Jackie Hawkins

Referral Coordinator

Jackie Hawkins serves as a Referral Coordinator for the Bridges to Care and Recovery program. Jackie brings her extensive knowledge of mental and behavioral health treatment and assessment, as well as passion for community engagement, to the team. She has a clinical background in substance use and outpatient mental health counseling. She has worked at varying levels of care for substance use treatment and assessment. Jackie has experience with program development and implementation and most recently began Lifelinks Mental Health’s outpatient substance use program. At Lifelinks, she also served on the FIRST-IL team, which supports individuals with first episode psychosis. Jackie holds a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Eastern Illinois University and is a licensed Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor (CADC).