Author: Habilitative Systems, Inc.

Honoring the Legacy of Historically Black Community Based Organizations. Date: December 12, 2024 Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location: Malcolm X College | 1900 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60612 Click to download flyer.

You might have seen HSI’s “How Wellness is Won” campaign on buses, trains and platform signs around Chicago recently. The unique take grabs transit rider’s attention so they can see the more serious services that are offered; services that save and restore lives every day.  “We were looking for something very different and fun,” said…

Donald Dew, CEO of HSI, spoke to the 56th Annual Conference of National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW), in New Orleans, on strategies for equity, sustainability and legacy in behavioral health.    Mr. Dew introduced for the first time publicly a new nomenclature to describe what has existed for more than a century: the Historically…

Habilitative Systems Inc. (HSI), funded by a contract by Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health (IDHS), is helping vulnerable populations in Berwyn, Cicero, Stickney, and the Austin community recover from the historic floods that devastated communities last summer. Heavy storms and record rainfall in July 2023 left thousands of Chicago area residents…

President and CEO Donald J. Dew, Habilitative Systems, Inc. (HSI), welcomed Gov. J.B. Pritzker to the HSI campus where he signed Whole Child Bill HB342 into law.  Illinois State Senate Majority Leader Kimberly A. Lightford, who represents the 4th District, home of HSI headquarters, was at the forefront of the historic legislation which was designed…