For 104 years, Ada S. McKinley Community Services has supported Black families and its mission is expanding to further boost mental health resources.
“We're excited about this reset we're doing with behavioral health. And it's because the issues we had, the community had, 100 years ago are still there,” said Nestor Flores, vice president of behavioral health and clinical services.
Founded by Ada S. McKinley, a school teacher, in 1919 during the Spanish flu pandemic, the community organization has continuously helped families for more than 100 years, now through the coronavirus pandemic. McKinley started the agency to support Black World War I veterans and their families migrating from the south.Sign up for NBC Chicago newsletters.
“She founded the South Side settlement house, which was the first settlement house on the south side of Chicago. And within that, the reason why that came about with the settlement house, is she was addressing a need as far as the World War I veterans that were coming back, they had those mental awareness needs that they needed and other resources that they needed that their white counterparts were provided, but they were not,” said Alici McNeal, vice president of community day services.
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