diligently to identify an interim CEO and have begun the search process for Trilogy’s next leader. We will be providing updates along the way.

We are grateful for your continued support as we continue our trajectory of growth and evolution, all in service to our mission: providing comprehensive integrated care that enables those in mental health recovery to live meaningful and independent lives. We are excited for Trilogy’s next chapter and united in our passion to provide the best care possible to as many people as possible.   

Sincerely,

Aimee Feuser, Trilogy Board Chair

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Trilogy’s Changing Lives is a celebration of 50+ years of mental wellness.

Jul 7, 2022

Trilogy’s Changing Lives is a celebration of 50+ years of mental wellness.

Please join us for drinks, a passed selection of savory bites and sweet desserts, and a celebration of the lives Trilogy is changing thanks to supporters like you!

September 29, 2022

At Venue West
221 N Paulina St
Chicago, IL 60612

5:30pm: VIP Cocktail Reception
Pre-event drinks and mingling. Please note: a VIP ticket upgrade required.

6:30pm: Changing Lives Event Begins

Attire/Format: Cocktail Party

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