Four city-run mental health centers, saved from the brink of closure by Mayor Richard M. Daley's pledge to fund them with economic stimulus dollars, will formally open again Monday.

Chicago Department of Public Health spokesman Tim Hadac confirmed all four centers will reopen.

Two of them, Woodlawn and Back of the Yards, have continued to see patients since last week, when the fate of the centers was unclear and they appeared to be closing.

Clinics at Greater Grand/Mid-South and Beverly-Morgan Park will begin accepting patients once again Monday.

It's unclear how much stimulus money is propping up the centers. A Daley spokesperson last week said the money will keep the centers open temporarily, as a more permanent source of funding is sought.

Darryl Gumm, chairman of the Community Mental Health Board, says he is relieved the clinics are reopening. But he worries mental health is taking a back seat to other issues.

"We feel that, rather than cutting the services, they need to enhance them," he says.

"This is not a time for mental health to be stepping backwards," Gumm says.

The centers, which serve about 2,000 people, were ordered to be shut following the loss of more than $1 million of state funding, due to problems the city had with an electronic billing system.

But vocal protests by advocates and press coverage put pressure on city officials to keep the clinics open.