TASC, Inc. (Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities)
@tascinc.bsky.social
We help people rebuild their lives by connecting them to recovery resources, mental health support, and other services. Together, we create healthier communities and brighter futures.
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Wishing you a warm, safe, and meaningful Thanksgiving. 🧡
We’re grateful for everyone who helps families across Illinois find stability and support—and for all who stand with us as we head toward #GivingTuesday.
If you haven't yet, support TASC today: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/f5mreu/
We’re grateful for everyone who helps families across Illinois find stability and support—and for all who stand with us as we head toward #GivingTuesday.
If you haven't yet, support TASC today: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/f5mreu/
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Wishing you a warm, safe, and meaningful Thanksgiving. 🧡
We’re grateful for everyone who helps families across Illinois find stability and support—and for all who stand with us as we head toward #GivingTuesday.
If you haven't yet, support TASC today: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/f5mreu/
We’re grateful for everyone who helps families across Illinois find stability and support—and for all who stand with us as we head toward #GivingTuesday.
If you haven't yet, support TASC today: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/f5mreu/
Thanksgiving brings different realities for many. If you or someone you know needs support, Community Kitchen’s Mutual Aid Map offers local food and resource options: communitykitchenchicago.org/mutual-aid-map.
Reminder: Our offices will be closed Nov 27–28 and reopen on Dec 1.
Reminder: Our offices will be closed Nov 27–28 and reopen on Dec 1.
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Thanksgiving brings different realities for many. If you or someone you know needs support, Community Kitchen’s Mutual Aid Map offers local food and resource options: communitykitchenchicago.org/mutual-aid-map.
Reminder: Our offices will be closed Nov 27–28 and reopen on Dec 1.
Reminder: Our offices will be closed Nov 27–28 and reopen on Dec 1.
Recovery doesn’t happen alone—it happens with family.
This #GivingTuesday, your support helps families get the essentials they need:
🧥warm coats
🍼diapers and formula
🧦essential needs
Donate to TASC today: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/f5mreu/
This #GivingTuesday, your support helps families get the essentials they need:
🧥warm coats
🍼diapers and formula
🧦essential needs
Donate to TASC today: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/f5mreu/
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Recovery doesn’t happen alone—it happens with family.
This #GivingTuesday, your support helps families get the essentials they need:
🧥warm coats
🍼diapers and formula
🧦essential needs
Donate to TASC today: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/f5mreu/
This #GivingTuesday, your support helps families get the essentials they need:
🧥warm coats
🍼diapers and formula
🧦essential needs
Donate to TASC today: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/f5mreu/
Sometimes hope grows in the smallest moments. 🌱
Your #GivingTuesday gift provides essentials—coats, diapers, formula—that help families rebuild during recovery.
These aren’t extras. They’re lifelines.
🌟 Help hope grow this year
👉 https://secure.qgiv.com/for/f5mreu/
#TASCForward
Your #GivingTuesday gift provides essentials—coats, diapers, formula—that help families rebuild during recovery.
These aren’t extras. They’re lifelines.
🌟 Help hope grow this year
👉 https://secure.qgiv.com/for/f5mreu/
#TASCForward
November 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Sometimes hope grows in the smallest moments. 🌱
Your #GivingTuesday gift provides essentials—coats, diapers, formula—that help families rebuild during recovery.
These aren’t extras. They’re lifelines.
🌟 Help hope grow this year
👉 https://secure.qgiv.com/for/f5mreu/
#TASCForward
Your #GivingTuesday gift provides essentials—coats, diapers, formula—that help families rebuild during recovery.
These aren’t extras. They’re lifelines.
🌟 Help hope grow this year
👉 https://secure.qgiv.com/for/f5mreu/
#TASCForward
This #GivingTuesday, give hope room to grow 🌱
Your generosity helps provide what people need to feel supported, and able to rebuild—
🧤 warm coats and cold-weather accessories
🍼 diapers and baby formula
🌿 access to treatment, care, and stability
Join us in strengthening Illinois communities!
Your generosity helps provide what people need to feel supported, and able to rebuild—
🧤 warm coats and cold-weather accessories
🍼 diapers and baby formula
🌿 access to treatment, care, and stability
Join us in strengthening Illinois communities!
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This #GivingTuesday, give hope room to grow 🌱
Your generosity helps provide what people need to feel supported, and able to rebuild—
🧤 warm coats and cold-weather accessories
🍼 diapers and baby formula
🌿 access to treatment, care, and stability
Join us in strengthening Illinois communities!
Your generosity helps provide what people need to feel supported, and able to rebuild—
🧤 warm coats and cold-weather accessories
🍼 diapers and baby formula
🌿 access to treatment, care, and stability
Join us in strengthening Illinois communities!
We were glad to welcome Illinois State Senator Lakesia Collins to TASC Headquarters yesterday to discuss our justice-focused services and treatment supports.
We look forward to working with her on behalf of residents in the 5th District!
We look forward to working with her on behalf of residents in the 5th District!
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
We were glad to welcome Illinois State Senator Lakesia Collins to TASC Headquarters yesterday to discuss our justice-focused services and treatment supports.
We look forward to working with her on behalf of residents in the 5th District!
We look forward to working with her on behalf of residents in the 5th District!
At TASC, thank you is only the beginning.
Veterans deserve support, connection, and real pathways to health and stability.
In the year ahead, we are expanding our work to serve veterans and their families across Illinois.
⚠️All TASC offices are closed today in observance of #VeteransDay.
Veterans deserve support, connection, and real pathways to health and stability.
In the year ahead, we are expanding our work to serve veterans and their families across Illinois.
⚠️All TASC offices are closed today in observance of #VeteransDay.
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
At TASC, thank you is only the beginning.
Veterans deserve support, connection, and real pathways to health and stability.
In the year ahead, we are expanding our work to serve veterans and their families across Illinois.
⚠️All TASC offices are closed today in observance of #VeteransDay.
Veterans deserve support, connection, and real pathways to health and stability.
In the year ahead, we are expanding our work to serve veterans and their families across Illinois.
⚠️All TASC offices are closed today in observance of #VeteransDay.
Join us Oct. 25 for the NCNW Chicago Central Section Social Justice Forum!
TASC CEO Joel K. Johnson will be sharing insights on building health, equity, and justice across communities.
📍 Timothy Center | 10 AM–1 PM
📧 RSVP: https://ow.ly/7vLf50XgzrF
#SocialJustice #CommunityImpact #TASCForward
TASC CEO Joel K. Johnson will be sharing insights on building health, equity, and justice across communities.
📍 Timothy Center | 10 AM–1 PM
📧 RSVP: https://ow.ly/7vLf50XgzrF
#SocialJustice #CommunityImpact #TASCForward
October 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Join us Oct. 25 for the NCNW Chicago Central Section Social Justice Forum!
TASC CEO Joel K. Johnson will be sharing insights on building health, equity, and justice across communities.
📍 Timothy Center | 10 AM–1 PM
📧 RSVP: https://ow.ly/7vLf50XgzrF
#SocialJustice #CommunityImpact #TASCForward
TASC CEO Joel K. Johnson will be sharing insights on building health, equity, and justice across communities.
📍 Timothy Center | 10 AM–1 PM
📧 RSVP: https://ow.ly/7vLf50XgzrF
#SocialJustice #CommunityImpact #TASCForward
By deflecting people away from punishment and connecting them to care, TASC and our Center for Health and Justice help stop substance use disorders from getting worse and from affecting more families and communities.
What's your #MyPreventionStory?
#SubstanceUseAndMisusePreventionMonth
What's your #MyPreventionStory?
#SubstanceUseAndMisusePreventionMonth
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
By deflecting people away from punishment and connecting them to care, TASC and our Center for Health and Justice help stop substance use disorders from getting worse and from affecting more families and communities.
What's your #MyPreventionStory?
#SubstanceUseAndMisusePreventionMonth
What's your #MyPreventionStory?
#SubstanceUseAndMisusePreventionMonth
TASC was in the house at the Illinois Problem Gambling Association’s 3rd Annual LatinX Conference! 🙌
Our team shared insights on gambling and mental health in Latin America—and the innovative work TASC is leading to address #ProblemGambling.
Our team shared insights on gambling and mental health in Latin America—and the innovative work TASC is leading to address #ProblemGambling.
October 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
TASC was in the house at the Illinois Problem Gambling Association’s 3rd Annual LatinX Conference! 🙌
Our team shared insights on gambling and mental health in Latin America—and the innovative work TASC is leading to address #ProblemGambling.
Our team shared insights on gambling and mental health in Latin America—and the innovative work TASC is leading to address #ProblemGambling.
Join us Oct. 25 for the NCNW Chicago Central Section Social Justice Forum!
TASC CEO Joel K. Johnson will be sharing insights on building health, equity, and justice across communities.
📍 Timothy Center | 10 AM–1 PM
📧 RSVP: https://ow.ly/OEUU50X9eec
#SocialJustice #CommunityImpact #TASCForward
TASC CEO Joel K. Johnson will be sharing insights on building health, equity, and justice across communities.
📍 Timothy Center | 10 AM–1 PM
📧 RSVP: https://ow.ly/OEUU50X9eec
#SocialJustice #CommunityImpact #TASCForward
October 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Join us Oct. 25 for the NCNW Chicago Central Section Social Justice Forum!
TASC CEO Joel K. Johnson will be sharing insights on building health, equity, and justice across communities.
📍 Timothy Center | 10 AM–1 PM
📧 RSVP: https://ow.ly/OEUU50X9eec
#SocialJustice #CommunityImpact #TASCForward
TASC CEO Joel K. Johnson will be sharing insights on building health, equity, and justice across communities.
📍 Timothy Center | 10 AM–1 PM
📧 RSVP: https://ow.ly/OEUU50X9eec
#SocialJustice #CommunityImpact #TASCForward
Jessica Hulsey, founder of the Addiction Policy Forum, joins the Catalyst Podcast and shares her powerful personal story—including her parents’ struggle with substance use—and how it inspired her life’s work.
She talks science, stigma, and real-world solutions.
🎧Listen here: http://bit.ly/46QuzzO
She talks science, stigma, and real-world solutions.
🎧Listen here: http://bit.ly/46QuzzO
October 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Jessica Hulsey, founder of the Addiction Policy Forum, joins the Catalyst Podcast and shares her powerful personal story—including her parents’ struggle with substance use—and how it inspired her life’s work.
She talks science, stigma, and real-world solutions.
🎧Listen here: http://bit.ly/46QuzzO
She talks science, stigma, and real-world solutions.
🎧Listen here: http://bit.ly/46QuzzO
Prevention helps us get ahead of challenges. So that individuals, families, and communities can be healthy and thrive.
What does prevention mean to you?
#MyPreventionStory
What does prevention mean to you?
#MyPreventionStory
October 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Prevention helps us get ahead of challenges. So that individuals, families, and communities can be healthy and thrive.
What does prevention mean to you?
#MyPreventionStory
What does prevention mean to you?
#MyPreventionStory
🌟 TASC is proud to sponsor @PEERServicesInc’s Step Up for Recovery walk on Oct 5!
💜 Join us to prevent substance use disorder, break stigma & make treatment affordable.
Register or donate at secure.qgiv.com/event/stepup...
#StepUp4Recovery #RecoveryIsPossible #NationalRecoveryMonth
💜 Join us to prevent substance use disorder, break stigma & make treatment affordable.
Register or donate at secure.qgiv.com/event/stepup...
#StepUp4Recovery #RecoveryIsPossible #NationalRecoveryMonth
Step Up for Recovery 2025
Join me at Step Up for Recovery to support substance use prevention and affordable treatment in the Chicago and the northern suburbs!
secure.qgiv.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🌟 TASC is proud to sponsor @PEERServicesInc’s Step Up for Recovery walk on Oct 5!
💜 Join us to prevent substance use disorder, break stigma & make treatment affordable.
Register or donate at secure.qgiv.com/event/stepup...
#StepUp4Recovery #RecoveryIsPossible #NationalRecoveryMonth
💜 Join us to prevent substance use disorder, break stigma & make treatment affordable.
Register or donate at secure.qgiv.com/event/stepup...
#StepUp4Recovery #RecoveryIsPossible #NationalRecoveryMonth
Looking to clear or seal your record? 📝
TASC Labs will be at the Cook County Clerk of Court's resource fair, offering same-day drug screen testing (required for expungement).
📅 Upload your records by Sept 26
#SecondChances #Expungement #TASCForward
TASC Labs will be at the Cook County Clerk of Court's resource fair, offering same-day drug screen testing (required for expungement).
📅 Upload your records by Sept 26
#SecondChances #Expungement #TASCForward
September 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Looking to clear or seal your record? 📝
TASC Labs will be at the Cook County Clerk of Court's resource fair, offering same-day drug screen testing (required for expungement).
📅 Upload your records by Sept 26
#SecondChances #Expungement #TASCForward
TASC Labs will be at the Cook County Clerk of Court's resource fair, offering same-day drug screen testing (required for expungement).
📅 Upload your records by Sept 26
#SecondChances #Expungement #TASCForward
Be sure to register for this lovely celebration of the Pretrial Fairness Act!!!
Register: bit.ly/Pushing4Pretrial
Register: bit.ly/Pushing4Pretrial
Next week marks two years since Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and ended money bail. Join us & some special guests on Tuesday at 6pm an online event marking this historic anniversary.
Register: bit.ly/Pushing4Pretrial
Register: bit.ly/Pushing4Pretrial
September 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Be sure to register for this lovely celebration of the Pretrial Fairness Act!!!
Register: bit.ly/Pushing4Pretrial
Register: bit.ly/Pushing4Pretrial
September 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
TASC's Center for Health and Justice (CHJ) is a program that helps communities advance behavioral health reform.
CHJ provides expert consulting, training, and technical assistance to law enforcement, courts, and state agencies.
For more information, contact jcharlier@tasc.org.
CHJ provides expert consulting, training, and technical assistance to law enforcement, courts, and state agencies.
For more information, contact jcharlier@tasc.org.
July 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
TASC's Center for Health and Justice (CHJ) is a program that helps communities advance behavioral health reform.
CHJ provides expert consulting, training, and technical assistance to law enforcement, courts, and state agencies.
For more information, contact jcharlier@tasc.org.
CHJ provides expert consulting, training, and technical assistance to law enforcement, courts, and state agencies.
For more information, contact jcharlier@tasc.org.
⚠️ Millions rely on Medicaid, but the Senate’s bill is putting their care at risk.
👉 Read POCIL's latest statement here: www.protectourcareil.org/index.php/20...
#ProtectMedicaid
👉 Read POCIL's latest statement here: www.protectourcareil.org/index.php/20...
#ProtectMedicaid
OUR STATEMENT ON THE SENATE'S PASSAGE OF TRUMP'S BUDGET BILL - Protect Our Care IL
The Senate pushed through a reconciliation bill that would do lasting harm to families across the country.
www.protectourcareil.org
July 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
⚠️ Millions rely on Medicaid, but the Senate’s bill is putting their care at risk.
👉 Read POCIL's latest statement here: www.protectourcareil.org/index.php/20...
#ProtectMedicaid
👉 Read POCIL's latest statement here: www.protectourcareil.org/index.php/20...
#ProtectMedicaid
Last weekend, Chicago reported 60 opioid overdoses.
Health officials explained that extreme heat is closely correlated with increased overdoses.
Learn more👉 ow.ly/z3Ss50WgkzK
📢 TASC offices carry FREE #naloxone and testing strips. These #harmreduction supplies can save lives!
Health officials explained that extreme heat is closely correlated with increased overdoses.
Learn more👉 ow.ly/z3Ss50WgkzK
📢 TASC offices carry FREE #naloxone and testing strips. These #harmreduction supplies can save lives!
Heat wave linked to rise in opioid overdoses in Chicago over the weekend, health experts say
A total of 60 opioid overdoses were reported Friday and Saturday — including more than 37 on Saturday alone — triggering the city's spike alert system, city health officials say. When overdose spikes ...
ow.ly
June 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Last weekend, Chicago reported 60 opioid overdoses.
Health officials explained that extreme heat is closely correlated with increased overdoses.
Learn more👉 ow.ly/z3Ss50WgkzK
📢 TASC offices carry FREE #naloxone and testing strips. These #harmreduction supplies can save lives!
Health officials explained that extreme heat is closely correlated with increased overdoses.
Learn more👉 ow.ly/z3Ss50WgkzK
📢 TASC offices carry FREE #naloxone and testing strips. These #harmreduction supplies can save lives!
Join us as we bring together leaders in health, justice, and reentry services.
Together, we can build better reentry pathways.
🗓️ RSVP now uihealth.uic.edu/events/empow...
#Reentry #TASCForward
Together, we can build better reentry pathways.
🗓️ RSVP now uihealth.uic.edu/events/empow...
#Reentry #TASCForward
June 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Join us as we bring together leaders in health, justice, and reentry services.
Together, we can build better reentry pathways.
🗓️ RSVP now uihealth.uic.edu/events/empow...
#Reentry #TASCForward
Together, we can build better reentry pathways.
🗓️ RSVP now uihealth.uic.edu/events/empow...
#Reentry #TASCForward
Success!!! 🎉🎉🎉
The Illinois legislature passed a budget which includes continued funding for the Pretrial Success Grant Program! This is a win for Illinois communities!
The Illinois legislature passed a budget which includes continued funding for the Pretrial Success Grant Program! This is a win for Illinois communities!
Last night, the legislature passed a budget which includes continued funding for the Pretrial Success Grant Program!
Illinois is going to expand access to mental health & substance use disorder support, transportation, and child care for people awaiting trial!
endmoneybond.org/2025/06/01/c...
Illinois is going to expand access to mental health & substance use disorder support, transportation, and child care for people awaiting trial!
endmoneybond.org/2025/06/01/c...
Communities Successfully Defend Pretrial Success Grant Program - Coalition to End Money Bond
Last night, the Illinois legislature passed a budget which includes continued funding for the Pretrial Success Grant Program! State funding withheld by the Trump administration created a budget crisis...
endmoneybond.org
June 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Success!!! 🎉🎉🎉
The Illinois legislature passed a budget which includes continued funding for the Pretrial Success Grant Program! This is a win for Illinois communities!
The Illinois legislature passed a budget which includes continued funding for the Pretrial Success Grant Program! This is a win for Illinois communities!
Not every call needs cuffs.
TASC’s deflection team in Carthage connects people to care before arrest—for low-level offenses tied to health + life challenges. It’s justice with compassion.
Learn more about deflection here: www.mississippivalleypublishing.com/journalpilot...
#CommunityCare
TASC’s deflection team in Carthage connects people to care before arrest—for low-level offenses tied to health + life challenges. It’s justice with compassion.
Learn more about deflection here: www.mississippivalleypublishing.com/journalpilot...
#CommunityCare
Relentless engagement
Sometimes all it takes is some encouragement for people to find the help they need.
www.mississippivalleypublishing.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Not every call needs cuffs.
TASC’s deflection team in Carthage connects people to care before arrest—for low-level offenses tied to health + life challenges. It’s justice with compassion.
Learn more about deflection here: www.mississippivalleypublishing.com/journalpilot...
#CommunityCare
TASC’s deflection team in Carthage connects people to care before arrest—for low-level offenses tied to health + life challenges. It’s justice with compassion.
Learn more about deflection here: www.mississippivalleypublishing.com/journalpilot...
#CommunityCare
Today, we remember and honor those who gave their lives in service to our country.
May their courage inspire our ongoing work for justice, health, and equity.
#MemorialDay #HonorAndRemember #TASCForward
May their courage inspire our ongoing work for justice, health, and equity.
#MemorialDay #HonorAndRemember #TASCForward
May 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Today, we remember and honor those who gave their lives in service to our country.
May their courage inspire our ongoing work for justice, health, and equity.
#MemorialDay #HonorAndRemember #TASCForward
May their courage inspire our ongoing work for justice, health, and equity.
#MemorialDay #HonorAndRemember #TASCForward
🌟 Last chance to get your tickets to TASC's Leadership Awards Event 🌟
Join us in celebrating the leaders who make our communities healthier, safer, and more just.
Buy tickets here 👉 bit.ly/TASCLAE2025
#TASCForward #Leadership #Fundraising
Join us in celebrating the leaders who make our communities healthier, safer, and more just.
Buy tickets here 👉 bit.ly/TASCLAE2025
#TASCForward #Leadership #Fundraising
May 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🌟 Last chance to get your tickets to TASC's Leadership Awards Event 🌟
Join us in celebrating the leaders who make our communities healthier, safer, and more just.
Buy tickets here 👉 bit.ly/TASCLAE2025
#TASCForward #Leadership #Fundraising
Join us in celebrating the leaders who make our communities healthier, safer, and more just.
Buy tickets here 👉 bit.ly/TASCLAE2025
#TASCForward #Leadership #Fundraising