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Sarah Ferguson, LSW

Project Coordinator, Visiting Research Specialist

Visiting Research Specialist

Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research/Behavioral Health Crisis Hub

Pronouns: She/Her

Contact

Building & Room:

Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research, Room 508B

Address:

1640 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608

About

Sarah Ferguson is a project coordinator/visiting research specialist at the UIC Behavioral Health Crisis Hub at the Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research. She assists the leadership staff in research, policy development, and community engagement at local levels throughout the state for the successful implementation of 988 and CESSA. Ferguson has more than eight years of experience supporting access to behavioral health services, including providing behavioral health services for youth in residential care. Prior to her current role, Sarah was a paralegal working to ensure that individuals and families had access to the public benefits in which they were entitled.

MSW, Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois Chicago
BS, Sociology, St. Joseph's University