Illinois renames McFarland Mental Health Center

Gov. Pritzker Announces Mental Health Center Renamed for ...

SPRINGFIELD - Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) announced a new name for the McFarland Mental Health Center.

Illinois renames McFarland Mental Health Center - WICS

It is now officially the Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard Mental Health Center. On signage and in common use, it will become known simply as the Packard Mental ...

State's McFarland Mental Health Center renamed to honor woman ...

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Governor Pritzker announces new name for McFarland Mental ...

Therefore, I am proud to announce today that the Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center will here and after be renamed the Elizabeth Parsons Wear ...

Elizabeth Packard new namesake of state mental health center

"Renaming the McFarland Center for Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard recognizes that her revolutionary social justice vision of mental health ...

He oppressed her, and state takes his name off mental health center

Elizabeth Packard's struggles force state to rename McFarland Mental Health Center. In 1860, Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard was committed to ...

Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center renamed for one of the ...

Pritzker fittingly announced that the Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center's name would be changed to commemorate Elizabeth Packard… Today, ...

McFarland Center Name Change Rooted in Jacksonville History

This morning, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) announced the McFarland Mental Health Center is now ...

Local mental health facility renamed for historic figure ... - YouTube

Bishop shares some of the history behind the changing of the name of a Springfield mental health facility.

Andrew McFarland (mental hospital administrator) - SangamonLink

Elizabeth Packard is loaded onto a train to be taken to the Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane in Jacksonville.

New name for McFarland Mental Health Center in Springfield - WJBC

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. ...

Illinois Department of Human Services' Post - LinkedIn

Today, Governor JB Pritzker and IDHS announced a new name for the McFarland Mental Health Center in Springfield. By executive proclamation ...

Andrew McFarland - Wikipedia

In August 2023, the asylum was renamed from the Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center to the Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard Mental Health Center, both in ...

Illinois DHS on X: "Packard Mental Health Center in Springfield ...

The mental health hospital in Springfield, once known as McFarland, was renamed the Elizabeth Packard Mental Health Center on August 10, 2023, honoring her ...

Change The Name of Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center!!!!

Elizabeth Packard spent the next three years at the Jacksonville Insane Asylum in Jacksonville, Illinois (now the Jacksonville Developmental Center). She was ...

Sen. Turner Speaks at Now Renamed Elizabeth Parsons ... - YouTube

Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) announced a new name for the McFarland Mental Health Center ...

Elizabeth Packard - Wikipedia

On August 10, 2023, Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker renamed the mental health hospital in Springfield Illinois from Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center ...

Author explains how she came to tell Elizabeth Packard's story

The book stirred a petition to rename a state mental health center in Springfield for Packard, replacing that of Andrew McFarland, a doctor who ...

Packard Mental... - Illinois Department of Human Services - Facebook

The mental health hospital in Springfield, once known as McFarland, was renamed the Elizabeth Packard Mental Health Center on August 10, 2023, honoring her ...

Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center in Springfield, IL

Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center in Springfield, IL is a psychiatric facility.