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Saturday, November 2, 2024

Mike Briggs

Mike Briggs is the President and CEO of Little Friends. Little Friends empowers clients with autism and other developmental disabilities to thrive in our community. Their groundbreaking programs and nationally-renowned staff provide lifelong opportunities for growth, so their clients can work, learn, play and experience the joy of life’s everyday moments.

Little Friends: Behavioral Health is Something We Must Deal With

In late September, I was fortunate enough to attend an Executive Leadership retreat in Gettysburg, Pa. It was my first visit to this area...

Little Friends: Autism CARES Act – new amendment hopes to provide new funding and research

Every day when we get our daily news, we can’t help but hear about different programs and funding coming from our federal government. One...

Little Friends: ‘Reduce the Wait Project’

This past month, the Little Friends Board of Directors meeting was held at Northwestern University. One of our board members, Dr. Molly Losh, is...

Little Friends: New housing coming for children

Little Friends is one of six organizations in the State of Illinois that provides housing for children with special needs. In total, there are...

Little Friends: The power of the internet in healthcare

In an article written by the CEO of Open Minds, Monica Oss, information was shared pertaining to the power of the internet and how...

Little Friends: Ken’s Krew is coming to Illinois

Over the past several months, Little Friends has been making a concerted effort to create new programs that offer job opportunities for the neurodiverse,...

Little Friends: April is Autism Acceptance Month

Update, April 15, 2024 / On this date, the 160 ft. Moser Tower with the 72-bell carillon has been illuminated "blue" to reflect Autism...

Little Friends: We can measure individual wellness… here is how

I have often admitted my interest in pursuing new and innovative approaches to helping the people we serve at Little Friends. Recently I had...

FUN Club has a new home at Little Friends

Above / Little Friends has planned an Open House from 5-7PM Mon., Feb. 12, for folks to become acquainted with FUN Club. When Pat Adamatis...

Little Friends: What does it mean to improve an individual’s ‘quality of life?’

In our world of helping individuals and families deal with the challenges and opportunities created by intellectual/developmental disabilities and autism, we sometimes hear about...