Youth & Family Counseling

10/23/2025

🎙️ Exciting News! YFC’s Executive Director, Janelle Moravek, was recently a guest on the Tony Martignetti podcast!

In her interview, Janelle discusses HR Overview for Non-HR Professionals and shares insights valuable for nonprofit leaders.

👉 Listen to the full episode here: https://tony.ma/NonprofitRadio761

10/20/2025

The Megan Butz Legacy of Hope is an incredible partner to YFC, and we encourage you to read more about the immense impact Larry and Mary Jo Butz and the team behind this organization are having on mental health in our community.

10/17/2025

What an amazing day at the 2025 Career Expo & Networking Event at Mundelein High School District 120! YFC was thrilled to be part of this incredible event, which welcomed 2,000 students exploring exciting career paths.

We might be biased, but it was such a joy connecting with students curious about careers in behavioral health!

10/13/2025

🌟 YFC was thrilled to be part of Community High School District 128's DARING Day 2025 at Vernon Hills High School on Friday!

Students spent the day diving into their futures and discovering the many possibilities that lie beyond high school.

It was the perfect opportunity to share more about our Explorers Program, which helps students gain real-world experience in behavioral health careers. We’re so excited by the interest and inspired by the students’ curiosity and enthusiasm!

💚 And it's not too late to sign up for this year's Explorer's Program! Register for free: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWNgz2Ip3gphEse-B9jD7i6gCoFCl-TtTWneBC8PKJ4pjG0A/viewform

10/10/2025

💚 Today is World Mental Health Day, a reminder that connection is at the heart of mental health.

YFC is here for people who need help and people who want to help, and making that connection is where the magic happens. Together, our staff, donors, board members, partners, and volunteers open doors to mental healthcare across Lake County, creating a community where everyone can cope, heal, and thrive.

Take the next step—whether it’s getting help or giving help, we’re here.

10/09/2025

This week marks Mental Illness Awareness Week, and gives you a great opportunity to talk to friends and family about the importance of mental health. Chances are, someone you know needs support for their mental health.

10/07/2025

💛 Mental Health Awareness Month is the perfect reminder:
No one has to face life’s challenges alone.

Youth & Family Counseling can help.
✔️ Serving children, teens, adults, couples and families
✔️ Offering immediate daytime and evening appointments
✔️ Providing care at locations in Libertyville, Gurnee and Round Lake Beach (and telehealth!)
✔️ Accepting Medicaid, major insurance, and fees via sliding scale

Request an appointment:

Getting started at YFC is easy. There are two ways to request an appointment. YFC offers weekly recurring appointments for counseling. The more flexible your schedule, the more readily we will be able to offer you an appointment time. We currently have daytime and limited evening appointments availa...

10/03/2025

✨ YFC is in its Reboot Era! ✨

Over the past decade, YFC has moved through three defining chapters:

🖤 Survive (2012–2015): Regained its footing after losing a major partner, rebuilt its financial outlook, and planned for the future.

🧡 Thrive (2016–2020): Expanded its mission, invested in its clinician workforce, and launched telehealth during the Covid-19 pandemic.

💚 Reboot (2020–2025): Secured new foundation partners, launched innovative service models, grew its team, and worked to tackle systems-level barriers in mental health care.

Now, as YFC and its board plan for the next five years, we are energized by what’s ahead.

It’s a challenging time for mental health—but with the passion of its staff and the dedication of its volunteer leaders, YFC is ready to meet those challenges head-on.

10/02/2025

How does Illinois stack up in mental health? According to Mental Health America's State of Mental Health report...

✅ Overall Rank: #10
✅ Adult Ranking: #19
✅ Youth Ranking: #8
✅ Mental Health Prevalence Ranking: #15
✅ Access to Care Ranking: #13

10/01/2025

🎙️ Happy !

YFC's Executive Director, Janelle Moravek, has been honored to share YFC’s story and insights on several podcasts, covering topics from increasing access to care, to the importance of bilingual mental health services, to the healing power of therapy (and even our office pup, Auggie 🐾).

✨ Check out these episodes to take a peek behind the curtain at YFC:

🔗 Building the Village: How Parents Can Lead When Mental Health System Falls Short with Dr. Suzanne Simpson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQq02Ey4B4c&feature=youtu.be

🔗 Pressing Pause on Your Gala: A Case Study with Janelle Miller Moravek at Youth & Family Counseling with Sherry Quam Taylor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVCadhKhW8k

🔗 The Burnout Trap: Protecting Your Nonprofit Team with Megan Speer of the Nonprofit Hub: https://nonprofithub.org/the-burnout-trap-protecting-your-nonprofit-team/

This episode of my mental health parenting podcast explores one of the most urgent questions of our time: How can parents lead when the mental health system ...

09/29/2025

As September comes to a close, here’s an important reminder: & Month resources are here for you all year long 🌷🌞🍁❄️

A huge thank you to my friend and fellow Libertyville Connect Coalition member Karin Peterson with Youth & Family Counseling and our incredible students for creating this powerful message: help is always just a call, text, or click away 📞💬💻

If you or someone you care about is struggling with mental health, experiencing thoughts of suicide, or just needs someone to talk to, you can or visit the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at www.988lifeline.org

At the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, caring counselors are ready 24/7 to listen and provide support — whether you’re facing emotional distress, substance use concerns, or simply need to hear that you are not alone. ❤️

09/29/2025

Building connections that open doors to mental healthcare! 🙌 We had a fantastic time on Friday at the Annual Lake County Resource Fair, where human service providers connected with school staff and frontline professionals to share resources that support the wellbeing of our community.

A big thank you to the event sponsors for making this gathering possible: the Alliance for Human Services Lake County, Lake County Regional Office of Education #34, Mothers Trust Foundation, the Special Education District of Lake County, and United Way of Lake County.