When Tytannie Harris launched TMH Behavioral Services in Chicago 10 years ago, she aimed to provide the support she once needed.
TMH Behavioral Services, a mental health private practice and behavioral health clinic, offers culturally relevant and healing-centered services to adults, seniors, teens and children.
Her experience aging out of the foster care system, spending time in a transitional living program and building a career as a licensed clinical social worker inspired her to create Tina’s Home.
Tina’s Home, slated to open in the second quarter of 2025, will include a large communal space and rooms for each woman. It will be staffed 24/7 by a professional team, including support staff and licensed mental health professionals, to provide therapy, community support and case management.
“We offer life skills sessions that focus on career and academic preparation, goal setting, digital literacy and much more,” Harris says. “The goal is to provide these women with an opportunity to not just survive, but to thrive.”
TMH Services has provided mental health services for 10 years, and it doesn't limit services to one category of clients in behavioral health. Past work, which has included previous BCBSIL grants, focused on men’s mental health in the African American community, as well as adolescent and youth, senior and maternal health programs on Chicago’s South and West Sides.
“The growth of this initiative, under Tytannie’s leadership, underscores how special and powerful this program can be,” says Tiffany Davis, Executive Director of Population Health and Vendor Management for BCBSIL.
